ROCKFORD, Mich. -- The Siena Heights baseball team fell to #RV Northwestern Ohio 7-6 in eleven innings in the first game of the WHAC Tournament on Wednesday.
The Saints will return to action tomorrow and will face the loser of the game between Aquinas and Madonna in the losers' bracket at Meijer Sports Complex at 1 p.m. EDT.
Northwestern Ohio 7, Siena Heights 6
Justin Holton went 4-for-6 at the plate to lead SHU offensively.
Chase Molnar worked eight innings on the hill, allowing eight hits and four earned runs. Molnar struck out four batters. Shilo Bernal Jr. played the remainder of the game on the mound, allowing two runs off seven hits, working 2.1 innings.
Nick Zito got SHU started with an RBI double. In the fifth, Landon DeVaney gave SHU the 2-0 lead with an RBI single.
UNOH plated three in the sixth to take a 3-2 lead with a two-RBI homer and an RBI double.
SHU regained the lead in the seventh with a sacrifice fly from Eric Reiling and an RBI single from Holton to put SHU ahead 4-3. In the eighth, Jack Semler recorded a sacrifice fly, making it 5-3 SHU.
Next at-bat, UNOH recorded another two-RBI homer to tie the game at five. Kaleb Woods grabbed the lead back for SHU, making it 6-5 in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, UNOH homered for the third time to send it to extra innings.
After three scoreless at-bats, UNOH walked off with an RBI single.