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.
Game 1
Game 1
Baldwin Wallace
20-12-1, 21-15-1
9
AT
Muskingum
7-19-1, 7-21-1
8
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
Game 2
Game 2
Baldwin Wallace
21-15-1, 21-12-1
13
AT
Muskingum
7-22-1, 7-20-1
11
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 0 |
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 1 |
Team Stats
Game 1
Pitching
Batting
Baldwin Wallace
2B:
Alex Ludwick; Drew Wilson 2; Luke Vonderhaar
3B:
none
HR:
none
Muskingum
3B:
none
Game 2
Pitching
Batting
Baldwin Wallace
2B:
Alexis Castillo; Drew Wilson; Luke Vonderhaar 2; Jacob Bonner
3B:
none
HR:
Drew Wilson
Muskingum
3B:
none
May 16, 2021
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.