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FINAL: Youngstown State 8 (5-12), Ohio 5 (9-11) -- Athens, Ohio (Bob Wren Stadium)

OHIO STARTERS: Manny De Jesus (CF), Tyler Finkler (SS), Mitch Longo (LF), John Adryan (3B), Cody Gaertner (DH), Rudy Rott (1B), Ty Black (2B), Tony Giannini (RF), Anthony Mrosla (C), Nick Kamrada (SP) 

YOUNGSTOWN STATE STARTERS: Lorenzo Arcuri (CF), Alex Larivee (LF), Billy Salem (3B), Gerrad Rohan (DH), Andrew Kendrick (1B), Shane Willoughby (SS), Kyle Benyo (RF), Hunter Snyder (C), Web Charles (2B), Michael Semonsen (P)

THE BASICS
The Ohio baseball team (9-11) outhit in-state foe Youngstown State (5-12) by a 12-6 margin, but the Bobcats fell to the Penguins, 8-5, on Tuesday (March 22) at Bob Wren Stadium in Athens, Ohio.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Redshirt senior catcher Cody Gaertner (Pittsburgh, Pa.) went 3-for-5 with one run scored.
• Junior outfielder Spencer Ibarra (Fort Collins, Colo.) went 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
• Junior second baseman Ty Black (Waynesville, Ohio) was 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.
• Junior shortstop Tyler Finkler (Olmsted Falls, Ohio) went 1-for-5 with two RBIs.
• Senior center fielder Manny De Jesus (Caguas, Puerto Rico) was 2-for-4 with a walk.
• Redshirt freshman right-handed starting pitcher Nick Kamrada (Grand Ledge, Mich.) got the start for Ohio, pitching one inning while allowing three earned runs on one hit, three walks and one strikeout.
• Sophomore righty Logan Jacik (Omaha, Neb.) pitched two innings and allowed one earned run on no hits, one walk and one strikeout.
• Redshirt sophomore right-hander Michael Klein (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) pitched three scoreless innings, permitting one hit and one walk with a strikeout.
• Redshirt sophomore righty Cory Blessing (Mayfield, Ohio) pitched a scoreless seventh inning, holding the Penguins hitless with one walk.
• Redshirt senior right-hander Eddie Fitzpatrick (North Attleboro, Mass.) took the loss, pitching one inning and allowed three earned runs on three hits with one strikeout.
• Redshirt sophomore left-hander Gerry Salisbury (Brunswick, Ohio) pitched the ninth and allowed one run on one hit and one walk.
• Youngstown State freshman outfielder Kyle Benyo went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer.
• Senior third baseman Billy Salem went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored, three RBI and a walk.
• Freshman right-hander Joel Hake pitched 3.1 scoreless innings for the Penguins, allowing four strikeouts with one walk.
• The Penguins hung three runs in the top of the first inning on a two-run double by Salem and an RBI ground out by sophomore first baseman Andrew Kendrick.
• Ohio scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the second as Finkler roped a two-out, line drive single to left field to score junior catcher Anthony Mrosla (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and junior second baseman Ty Black. Mrosla had reached base on a walk while Black found his way on via a fielder's choice.
• Youngstown State tallied another run in the top of the third as Larivee scored from third on an Ohio throwing error off of a grounder by Kendrick.
• Ohio took a 5-4 lead in a three-run seventh inning. Gaertner started things off with a one-out single and advanced to second on a base hit by freshman first baseman Rudy Rott (Holmen, Wisc.). Gaertner scored on a single by Black while Black and Rott advanced to second and third on a Youngstown State throwing error. The pair came around to score on a single by Ibarra through the left side of the infield.
• The Penguins tied the game in the top of the eighth on a fielder's choice off the bat of Kendrick that scored Salem. Benyo then gave them a two-run lead on a two-run shot to left center.
• Youngstown State added another run in the top of the ninth on an RBI single by Salem that scored freshman second baseman Web Charles.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• The Bobcats finished with double-digit hits for the 13th time in 20 games this season. Seven of the nine batters in the Ohio starting lineup tallied at least one hit.
• Gaertner extended his hitting streak to 17 games. It was his sixth multi-hit game of the year and his fourth game with at least three hits.
• Ibarra recorded his second multi-RBI contest of the season.
• De Jesus had his eighth multi-hit game of the season.

UP NEXT
Ohio begins 2016 Mid-American Conference play at Bob Wren Stadium this upcoming weekend (March 25-27) with a three-game set against West-Division foe Northern Illinois (4-16). The series opens up on Friday (March 25) with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. ET. Game two on Saturday (March 26) is slated to begin at 3 p.m. ET and the series finale on Sunday (March 27) is set to start at 1 p.m. ET.

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