In a Great Midwest Athletic Conference doubleheader played on Friday (March 17) at Heidelberg, Ashland University's baseball team split with host Findlay, losing Game 1, 11-10 in nine innings, and taking Game 2, 7-2.
The Eagles finish the first conference weekend of the season at 10-6 overall and 3-1 in the Great Midwest, and the Oilers are 7-9, 1-3.
In the nightcap, Ashland led 3-1 going into the fifth inning, then pulled away in the top of the fifth when sophomore second baseman
Ian Sanders cleared the bases with a double for a 6-2 advantage.
Game 1 saw Ashland have leads of 3-0 after a half-inning, 4-3 after 2½, 5-4 after 3½, 7-4 after 4½, 9-6 after 5½ and 10-8 after 6½ before the Oilers won in extra innings.
NOTABLES
- Sophomore right-hander Cam Scott (2-1) earned the relief win in Game 2, tossing four shutout innings, striking out four and allowing two hits and a run. Freshman right fielder Chris Franks was 2-for-3 with a triple, a home run, two runs scored and two RBIs, and Sanders drove in three.
- Game 1 saw Ashland collect 18 hits in the loss, including three each from sophomore center fielder Cam Miller (3-for-5, triple, runs scored), sophomore first baseman Sam Witt (3-for-3, three runs scored, RBI), Sanders (3-for-4, runs scored, two RBIs) and sophomore shortstop Jeremiah Cangelosi (3-for-5, double, run scored, two RBIs). Cangelosi drove in 10 runs in the four-game series.
- Junior righty Zac Common (2-1) gave up five hits, three runs and four walks and whiffed three in three innings out of the Eagle bullpen.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will return to Tomassi Stadium and Donges Field at the Archer Ballpark Complex on Tuesday (March 21) at 3 p.m. vs. Mercyhurst (6-4).
