Baseball celebrates Senior Day against Yellow Jackets

The Muskingum baseball team celebrated Senior Day in OAC home doubleheader action against Baldwin Wallace on Sunday afternoon. The Muskies fell in a hard-fought Game 1 battle, 9-8, and slipped in a close Game 2, 13-11.

Notables:

• Prior to the games, Muskingum honored it's 2021 baseball seniors Holden Martin, Matt Stewart, and Zack Kozerski.

The Basics

• Records: Muskingum (7-23-1, 7-21-1), Baldwin Wallace (23-15-1, 22-12-1)
• Location: Mose Morehead Field - New Concord, OH

Inside The Numbers - Game 1

• Senior Holden Martin started on the mound for the Muskies and pitched the first five innings. He allowed five runs off seven hits.
• Stewart led the Muskies at the plate with two hits and three RBIs.
• Sophomore Allex Santacroce and Kozerski each added two hits and two RBIs.
• Junior Chayce Lundell notched two hits and one RBI, including a home run.
• Sophomore Devin Ryan chipped in two hits for Muskingum.
• Tony LaPora led Baldwin Wallace with three hits and one RBI.
• Scott Kirchoff pitched the first four innings allowing four runs off five hits and notched seven strikeouts.

The Difference - Game 1

• The Yellow Jackets started the scoring in the third inning with a sacrifice fly from Dudley Taw to make it, 1-0.
• Stewart tied it up 1-1 in the third with an RBI single.
• The Muskies took the lead scoring three runs in the fourth, including a two-run home run from Kozerski to make it, 4-1.
• Baldwin Wallace went on a 4-0 run in the new few innings to take the lead, 5-4.
• In the sixth, Muskingum went on a 4-0 surge to regain the lead, 8-5.
• The Yellow Jackets used another 4-0 run in the eighth to take the lead and finish with the final score, 9-8.

Inside The Numbers - Game 2

• Freshman Jaxon Rinkes started in the circle for Muskingum and pitched the first four innings. He allowed seven runs off nine hits.
• Junior Brett Carson led the Muskies with three hits and two RBIs.
• Lundell added three hits with one RBI and one solo home run.
• Stewart notched two hits and two RBIs, including a solo home run.
• Ryan and freshman Nate Keiser secured two hits and one RBI.
• Freshman Nick Congrove, freshman Ryan Schwartz, and freshman Andy Eurez each earned two hits.
• Sophomore Jake Hymrod added two hits and one RBI, including a solo shot.
• Alexis Castillo and Drew Wilson led Baldwin Wallace with three hits and two RBIs.
• Spencer Berg got the start on the mound for Yellow Jackets and pitched the first four innings. He allowed five runs off ten hits.

The Difference - Game 2

• Baldwin Wallace took an early lead in the first inning scoring two runs to make it, 2-0.
• The Muskies tied it up 2-2 with two runs of their own in the second.
• The Yellow Jackets used a 6-0 run in the next several innings to take an 8-2 lead.
• Muskingum plated three runs in the fifth and two in the sixth to cut the deficit to 8-7.
• Baldwin Wallace earned three runs in the seventh innings to increase their lead, 11-7.
• The Muskies got two runs in the seventh to make it, 11-9.
• Drew Wilson homered in the eighth to increase the Yellow Jackets lead to 12-9.
• Lundell launched a solo homer in the eighth to the deficit to 12-10.
• Baldwin Wallace gained a run in the ninth to make it, 13-10.
• Muskingum scored on a wild pitch to make the score, 13-11, but fell short in the end.
• The Muskies notched 19 hits during the game.