COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Capital University baseball team took on Ohio Northern on Sunday afternoon after having the would've-been Saturday doubleheader pushed back a day due to inclement weather. While there was no rain in the forecast, the weather wasn't much better as the Comets faced uncharacteristic late-April temps in the 40s with heavy cloud cover. The day didn't improve much with the results on the field going in favor of ONU 12-4 and 19-6. Capital drops to 6-23 (0-14 OAC) while Ohio Northern moves to 22-10 (10-4 OAC).
The Comets cracked the scoreboard first in game one, plating one.
Cade Anderson had reached on a single to third base prior, and then stole second during the next batter. The throw down from the catcher was a wild one and ended up in center field, prompting Anderson to take third. The throw to third from the center fielder was also off target, letting Anderson trot home uncontested. Ohio Northern nullified the run with eight of their own in the top of the second. CU would score again in the bottom of the inning via a double by
Kielan LaMarr that knocked in
Tristan Burns. That was the last Capital run scored until the ninth, with ONU scoring four in the time being. Cap plated two in the ninth, first on a sac fly to center from
Hunter Wilson that brought in
Ryne McKinney, then an Anderson single that scored
Ty Clifton. The final score would wind up an unfavorable 12-4.
Game two wasn't going Capital's way from the beginning as ONU notched one in the top of the second and four in the top of the third to take an early 5-0 lead. Capital put up two in the bottom of the third with a Clifton double that scored
Justin Witherspoon and
Robby Harrison, but Ohio Northern added four more in the forth, one in the fifth, and another four in the seventh before CU finally broke the streak with one run in the bottom of the seventh. That run was batted in by
Connor Feeney who singled, scoring Witherspoon. ONU would go on to add an additional five in the top of the eighth, followed by three from Capital in the ensuing frame. A double by Witherspoon plated
Ben Stevens. Clifton then knocked in Wilson with Burns also scoring due to an error on the play. The game was called after eight innings, 19-6.
THE NUMBERS
Connor Jones started game one and went 1.1 innings with one strikeout. He is slated with the loss (0-2). The relievers were
Tyler Sickles (2.2 IP, 2 SO),
Casey Wilkins (2.0 IP, 2 SO),
Aaron Olech (2.0 IP, 1 SO), and
Joey Womble (1.0 IP, 1 SO).
Noah Bromberg got the ball in game two, going 3.0 innings with one strikeout. He also is slated with a loss (1-4).
Trevor Woodyard (0.1 IP),
Adam Frump (1.2 IP, 1 SO),
Spencer Knight (2.0 IP, 1 SO),
Ben Hatfield (0.0 IP), and
Brennon Newell (1.0 IP, 1 SO) provided relief out of the pen.
Ty Clifton knocked in three runs in game two along with scoring one in game one.
Hunter Wilson,
Cade Anderson, and
Kielan LaMarr all recorded RBIs in game one. Anderson went 3-for-5 with one run scored and one stolen base as well. LaMarr managed a double. Wilson scored a run in game two.
It took
Justin Witherspoon a while to get an official at bat in game two as he took two hit-by-pitches – the first on ball four anyway – in his first two plate appearances. He responded well with a 2-for-3 game two including one RBI and two runs scored.
Connor Feeney was responsible for the last remaining RBI in game two.
Tristan Burns scored two on the day, one in each game.
Robby Harrison and
Ben Stevens each scored one in game two. Ryne McKinnney crossed the plate once in game one.
UP NEXT
The Comets will head north on I-71 on Wednesday, traveling to nearby Ohio Wesleyan. Games are set to start at 2:00 and 5:00 p.m.
