LIMA, Ohio – Competing in a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference doubleheader, the Siena Heights University baseball team traveled to Lima, Ohio, to take on the No. 21 ranked University of Northwestern Ohio Racers. Game one saw a tough fight from the Saints as they totaled 17 hits and led UNOH until the bottom of the seventh, losing 13-12. Game two ended with a score of 10-3, favoring the Racers.

Game one SHU 12, UNOH 13 – 8 innings

Adam Wilding led Siena, batting .750 during game one, scoring twice, and tallying three RBIs. Kenny Layman went 3-for-5 from the plate, crossing home twice while bringing in two runners. Cameron Hammer (2-for-3) put two runs on the board for SHU and collected one RBI. Cole VanWasshenova was the third Saint to score twice while reaching base on every at-bat. Parker Mabe (3-for-4) picked up one run while bringing in two RBIs. Chris Winkelman also crossed home plate once while collecting two RBIs. Both Haydn Smith and Jakob Scroggie put one run each on the board for Siena Heights. Pitcher Chase Molnar started for the Saints seeing 4.1 innings of action to face 21 batters, striking out four. Kenny Layman (L, 1-3) pitched 2.2 innings for SHU, seeing 15 batters and striking out four.

Siena Heights loaded the bases right out of the gate, allowing Hammer to hit a sacrifice fly to right field, bringing in Smith. After stealing second base, VanWasshenova and Scroggie were in scoring position as Wilding stepped in the batter's box and hit a single towards third base. Scroggie ran home and was followed by VanWasshenova when Mabe knocked a ball out to left field. After the first inning, Winkleman would bring Wilding in on an RBI single, propelling SHU to a 4-0 lead.

Hammer and Layman extended the lead further by adding two runs to the board in the top of the second. The Racers scored one run in the third while Siena refused to take their foot off the gas. Seemingly unstopped, the visiting team added five additional runs to the board in the fourth inning to grow the lead to 11-1. UNOH closed the score gap over the next two innings scoring eight runs between the fourth and fifth to bring the score to 11-9. With one run during the top of the seventh from the Saints and three runs from the Racers, the game was tied at 12-12 until the home team knocked a walk-off home run over center field to win game one 13-12 after one extra inning.

Game one SHU 3, UNOH 10 – 7  innings

Leading Siena for game two was Matthew Love (1-for-2), who scored twice. Wilding went 1-for-3 during the game, crossing home plate once. VanWassshenova, Cameron Hammer, and Thomas Lamnek each tallied one RBI for SHU. Christian Jabiro (L, 1-5) pitched 3.1 innings to see 19 batters allowing four hits and striking out two opponents. Wilding saw action on the mound for one inning and sat down two of the six batters he faced.

A slow first inning left the game scoreless, moving into the second. Where UNOH brought in six runs jumping into the lead. In the third, Matthew Love reached first on a single to left field and later ran home on an RBI triple from Hammer.

The home team added two runs to their score in the fourth and continued to put defensive pressure on the visiting Saints holding them to only one run. Wilding reached home on a hit from Lamnek in the sixth to bring the score to 8-2. The Racers tallied two more runs in the bottom of the sixth, and with only one scoring play from SHU in the seventh, game two ended with a final score of 10-3.

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SHU baseball travels to Butler, Pennsylvania, to take on RV Point Park on Tuesday, April 26th. Game one is set to start at noon.

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