Baseball claims 11th win in home opener against Oberlin
The Muskingum baseball team moved to 11-1 on the season after a 16-8 home opener win over Oberlin on Thursday evening.
Oberlin
2-8
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Muskingum
11-1
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March 13, 2025
The Muskingum baseball team moved to 11-1 on the season after a 16-8 home opener win over Oberlin on Thursday evening.
The Basics
- Records: Muskingum (11-1 overall), Oberlin (2-8 overall)
- Location: Mose Morehead Field – New Concord, Oh.
- Attendance: 78
Notables
- The Muskies have tied the best pace through 12 games in a season with a 11-1 start since the 2007 campaign.
- The Muskies recently received 13 votes in the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Poll.
- The Muskies used a huge seven-run eighth inning to close out the contest.
Inside The Numbers
- The Muskies 16 runs on 13 hits with three errors.
- Senior Weston Melick led the Muskies as he fired off a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Melick added to his impressive day with a total of three hits, four runs scored, and five RBI's.
- Sophomore Aiden Reis added to the Muskie offense as he tacked on three hits, one RBI, and one run scored.
- Sophomore Conner Thamann logged three hits, three RBI's, and one run scored to pace the Muskie offense.
- Freshman Jasper Owens logged one hit, one RBI, and recorded three runs scored.
- Junior Jackson Duchesne pinch hit one time and recorded a hit in the at-bat that brought in two runs. Duchesne also made his way around and tallied a run scored himself.
- Junior Mike Davis showed great poise in the batter's box as he recorded four walks in the contest. Davis added a run scored.
- Junior Sam Palmieri tallied one hit, one RBI, and two runs scored.
- Sophomore Benny Hess logged a hit.
- Senior Tobie Teke and junior Joey Eurez each tallied a run scored.
- Owens recorded two stolen bases while Teke, Palmieri, Duchesne, Melick, and Reis each added one stolen base.
- Freshman Coleman Harvey got the start for the Muskies on the mound and earned the win after going five innings with four strikeouts and no earned runs.
- Freshman Lex Castaneda came in for relief for three innings and struck out four batters.
- Sophomore Caleb Linton finished off the Muskies pitching with one inning of work.
Up Next
- Muskingum will be back in action on Friday, March 14 when they host a doubleheader against Waynesburg starting at 12:00 p.m.