After three innings, Ohio and Kent State are tied at 1.
Kent State began the scoring in the first inning with a walk that eventually scored on a single.
The Bobcats scored in similar fashion in the third. With two outs, Kory Burkhart walked, then advanced to second on a passed ball. A hit by Barnes brought Burkhart in from second to tie the score.
After three, Ohio has outhit the Golden Flashes 3-2.
Update:
After six innings, Kent State leads Ohio 6-1.
The Golden Flashes pushed a run across in the fifth and then four more in the sixth.
Three of those runs scored on a two-out double off the bat of Jimmy Rider.
Ohio pitchers walked three batters in the inning.
After six, Kent State is outhitting Ohio 9-7.
Update:
Kent State has defeated the Bobcats 9-1 and swept the three-game series.
A two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning extended Kent State's lead to 8-1.
A hit-batsman, an error and a walk followed by a sacrifice fly led to an unearned Kent State run in the ninth making the score 9-1.
Kent State only outhit the Bobcats 10-7, but walks and errors hurt Ohio.
Matt Robin pitched 5 2/3 innings, gave up eight hits and five runs. He was saddled with the loss.
David Starn gets the win for Kent State.
