To finish a four-game Great Midwest Athletic Conference series on Sunday (April 13), the No. RV Ashland University baseball team lost twice at Tiffin, 9-5 and 5-3.
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The Eagles are 27-10 overall and 16-4 in the conference, three games behind Northwood for first place in the North Division. The Dragons are 15-22, 7-13.
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Tiffin scored six times in the bottom of the third inning to take the lead in the first game, then Ashland responded in the top of the fourth with a pair of two-out runs – on a Dragon error and an RBI single by junior second baseman
Gavin Dobbels.
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With three more runs in the fourth, the Dragons upped their lead to 9-2, but the Eagles got those three runs back in the fifth on another Tiffin error – also with two outs – then an RBI double from senior catcher
Ben Peltz.
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Ashland struck first in Game 2, scoring twice thanks to a Tiffin error and an RBI double from senior third baseman
Jeremiah Cangelosi. The Dragons scored once in the first, then the Eagles got the run back in the second on a double play.
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Tiffin scored once in the second to make it a 3-2 AU lead, then, in the seventh, plated two more runs to go ahead 4-3. The Dragons tacked on a run in the eighth for the final margin of victory.
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…AND THE REST OF THE STORY
- In Game 1, Dobbels finished 2-for-3 with an RBI.
- Graduate left-hander Marshall Leishman (4-3) went the first 2 1/3 innings, striking out four and giving up four hits, six runs and two walks.
- The nightcap saw both Cangelosi (2-for-5, double, RBI) and junior right fielder Mason Koons (2-for-2) earn two of AU's six hits.
- Senior righty Chase Carter (3-2) yielded four hits, three runs and three walks and struck out one in 1 1/3 frames of relief.
UP NEXT
The start of a four-game Great Midwest set at Lake Erie (18-17, 10-10) at 1 p.m. on Friday (April 18).
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