Baseball celebrates Senior Day in split against #23 Mount Union
The Muskingum baseball team split in an OAC doubleheader on Senior Day against #23 Mount Union on Sunday afternoon. The Muskies tied the school record for wins in a season with 28 wins after an 8-7 win in game one, where senior Weston Melick had a solo homerun and senior Tobie Teke had a two-run homerun. In game two, the Muskies fell 11-5 after the game was shortened to six innings due to weather.
Game 1
Game 1
Mount Union
26-9, 14-3
7
Muskingum
28-11, 10-7
8
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Game 2
Game 2
Mount Union
27-9, 15-3
8
Muskingum
28-12, 10-8
5
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
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1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
May 4, 2025
The Muskingum baseball team split in an OAC doubleheader on Senior Day against #23 Mount Union on Sunday afternoon. The Muskies tied the school record for wins in a season with 28 wins after an 8-7 win in game one, where senior Weston Melick had a solo home run and senior Tobie Teke had a two-run home run. In game two, the Muskies fell 11-5 after the game was shortened to six innings due to weather.
Notables
- The Muskies finished the regular season at 28 wins which tied the school record for wins in a season.
- The Muskies honored their 2025 senior class of Weston Melick, Tobie Teke, Noah Blecha, Gerard Hudson, Nathan Johnson, Brock Pfister, Travis Reynolds, and James Dickson. The senior class was recognized before the contest.
The Basics
- Records: Muskingum (28-12 overall, 10-8 OAC), #23 Mount Union (27-9 overall, 15-3 OAC)
- Location: Mose Morehead Field – New Concord, Ohio
- Game two was shortened to six innings due to weather.
Inside The Numbers
Game One
- The Muskies scored eight runs on eight hits while adding seven RBIs and six walks.
- Teke led the Muskies, scoring a two-run home run to right field in the bottom of the sixth inning.
- Melick also scored a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning. Melick added two RBIs and a stolen base.
- Senior Ryan Schwartz logged one run and two hits for the Muskies.
- Sophomore Conner Thamann scored one run. Thamann also singled to right center in the bottom of the sixth, which scored in two runs.
- Sophomore Grant Mellerson and sophomore Aiden Reis each tallied one run and one hit. Reis also tallied one RBI, and Mellerson also logged one stolen base.
- Junior Sam Palmieri and junior Jackson Duchesne each added one run.
- Graduate student Erik Cover started on the mound, pitching four strikeouts and going eight innings for the Muskies. Cover earned the win in the game.
- Sophomore Gavin Schultz finished the game by pitching the last inning of action. He earned his third save for the Muskies.
Game Two
- Muskingum finished with five runs on five hits while walking three times and adding four RBIs.
- Duchesne led the Muskies with a solo home run to right field in the bottom of the third inning. Duchesne was also credited with one RBI and one run scored.
- Reis singled to right field in the bottom of the fourth, which brought in two runs.
- Mellerson tallied one run, one hit, and two stolen bases.
- Palmieri logged one run and one hit.
- Teke scored one run and had one stolen base.
- Freshman Jake Valentine started on the mound for the Muskies, pitching four innings.
- Senior Nathan Johnson and junior Jake Roshau rounded out the rest of the action on the mound. Johnson had two strikeouts and Roshau added one strikeout for the Muskies.
Up Next
- This game concluded the Muskingum baseball team's 2025 regular season.
