Ohio Baseball Falls to Miami
5/1/2022 4:19:00 PM | Baseball
OXFORD, Ohio—The Ohio baseball team (20-19, 12-12 MAC) dropped their final game against Miami (19-25, 14-17 MAC), 9-7.Â
Individually, redshirt freshman Nick Dolan (Pittsburgh, Pa.) went 3-for-5 with one double and two RBIs while junior Alex Finney (Oxford, Mich.) and redshirt senior Michael Richardson (Cambridge, Md.) both went 2-for-4. On the mound, senior Brenden Roder (Sioux City, Iowa), went six innings, striking out seven batters.Â
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Senior Mason Minzey (Grand Blanc, Mich.) gave Ohio an early lead, driving in fifth year Colin Kasperbauer (Sioux City, Iowa) with a double in the top of the first. The next inning, graduate student Cael Baker (Gahanna, Ohio) extended the Bobcats' lead to 2-0 with an RBI double to right field.Â
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The RedHawks struck in the bottom of the second inning, evening the score with a solo home run and an RBI double. Another Miami homer in the third left Ohio trailing, 3-2. Miami continued to build on their lead in the fifth, scoring off a groundout and a double.Â
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Fifth year Isaiah Peterson (Lincoln, Neb.) cut into the RedHawks' lead in the seventh with a home run to left field, but Miami tacked on four runs in the bottom of the inning, putting the score at 9-3.Â
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Finney took advantage of a wild pitch in the eighth, scoring the Bobcats' fourth run. Dolan followed with an RBI-single, driving in Richardson and Baker to put the score at 9-6. Peterson wrapped up the scoring in the ninth with a single and Ohio fell, 9-7.Â
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The Bobcats return to action on Friday, May 6 at Bob Wren Stadium for the first of four games against Akron. Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brady McLean (1-0)
L: Roder, Brenden (2-3)
S: Michael Spinozzi (1)

Batting:
2B: Kasperbauer, Colin 1 ; Minzey, Mason 1 ; Richardson, Michael 1 ; Baker, Cael 1 ; Dolan, Nick 1
HR: Peterson, Isaiah 1
RBI: Peterson, Isaiah 2 ; Minzey, Mason 1 ; Baker, Cael 1 ; Dolan, Nick 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Peterson, Isaiah 1 ; Kasperbauer, Colin 1 ; Finney, Alex 2 ; Richardson, Michael 2 ; Baker, Cael 1
HBP: Kasperbauer, Colin 1 ; Harbert, Spencer 1 ; Finney, Alex 1

Batting:
2B: Parker Lester 1 ; David Novak 1 ; Nick Neibauer 1
HR: David Novak 1 ; Zach MacDonald 1 ; Dalton Back 1
RBI: Parker Lester 1 ; David Novak 3 ; Zach MacDonald 2 ; Nick Neibauer 1 ; Dalton Back 2
SF: David Novak 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Benji Brokemond 2 ; Parker Lester 1 ; David Novak 1 ; Zach MacDonald 1 ; William Escala 1 ; Nick Neibauer 1 ; Dalton Back 2















