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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Ball State went on to win the game, 12-3.
 
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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