Continuing the quest for a North Division title in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, Ashland University's baseball team split a doubleheader at Walsh on Saturday (April 15) – losing 2-0 and winning 10-5.
The Eagles, winners of 13 of their last 17 games, move to 25-11 overall and 16-4 in the Great Midwest. Ashland is 1½ games behind first-place Northwood in the North, pending the outcome of the Timberwolves' second game with Malone on Saturday. The Eagles and Timberwolves will play a four-game set in Ashland on April 21-23.
Walsh is 18-14, 13-5.
Game 2 featured an opening five-run top of the first inning, punctuated by a three-run home run from redshirt freshman right fielder
Chris Franks.
NOTABLES
- In the second game, Franks was 1-for-1 with three runs scored, three RBIs and three walks to go with the homer. Both junior second baseman Devin Hukill and redshirt freshman third baseman Collin Overholt drove in two runs.
- Sophomore right-hander Matt Hall (1-0) went 3 1/3 innings of relief for the victory, allowing three hits, two runs and two walks and striking out one.
- The opener saw the Eagles get nine hits, but no runs. Fifth-year left fielder Seth Schroeder was 3-for-4, and has 21 multi-hit games in 2023.
- Sophomore righty Cam Scott (4-3) went the distance in Game 1, allowing four hits, two runs and no walks and whiffing six in six innings.
UP NEXT
Ashland will return to Tomassi Stadium and Donges Field at the Archer Ballpark Complex on Tuesday (April 18) against No. 10-ranked Wayne State.
