Ashland University's baseball team split a Great Midwest Athletic Conference doubleheader with Ohio Dominican on Monday (April 3) at Tomassi Stadium and Donges Field at the Archer Ballpark Complex, winning 16-5 in Game 1 and losing 10-1 in Game 2.
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The Eagles, who saw their six-game winning streak snapped in the nightcap, are 18-8 overall and 9-3 in the conference after taking three of four from ODU. The Panthers are 12-15, 5-7.
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Ashland's win featured 20 hits (its most in a game since 23 last April, also against ODU), and an eight-run bottom of the fifth inning. The big hit in the fifth was a three-run home run from redshirt freshman right fielder
Chris Franks.
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NOTABLES
- In the opener, Franks drove in five runs and was 2-for-5 with a homer and a run scored. Sophomore first baseman Sam Witt was 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored, sophomore shortstop Jeremiah Cangelosi was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored, and sophomore catcher Ben Peltz drove in four runs while going 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
- Sophomore left-hander Marshall Leishman (3-1) went the first four innings in Game 1, allowing nine hits, four runs and a walk and striking out four. Yet another sophomore, righty Matt Hall, earned his first collegiate save by going the last three innings and allowing three hits and a run.
- In Game 2, sophomore center fielder Cam Miller was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Sophomore righty Cam Scott (3-2) took the loss after allowing seven hits, five runs and no walks and whiffing two in 2 2/3 frames.
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UP NEXT
Ashland will play a single game at Slippery Rock (12-10) on Tuesday (April 4) at 3 p.m.
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