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KENT, Ohio -- Behind a monster effort at the plate by senior designated hitter Aaron Levy (Cincinnati, Ohio) and a masterful performance on the mound by senior right-handed starting pitcher Edward Kutt IV (Westlake, Calif.), the Ohio baseball team (22-15, 13-11 MAC) handled Kent State (19-20, 12-12 MAC), 12-1, on Sunday (May 2) at Olga A. Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium.

The victory allowed the Bobcats to finish with a split of the four-game Mid-American Conference series set against the Golden Flashes.

Levy led the hit parade for an Ohio attack that pounded out 12 runs on 12 hits. He accounted for four of those hits, going 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double, four RBIs and four runs scored. Redshirt junior right fielder Spencer Harbert (Middletown, Del.) went 2-for-4 with a double, four RBIs and a run scored while senior left fielder Sebastian Fabik (Lebanon, Ohio) finished 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and three runs scored. The Bobcats finished the contest with eight extra base hits. Graduate student third baseman Trevor Hafner (Perrysburg, Ohio) homered while graduate student first baseman Harry Witwer-Dukes (Monmouth, Ore.) and redshirt senior shortstop Joe Weisenseel (Strongsville, Ohio) each doubled.

Kutt IV came up big for the Bobcats in his first start on the mound of the 2021 season, striking out 10 over eight innings while allowing just one earned run on eight hits en route to earning the win and improving to 6-3 on the season. He did not give up a walk. Senior right-hander Chace Harris (New Marshfield, Ohio) provided Ohio with a scoreless ninth inning of relief, giving up just one hit.

Ohio got the scoring started in the top of the first inning as Fabik led off with a double to left center and later scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Harbert.

The bulk of the damage done by the Bobcats occurred fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh frames as Ohio tacked on eight more runs to its total across the four innings. An RBI single by Fabik was followed up by a two-RBI double by Harbert in the fourth. Witwer-Dukes provided an RBI double in the fifth. The sixth inning was highlighted by an RBI single by Harbert and an RBI double by Weisenseel. Levy then hit the first of two two-run home runs in the seventh. He duplicated the feat in the ninth, and Hafner provided the 12th and final run courtesy of a home run to right.

Ohio will look to stay hot next weekend as it welcomes archrival Miami to Athens for a four-game MAC weekend series at Bob Wren Stadium. The rivalry series gets underway on Friday (May 7) with first pitch of game one set for 5 p.m. ET.

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