MUNCIE, Ind.—The Ohio baseball team (25-20, 17-13 MAC) defeated Ball State (33-16, 27-6 MAC) 5-3 before their second game was postponed in the fifth inning due to weather. Play will resume tomorrow at 10 a.m. 

GAME ONE
Freshman AJ Rausch (Powell, Ohio) scored the first run of the game off a wild pitch in the top of the first. The score remained 1-0 until the top of the third; a solo homer by Rausch and a sacrifice fly from redshirt senior Spencer Harbert (Middletown, Del.) drove in two additional Ohio runs. 

The Bobcats extended their lead again in the sixth, scoring when graduate student Cael Baker (Gahanna, Ohio) drove in junior Alex Finney (Oxford, Mich.) with an RBI double. Two batters later, Baker scored off a single fro, fifth year Isaiah Peterson (Lincoln, Neb.). 

The Cardinals attempted to rally in the bottom of the seventh, scoring three runs off two singles, but fifth year Brett Manis (Port Huron, Mich.) drew a ground out to end the game, securing Ohio's 5-3 victory. 

Individually, Rausch went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI. On the mound, redshirt junior Eamon Horwedel (Ann Arbor, Mich.) pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, facing 18 batters.

GAME TWO 
The Cardinals jumped ahead early, scoring 10 runs in the first two innings. Peterson put the Bobcats on the board in the third, hitting a home run to left field.

Ohio kicked off the fourth with back-to-back homers from Kasperbauer and senior Mason Minzey (Grand Blanc, Mich.). A single from Baker and double from freshman Nick Dolan (Pittsburgh, Pa.) left the Bobcats trailing 10-6 heading into the bottom of the inning. Ball State tacked on three runs in the fourth. 

In the bottom of the fifth, inclement weather delayed the game.

UP NEXT 
The Bobcats return to action tomorrow (May 15) at 10 a.m. to finished game two of today's doubleheader, followed by their fourth and final game of the series.

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