
Three Bobcats Score as Ohio Baseball Falls at Ball State on Friday
3/29/2024 6:09:00 PM | Baseball
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ohio baseball team (8-15, 4-7 MAC) fell 12-3 at Ball State (16-12, 4-7 MAC) on Friday, March 29.
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Three different Bobcats scored for Ohio today. Redshirt junior AJ Rausch (Powell, Ohio) tallied a home run, two RBI's and finished 1-for-3 at the plate. Fifth year Alex Finney (Oxford, Mich.) went 1-for-2, senior Gideon Antle (Licking, Mo.) went 1-for-4 and both players scored a run each. Junior Jackson Cauthron (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) also recorded two hits on three at bats.
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Graduate student Tim Knapschaefer (Maria Stein, Ohio) started for Ohio on the mound. Knapschaefer allowed six hits, five runs and recorded to strikeouts in five innings pitched.
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Ball State prevented Ohio from scoring until Rausch's two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning. Rausch's home run brought in Finney and himself, recording two RBI's and cutting the Cardinals' lead to 5-2. Ball State answered back with four runs in the bottom of the seventh and extended its lead to 9-2 over Ohio.
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Ball State went on to win the game, 12-3.
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The Bobcats will be back in action for the final game of the series at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 30. Tune in to Russ Eisenstein on the Varsity Network App for the radio broadcast starting at 12:45 p.m. The game will also be available to watch on ESPN+.
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Three different Bobcats scored for Ohio today. Redshirt junior AJ Rausch (Powell, Ohio) tallied a home run, two RBI's and finished 1-for-3 at the plate. Fifth year Alex Finney (Oxford, Mich.) went 1-for-2, senior Gideon Antle (Licking, Mo.) went 1-for-4 and both players scored a run each. Junior Jackson Cauthron (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) also recorded two hits on three at bats.
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Graduate student Tim Knapschaefer (Maria Stein, Ohio) started for Ohio on the mound. Knapschaefer allowed six hits, five runs and recorded to strikeouts in five innings pitched.
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Ball State prevented Ohio from scoring until Rausch's two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning. Rausch's home run brought in Finney and himself, recording two RBI's and cutting the Cardinals' lead to 5-2. Ball State answered back with four runs in the bottom of the seventh and extended its lead to 9-2 over Ohio.
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Ball State went on to win the game, 12-3.
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The Bobcats will be back in action for the final game of the series at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 30. Tune in to Russ Eisenstein on the Varsity Network App for the radio broadcast starting at 12:45 p.m. The game will also be available to watch on ESPN+.
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#OUohyeah
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Merritt Beeker (3-2)
L: Knapschaefer, Tim (2-1)

Batting:
HR: Rausch, AJ 1
RBI: Rausch, AJ 2 ; Lug, Wes 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Antle, Gideon 1 ; Finney, Alex 1 ; Rausch, AJ 1
HBP: Cauthron, Jackson 1

Batting:
2B: Clay Jacobs 1
HR: Michael Hallquist 1 ; Hunter Dobbins 2
RBI: Michael Hallquist 3 ; Blake Bevis 1 ; Clay Jacobs 1 ; Nick Husovsky 1 ; Hunter Dobbins 5
Base Running:
RUNS: Nick Gregory 1 ; Michael Hallquist 2 ; Decker Scheffler 2 ; Clay Jacobs 2 ; Nick Husovsky 2 ; Hunter Dobbins 2 ; Houston King 1
SB: Michael Hallquist 1
HBP: Michael Hallquist 1 ; Decker Scheffler 1 ; Hunter Dobbins 1
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