The Muskingum baseball team split at Ohio Northern on Sunday afternoon. The Muskies dropped game one 7-0, but found their stride and bounced back with a win in game two 8-2.
The Basics
- Records: Muskingum (14-9 overall, 5-1 OAC), Ohio Northern (9-13 overall, 1-5 OAC)
- Location: Wander Field – Ada, Ohio
Game 1
- The Muskies were led by senior Wyatt Reeder who tallied two hits in two at bats.
- Freshman Conner Thamann added in one hit.
- Junior Tobie Teke and senior Gavin Hawk both had a walk.
- Senior Erik Cover started on the mound and went five innings for the Muskies.
- Senior Jaxon Rinkes added three innings of work for the Muskies in relief. Rinkes allowed only one hit while striking out three batters.
- Sam Sells led the Polar Bears with three hits and one RBI.
Game 2
- The Muskies put together eight runs on 13 hits.
- Senior Quinten Collins had a two hit, two RBI, and two scored runs performance to lead the Muskies. Collins recorded the only home run in game two.
- Teke added two more hits to his day while adding in one RBI.
- Thamann put two hits up with two RBI’s.
- Sophomore Mike Davis logged two hits, one RBI, and one run scored.
- Sophomore Louie Hess had two hits, one RBI, and one run scored.
- Freshman Grant Mellerson added in one hit, one RBI, and two scored runs.
- Junior Weston Melick notched two hits.
- Teke and Hess both had doubles in the game.
- Freshman Shoei Yamashita earned the win on the mound for the Muskies after a six inning performance that only allowed two runs, while striking out three batters.
- Freshman Luke Spencer and Gavin Schultz came in for relief to close out the game.
- Joey Kennedy had three hits for the Polar Bears.
Up Next
- The Muskies will be back in action on Wednesday, April 10, when they host the Capital Comets. The doubleheader in set to start at 1:00 p.m.