Tuesday’s Baseball Results
Akron 11, Youngstown State 7
Kent State 16, Baldwin Wallace 7
Ohio 5, Marshall 3
Ohio State 10, Toledo 5
No. 22 Kentucky 14, Miami 11
Xavier 13, Ball State 12
Quinnipiac 17, UMass 6
Stories Courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments
Akron 11, Youngstown State 7
Box Score
AKRON, Ohio -The Akron Zips secured a win in walk-off fashion, responding to score one in the bottom of the ninth after Youngstown State tied it up in the top half, sealing the victory on a single off the bat of Brennan Morgan to defeat the Penguins 11-10 Tuesday.
Along with his game-winning RBI, Morgan recorded four hits, one double, two runs and three RBI in the win. Brody Chrisman also recorded four hits while scoring once. Gabe Mathison and Tucker Biehl joined the multi-hit party with two each. Atticus Huffstutler notched a grand slam with his lone hit of the day.
Floyd McKenna (1-1) got the win out of the bullpen for Akron (13-14). The left-hander went one inning, giving up one run on one hit, allowing one walk and striking out one. Nathan Currah also pitched well, going two shutout innings while allowing one hit, walking two and striking out two. Garrett Groce also added 2.0 innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just two hits while walking and striking out two.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Zips were trailing 2-0 in the second inning when they first put runs on the board.
The Penguins then rallied to score five runs and take a 7-3 lead before the Zips got back on the board in the third. The Akron offense exploded for five runs, highlighted by a grand slam off the bat of Huffstutler, which brought the score to 8-7 in favor of the Zips.
Akron's lead had disappeared once the seventh inning came around and turned into a 9-8 Youngstown State advantage, when the Zips re-took control at 10-9. The Zips recorded two runs when a single from Morgan scored Chrisman and Blake Bowen.
Youngstown State then rallied to tie the ballgame at 10-10 before Akron walked it off in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single off the bat of Morgan.
Kent State 16, Baldwin Wallace 7
Box Score
KENT, Ohio – Kent State baseball bounced back from a tough series loss with an emphatic 16-7 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday afternoon at Schoonover Stadium, improving to 20-7 on the season.
The Flashes never trailed after the first inning, scoring in six of the eight innings and sending the Yellow Jackets to nine different pitchers before the final out was recorded.
Baldwin Wallace struck first, plating two runs in the top of the first on an RBI double from Dennis Ritlinger-Nirider and a run-scoring single by Maddox Tarquino. Kent State answered immediately. Brody Williams crushed a three-run home run to left field in the bottom half, capping a two-out rally that also scored Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe and Sawyer Solitaria to put the Flashes in front for good.
The lead grew quickly from there. Nolan Belcher led off the second with a solo home run to left center, and Ripken Reese followed later in the frame with a two-run single to make it 6-2. Alejandro Covas, inserted into the lineup as a pinch hitter in the third, delivered the backbreaker — a three-run home run to right center that cleared the bases and pushed the lead to 9-3.
Kent State added a run in the fourth on a bases-loaded walk by Grady Mee, and another in the sixth on a Mee groundout, extending the cushion to 11-4 heading into the seventh.
Baldwin Wallace threatened to make things interesting, scoring three in the top of the seventh to pull within 11-7, but the Flashes responded with a five-run bottom half that put the game away for good. Solitaria's three-run double to right center highlighted the inning, and a Hunter Klotz double and another Mee walk with the bases loaded rounded out the scoring and pushed the final to 16-7.
Williams was the offensive catalyst, finishing 3-for-4 with three RBI, three runs scored, and a home run. Covas went 2-for-4 with three RBI after entering as a substitute. Mee added two hits and three RBI, Solitaria drove in three, and Reese contributed two RBI. Belcher finished 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, and an RBI.
Parker Lind earned his first career win, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings in relief.
Ohio 5, Marshall 3
Box Score
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – The Ohio baseball team (6-22, 3-9 MAC) defeated Marshall (13-14, 5-4 SBC) 5-3 on Tuesday, March 31.
Ohio recorded five runs on three hits with no errors, while Marshall had three runs with six hits and two errors.
On the mound, Evan Lichtenauer (Newark, Ohio) got the start, with five innings pitched, allowing three hits, no runs, walked one and struck out three. Freshman Rylan Sams allowed three runs on two hits, walked one and struck out one in 1.1 innings pitched. Senior Dillon Masters (New Albany, Ohio) got the win by not allowing any runs, one hit, and two strikeouts in 2.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, fifth-year Will Henson (Chicago, Ill.) went 2-for-4, recording one run and two RBI, highlighted by a home run. Senior Dylan Shepherd (Barrie, Ontario) went 1-for-4 at the plate with one RBI and one run. Junior Cameron Boyd (Villa Hills, Ky.) had one hit and one run, including a home run.
After a scoreless first three innings, the Bobcats got on the board in the top of the fourth. Following a walk, Henson singled through the right side to get a runner on third. Junior Tyler Stack (Oswego, Ill.) grounded out to bring in the run for a 1-0 lead.
Boyd opened the fifth inning with a one-run home run over the center field fence to double Ohio's advantage. Marshall hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at two a side.
Shepherd recaptured the lead for the Bobcats in the top of the seventh with a one-RBI single. The Thundering Herd quickly responded with a run of their own, setting the score, 3-3.
Henson struck a two-run home run in the top of the ninth, giving Ohio the late 5-3 lead. The Bobcats shut down the Thundering Herd in the bottom of the ninth to secure the victory, 5-3.
