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3-28-24 BB DH wins over Malone
3
Malone MALONE 4-20
11
Winner Ashland University ASHLAND 17-3
Malone MALONE
4-20
3
Final
11
Ashland University ASHLAND
17-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Malone MALONE 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 3
Ashland University ASHLAND 1 0 0 0 2 5 1 2 X 11 13 0

W: Essig, John (1-0) L: J. Phelps (0-4)

4
Malone MALONE 4-21
12
Winner Ashland University ASHLAND 18-3
Malone MALONE
4-21
4
Final
12
Ashland University ASHLAND
18-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Malone MALONE 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 6 1
Ashland University ASHLAND 4 7 0 0 0 1 X 12 20 0

W: Leishman, Marshall (4-0) L: M. Paljich (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Dusty Sloan, Ashland University Director of Athletic Communications

No. 11 Eagles Take First Two At Home From Pioneers

The No. 11-ranked Ashland University baseball team won the first two games of its four-game Great Midwest Athletic Conference set with Malone at Tomassi Stadium and Donges Field at the Archer Ballpark Complex, taking 11-3 and 12-4 decisions on Thursday (March 28).
 
Those victories move the Eagles, who entered the day with the fifth-best winning percentage in NCAA Division II in 2024, to 18-3 overall and 5-1 in the Great Midwest. Ashland is tied for first place in the loss column in the conference with both Findlay and Kentucky Wesleyan.
 
The Pioneers are 4-21, 1-10.
 
Game 1 saw the Eagles strike with a run in the bottom of the first when Malone committed a two-out error. The Pioneers, however, came back with a three-spot in the top of the second to take a 3-1 lead.
 
The score stayed that way until the bottom of the fifth, when Ashland scored twice to knot the game at 3. The big inning, however, came in the bottom of the sixth, when the Eagles scored five times – highlighted by a two-run double by junior third baseman Jeremiah Cangelosi.
 
Those turned out to be enough runs for sophomore left-handed pitcher John Essig (1-0), who twirled five scoreless innings of relief. Essig struck out six and allowed three hits and three walks, and ran his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 10 1/3.
 
Ashland finished the opener by scoring once in the seventh and twice in the eighth.
 
Then, to start Game 2, the Eagles wasted little time in getting ahead, hanging four runs in the first and seven more in the second.
 
POST-GAME NUGGETS
  • Junior first baseman Cam Scott was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Game 1, while Cangelosi, sophomore right fielder Chris Franks and sophomore second baseman Gavin Dobbels each drove in two runs.
  • Game 2 starter, junior lefty Marshall Leishman, improved to 4-0 after going the first five innings, striking out eight, and yielding five hits and three runs.
  • Of AU's 20 hits in the nightcap, Cangelosi ended with four of them (4-for-4, two RBIs, two runs scored, double), and Franks finished with three (3-for-4, two runs scored, RBI, stolen base). Junior center fielder Cam Miller and junior left fielder Max Caron each also drove in two runs.
UP NEXT
Games 3 and 4 of the series on Friday (March 29), starting at 1 p.m.
 
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