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Ohio Baseball Drops Series Opener Against Miami

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ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio baseball team (15-27, 9-10 MAC) dropped the series opener to Miami (33-13, 13-6 MAC), 5-1, on Friday night at Bob Wren Stadium.

Five Bobcats – Sophomore INF Aaron Levy (Cincinnati, Ohio), sophomore INF Treyben Funderburg (Beavercreek, Ohio), senior INF Rudy Rott (Holmen, Wis.), redshirt sophomore INF Michael Richardson (Cambridge, Md.) and redshirt junior INF Ryan Sargent (Algonquin, Ill.) - all had base hits in the game. Richardson also stole a base.

Miami scored first in the bottom of the second with a single from MacKay Williams to right field brought home Kyle Winkler.

Ohio tied the game in the bottom of the fourth, when junior C Tanner Piechnick (Canonsburg, Pa.) scored on a two-out throwing error from the third baseman. Ohio loaded the bases with two outs but was unable to score anymore.

Miami retook the lead in the top of the fifth when Charlie Harrigan hit a double down the left field line that scored one.

The Redhawks added a run in the eighth with a home run to left field by Landon Stephens to go up 4-1.

MU scored in the top of the ninth on a sacrifice bunt from Parker Massman to take a 5-1 lead.

Sophomore RHP Edward Kutt IV (Westlake, Calif.) was given the loss and fell to 3-3 this season. Kutt IV struck out seven batters and allowed four earned runs.

Senior RHP Nick Kamrada (Grand Ledge, Mich.) tossed 0.2 innings and allowed one earned run.

Junior LHP Nick Byrnes (Cincinnati, Ohio) fanned one batter in 0.2 innings while freshman RHP Braxton Kelly (Ulysses, Ky.) got the final out of the inning.

Ohio will continue the series against Miami tomorrow at 3 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Nick Byrnes

#32 Nick Byrnes

LHP
6' 2"
Junior
Treyben Funderburg

#25 Treyben Funderburg

INF
5' 11"
Sophomore
Nick Kamrada

#13 Nick Kamrada

RHP
6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
Braxton Kelly

#21 Braxton Kelly

RHP
6' 3"
Freshman
Edward Kutt IV

#18 Edward Kutt IV

RHP
6' 2"
Sophomore
Aaron Levy

#30 Aaron Levy

INF
6' 3"
Sophomore
Tanner Piechnick

#31 Tanner Piechnick

C
6' 1"
Junior
Michael Richardson

#8 Michael Richardson

INF
6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
Rudy Rott

#26 Rudy Rott

INF
6' 0"
Senior
Ryan Sargent

#20 Ryan Sargent

OF
6' 2"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Nick Byrnes

#32 Nick Byrnes

6' 2"
Junior
LHP
Treyben Funderburg

#25 Treyben Funderburg

5' 11"
Sophomore
INF
Nick Kamrada

#13 Nick Kamrada

6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
RHP
Braxton Kelly

#21 Braxton Kelly

6' 3"
Freshman
RHP
Edward Kutt IV

#18 Edward Kutt IV

6' 2"
Sophomore
RHP
Aaron Levy

#30 Aaron Levy

6' 3"
Sophomore
INF
Tanner Piechnick

#31 Tanner Piechnick

6' 1"
Junior
C
Michael Richardson

#8 Michael Richardson

6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
INF
Rudy Rott

#26 Rudy Rott

6' 0"
Senior
INF
Ryan Sargent

#20 Ryan Sargent

6' 2"
Redshirt Junior
OF