A six-run bottom of the eighth inning lifted the No. RV Ashland University baseball team to a 9-3 Florida trip-ending win over Point Park on Saturday (March 8) morning.
The Eagles return to Ohio at 7-6, while the Pioneers are 7-3.
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Saturday's win is Ashland head coach
John Schaly's 1,321
st as a collegiate head baseball coach – three away from tying Mike Metheny (1,324) of Southeastern Oklahoma for the most wins in NCAA Division II baseball history.
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Ashland scored three times in the bottom of the fourth, and Point Park posted two runs in the second and one in the sixth, and the game was tied at 3 going into the bottom of the eighth.
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That's when junior left fielder
Billy Howard hit an RBI single, freshman right fielder
Sean Krueckeberg added a two-run double, senior third baseman
Jeremiah Cangelosi delivered a run-scoring single, and senior catcher
Ben Peltz launched a two-run home run.
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HITTING UP AND DOWN THE LINEUP…AND THE REST OF THE STORY
- Eight Eagles had at least one hit on Saturday, led by Krueckeberg (4-for-5, double, three RBIs, run scored), junior first baseman Sam Witt (2-for-5), junior shortstop Collin Overholt (2-for-4, triple, two runs scored), Howard (2-for-4, RBI, two runs scored), junior designated hitter Ryan Shimek (2-for-4, two runs scored, two RBIs) and freshman second baseman Gage Weaver (2-for-2, double).
- Senior right-handed pitcher Chase Carter (2-0) went the final three innings scoreless for the relief win. He struck out two and allowed three hits, a walk and no runs.
UP NEXT
The first home games of 2025 at Tomassi Stadium and Donges Field at the Archer Ballpark Complex, a four-game Great Midwest Athletic Conference set with Walsh on Friday-Sunday (March 14-16).
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