OXFORD — The Ohio baseball team (16-30, 11-16 MAC) completed an impressive comeback to beat Miami (25-23, 17-13 MAC) 12-11 and earned the series win on Sunday.
Overall, Ohio scored 12 runs on 11 hits with one error, while Miami scored 11 runs on 13 hits with two errors.
Individually, redshirt junior Nick Dolan (Pittsburgh) went 3-for-4 at the plate, with two runs and two RBIs. Freshman Caleb Karll (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) also had three RBIs, along one run on two hits. Redshirt junior AJ Rausch (Powell) scored one run off three hits and recorded two RBIs.
Junior Blake Gaskey (Davenport, Iowa) got the start on the mound, allowing seven runs on seven hits and walked two in 1.2 innings pitched. Tim Knapschaefer (Maria Stein) pitched 3.1 innings, allowing three runs on three hits, walked one and struck out one. Senior Luke Olson (Granville, Illinois) pitched the remaining four innings, allowing one run on three hits, walked one and struck out two.
Miami was first to score, taking an early 7-0 lead after two innings. The Bobcats responded in the top of the third with a three-run inning. Ohio loaded the bases off two walks and one hit by pitch, Karll was next at bat and doubled to left for three RBI, setting the score 7-3.
Miami went on to score three runs and the Bobcats scored one in the seventh for a 10-4 score.
Ohio’s bats came alive in the eighth, scoring an impressive eight runs in the inning. It started with the bases loaded early, able to score off a walk and a fly out for the first two runs. Rausch earned his second RBI of the day with a single, then a walk and hit by pitch got Ohio to nine runs. Dolan doubled to left to bring three Bobcats racing across home, giving Ohio their first lead of the game at 12-10.
The Bobcats held Miami to one additional run, winning from behind 12-11.
The Bobcats return home to take on Marshall on Tuesday. First pitch at Bob Wren Stadium is set for 6 p.m. and is available to watch on ESPN+.
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