Ashland University's baseball team took both ends of a Great Midwest Athletic Conference doubleheader from Cedarville, 11-0 and 9-1, on Saturday (March 25) at the Athletes In Action Sports Complex in Xenia, Ohio.
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The Eagles improve to 14-7 overall and 6-2 in the Great Midwest, and the Yellow Jackets move to 4-19, 1-7.
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Game 1 saw a stellar pitching performance from sophomore left-hander
Marshall Leishman, and an offense which put up crooked numbers in the top of the third (three runs), fifth (two), sixth (two) and seventh (three) innings.
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Leishman (2-1) tossed a seven-inning complete-game three-hitter, striking out nine and walking one.
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In Game 2, the Eagles received another quality start, this one from sophomore righty
Cam Scott (3-1), who, in his first start as an Eagle, allowed six hits, a run and a walk and whiffed eight in eight innings.
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NOTABLES
- In the opener, the Eagles had 16 hits, and hitters No. 3-9 each had multiple-hit games. Sophomore catcher Ben Peltz was 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored, and an RBI; while sophomore first baseman Sam Witt (2-for-5, two runs scored, two RBIs), sophomore second baseman Ian Sanders (2-for-3, two runs scored, two RBIs) and redshirt freshman right fielder Chris Franks (2-for-5, two RBIs) each drove in two runs.
- Rounding out the two-hit parade in Game 1 were sophomore shortstop Jeremiah Cangelosi (2-for-4, home run, run scored, RBI), freshman designated hitter Ryan Shimek (2-for-4, double, RBI) and redshirt freshman third baseman Collin Overholt (2-for-3, run, RBI).
- Ashland rapped 12 more hits in the nightcap, and the offense was paced by Sanders, who was 2-for-4 with a homer, four RBIs and two runs scored; fifth-year outfielder Seth Schroeder, who was 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI; and sophomore center fielder Cam Miller, who went 2-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI.
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UP NEXT
Ashland will return to Tomassi Stadium and Donges Field at the Archer Ballpark Complex for a single game on Tuesday (March 28) at 3 p.m. vs. Gannon (6-9).
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