COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Capital University baseball team fell in 11 innings by a final score of 19-12 to visiting Oberlin College despite carrying an 11-5 lead to the ninth.
With the loss, Capital slips to 6-10 while Oberlin improves to 7-6. The Comets will begin their conference schedule this coming Saturday with a home twinbill vs. Heidelberg.
The Comets got on the board early thanks to a bases-clearing three-run double from
Ben Stevens in the first. That lead carried to the third when Oberlin answered back with two of their own.
In the fifth, a trio of Comet runs put Capital back in front, 6-3. Two in the sixth from Oberlin made things interesting at 6-5, Cap. However the Comets struck for two in the bottom half of the sixth to go ahead.
Connor Feeney's RBI triple highlighted the frame.
In the eighth inning, Cap tacked on three more runs, as they capitalized on some Oberlin miscues after a pair of RBI singles from Feeney and
Robby Harrison.
In the top of the ninth, Cap looked to close it out, but Oberlin struck for seven runs to go in front 12-11.
An RBI double from Feeney in the bottom of the ninth tied the game at 12 and extended the game into the 11th inning where Oberlin put up another seven runs to close it out.
THE NUMBERS
Connor Feeney finished a career-day with six hits on seven at-bats. He also added four RBIs and two runs scored.
Others with multiple hits included
Cade Anderson,
Cole Boroff, and
Robby Harrison – each with two.
Ryne McKinney,
Grayson Gulley,
Max Andrich,
Ben Stevens and
Michael Andryszczyk each had one hit.
On the mound, Capital tossed nine pitchers –
Ben Mohler (2.2 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 2K),
Landon Kim (1.1 IP, 2 H),
Brian Young (1.0 IP, 1 ER),
Braden Lewis (1.0 IP, 2 ER, 1K),
Daniel Collier (1.0 IP, 2 K),
Jared Carpenter (1.0 IP, 2 ER, 1K),
Adam Frump (2.1 IP, 8 R, 5 ER, 1 K),
Kaleb Stafford (3R, 2ER), and
Julian McCann (0.2 IP, 1ER).
McCann's outing marked his collegiate debut.
UP NEXT
Capital will host Heidelberg University on Saturday, March 23rd at Clowson Field for a doubleheader. Game one is slated for 1 p.m. with game two following at approximately 4 p.m.
