COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Ohio baseball Team (1-3, 0-0 MAC) fell 8-3 in the opening game of a four-game series against Tennessee Tech (2-3, 0-0 OVC).
Ohio finished the game with three runs scored on seven hits and one error while Tennessee Tech finished with eight runs on 10 hits and no errors.
On offense the Bobcats were led by fifth year infielder Will Henson (Chicago, Ill.) who recorded three hits in four at bats while driving in one run. Junior outfielder Cameron Boyd (Villa Hills, Ky.) finished the day with one hit and one walk including an RBI double in the eighth. Junior catcher Tyler Stack (Oswego, Ill.) helped in the scoring effort with an RBI double in ninth, his lone hit of the day.
Junior left-handed pitcher Aiden Cook (Penfield, N.Y.) got the start for the Bobcats where he would pitch one and two thirds innings, allowing four earned runs and tallying four strikeouts. Freshman right handed pitcher Mason Gass (Oakdale, Pa.) pitched a bulk of the innings for Ohio, going three and a third, allowing four hits on 42 total pitches.
Tennessee Tech got the scoring started with two runs in the first and second innings to take an early 4-0 lead.
The Bobcats got on the board in the fourth inning when a Henson single scored sophomore outfielder Max Palinski (Gates Mills, Ohio), who reached earlier in the inning on a walk, to make the score 4-1.
Gass handled the middle innings on the mound for Ohio and was able to hold Tennessee Tech to a few scoreless innings. The Bobcat offense was unable to capitalize on these opportunities forever.
The Golden Eagles added on three runs in the sixth to take an 8-1 lead into the game's final three frames.
Ohio chipped into the Tennessee Tech lead in the eighth when Boyd drove in senior outfielder Reese Harmon (Columbus, Ind) who reached earlier in the inning on a walk. Going into the ninth, the Bobcats still trailed 8-2.
The Bobcats didn't go down easily as a double from sophomore outfielder Brady Alexander (Glenshaw, Pa.) in the ninth set up an RBI double later in the inning by Stack to make the score 8-3. With runners in scoring position, the Bobcats couldn't get another big hit and fell to Tennessee Tech 8-3.
The Bobcats will be back in action tomorrow, Saturday February 21, for a doubleheader at Tennessee Tech starting at 1 p.m.
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