Six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted Ashland University's baseball team to an 11-8 win over Wayne State (Neb.) on Wednesday (March 6) night in Florida.
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The Eagles are off to a 7-1 start through eight games for the second year in a row. They have scored exactly 11 runs in each of the last three games, and have plated double-digit runs five times so far in 2024.
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After the Wildcats (8-5) scored two unearned runs in the top of the first, the Eagles responded quickly with four runs in the bottom of the frame on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch drawn by junior third baseman
Jeremiah Cangelosi, a bases-loaded walk drawn by junior first baseman
Sam Witt, and a two-out error which plated two runs.
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The early back-and-forth continued with five Wayne State runs in the top of the second, then the game settled down until the bottom of the fifth, when Ashland cut the deficit to 7-5 after a pinch-RBI single from junior
Ben Peltz.
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In the bottom of the eighth, the Eagles took the lead with six runs – half of those crossing the plate on one play via an error.
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POST-GAME NUGGETS
- Senior right-hander Zac Common (1-0) tossed six shutout innings in relief, striking out seven and allowing three hits and a walk.
- Sophomore catcher Collin Overholt drove in two runs and was 2-for-5 with two runs scored, while sophomore second baseman Gavin Dobbels also was 2-for-5 with a run scored.
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UP NEXT
Another Florida game on Thursday (March 7) at 12:45 p.m. vs. Seton Hill (8-3).
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