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ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio baseball team (5-12, 3-3 MAC) returned to action Sunday afternoon (March 19), falling in the series finale to Central Michigan (11-8, 2-1 MAC), 10-6, inside Bob Wren Stadium.
Overall, Ohio scored six runs on eight hits and did not commit an error, while Central Michigan scored 10 runs on nine hits and committed two errors.
Individually, fifth year
Mason Minzey (Grand Blanc, Mich.) had two hits, one homerun, two RBI and a run scored, while fifth year
Will Sturek (Minnetonka, Minn.) added two hits, a homerun, an RBI and a run scored. Junior
Gideon Antle (Licking, Mo) added a double and RBI, while junior
Alec Patino (Sioux City, Iowa) registered a hit, run scored and an RBI. Freshman
Billy Adams (Medina, Ohio) added a hit and a run scored, and senior
Alex Finney (Oxford, Mich.) registered a basehit for the Bobcats. Redshirt sophomore
AJ Rausch (Powell, Ohio) drew a walk and scored a run, while fifth year
Colin Kasperbauer (Sioux City, Iowa) drew two walks and scored one run.
On the mound, junior
Trent Spoon (Bourbonnais, Ill.) got the start, pitching 2.1 innings, allowing four runs on four hits, while walking three and striking out two. Sophomore
Zach Weber (Lebanon, Ohio) went 1.2 innings, allowing four runs on four hits, while sophomore
Hudson Boncal (Corona, Calif.) entered the game to pitch 2.0 innings, allowing two runs on two hits. Sophomore
Dillon Masters (New Albany, Ohio) pitched 1.2 innings, allowing no runs or hits, while striking out four. Redshirt freshman
Patrick DeMarco (Encino, Calif) pitched 0.2 innings and did not allow a run on one hit, while striking out two.
The Bobcats took the lead early in the bottom of the first inning on a Minzey solo homerun giving Ohio the 1-0 lead after one full inning. Ohio added on immediately in the bottom of the second inning when Sturek homered to lead off the inning, increasing Ohio's lead to 2-0 going into the third inning.
Central Michigan responded in the top of the third inning, taking the lead after scoring four runs on two hits that included a two-RBI double, putting CMU up 4-2 going to the bottom of the frame. However, the Bobcats reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the third inning. After Adams started the inning with a single and Rausch drew a walk, a sacrifice fly from Minzey started Ohio's scoring. The Bobcats added on with an RBI single from Patino and an RBI double from Antle, putting the Bobcats up 5-4 after three.
After a scoreless fourth, CMU went ahead in the top of the fifth inning, once again scoring four runs on three hits thanks to a two-run homerun and an RBI double, putting Central Michigan up 8-5. Ohio got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Kasperbauer scored on a wild pitch, cutting the Ohio deficit to 8-6 after five.
CMU added on in the top of the sixth inning, scoring two runs on three hits to give Central Michigan a 10-6 lead. The Bobcats threatened in the bottom of the eighth when junior
Cole Williams (Charlotte, N.C.) reached on an error and Finney followed that up with a single to put runners on first and second with no outs. However, the Bobcats were unable to capitalize, sending the game to the ninth inning still trailing, 10-6.
After CMU stranded two runners on in the top of the ninth, Ohio looked to rally in the bottom of the frame, however the Bobcats were unable to generate much offense, ultimately falling, 10-6.
Up next, the Bobcats head to Morehead, Ky. On Tuesday, March 21 to take on Morehead State. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. Ohio then heads to DeKalb, Ill. March 24-26 to take on Northern Illinois
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