Pregame:
After having its initial home opener against Marshall cancelled on Wednesday, Ohio opened its season against St. Bonaventure Friday.
Ohio (4-9) dropped three of four last weekend at Longwood.
Bobcats' starting pitcher on Friday, Jake Roehn, came into the game after dropping a close 1-0 decision to Longwood, where he pitched 9.2 innings and allowed just four hits and one run, which came in the bottom of the ninth.
Before Friday, Roehn was 1-2 this season with a 3.27 earned run average and 18 strikeouts.
St. Bonaventure (1-8) secured its first victory of the season in its last game against Lehigh on March 3rd. The Bonnies haven't seen game action in 11 days.
Game:
Ohio's lineup and batting order: RF 28 Scott White, DH 7 Garrett Black, CF 10 Mitch Longo, 1B 32 Jake Madsen, LF 4 Tyler Wells, 3B 23 John Adryan, C 5 Nick Bredeson, SS 2 Ty Black, 2B 16 Tyler Finkler
SP 24 Jake Roehn
First Inning:
Top: Thad Jonnson scored on RBI single by Jason Radwan. Roehn struck out one.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors and 2 left on base.
Bottom: Black reached first on a blooper single, stole second and scored on RBI single by Madsen.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors and 1 left on base.
Second Inning: Ohio 1, St. Bonaventure 1
Top: Ryan Cox reached on a single, Bret Heath got hit-by-pitch and Randy Delany reached base on a bunt. With the bases loaded, Daniel Trimble hit an RBI single to right field, scoring Cox, but Heath was thrown out at home by the Bobcats. Roehn struck out one.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors and 2 left on base
Bottom: Adryan reached on an error, then was able to reach second on a wild pitch. With the bases loaded, Finkler was walked, scoring Adryan. An RBI sacrifice fly by White scored Bredeson, and the play after an RBI sacrifice bunt scored Ty Black.
3 runs, 1 hit, 1 error and 2 left on base
Third Inning: Ohio 4, St. Bonaventure 2
Top: An RBI base hit up the middle by Cox scored Tyler Bell.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors and 1 left on base
Bottom: Bonnies pitcher Connor Grey replaces starter Steven Klimek. Adryan was caught stealing and thrown out at second.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and 0 left on base
Fourth Inning: Ohio 4, St. Bonaventure 3
Top: Roehn retired 3/4 batters, no runs scored by St. Bonaventure
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors and 1 left on base
Bottom: Finkler reached first, but no other Bobcats were able to get on base.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and 1 left on base
Fifth Inning: Ohio 4, St. Bonaventure 3
Top: One Bonnie was able to reach first, but the Bobcats held them scoreless.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base
Bottom: Longo reached first base on an error by SBU's 2nd basemen, then Madsen reached on a base hit. A pop-out to short right field by Adryan moved Longo to third base. Longo was then caught stealing at home plate after a hurdling effort.
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base
Sixth Inning: Ohio 4, St. Bonaventure 3
Top: Ohio pitcher Nick Nauracy replaces starter Jake Roehn with two outs in the inning. Heath scores on an RBI single up the middle by Johnson.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors and 1 left on base
Bottom: Bonnies retired the side, T. Black and Finkler both struck out looking.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and 0 left on base
Seventh Inning: Ohio 4, St. Bonaventure 4
Top: Nauracy struck out Dylan Dunn, before walking Bell. A wild pitch advanced Bell to second. Nauracy struck out Bryan Weightman looking. Bell scored on an error by the Bobcats on the throw to first.
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error and 1 left on base
Bottom: Garrett Black reaches first on a walk, but one play later Grey picked him off. Longo was then walked, and stole second base two pitches later.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and 1 left on base
Eighth Inning: Ohio 4, St. Bonaventure 5
Top: P Logan Cozart replaces P Nick Nauracy to start the inning. Cozart retires the side.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base
Bottom: Adryan reached first on a base hit, before Bredeson was walked. A sacrifice bunt then moved both basemen a base, to second and third. PH Connor Callery hit a fly-out to left field and left two runners in scoring position.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors and 2 left on base
Ninth Inning: Ohio 4, St. Bonaventure 5
Top: Spencer Sapp entered the game on the mound for Ohio. With two runners on base, Ohio replaced Sapp with P Jeremy Cronk. Both SBU basemen stole a base. On a ground out by SBU, pinch runner Tommy Styn scored for the Bonnies, upping their lead to two.
1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base
Bottom: Longo and G. Black both reach base, Longo on a base hit to left field. Madsen grounds into a double-play, ending the game.
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base
Final: Ohio 4, St. Bonaventure 6
St. Bonaventure 111 001 101 — 6 10 2
Ohio 130 000 000 — 4 7 1
Reactions:
"Their first starter had some problems with walks, wild pitches and some hit by pitches. That created the opportunity for us in the second inning." — Coach Rob Smith on Ohio's three-run second inning
"(Jake) grinded. A starter's job is to keep you in a game, and even on a day where he probably wasn't sharp, we still had a chance to win that game and that's ll you can ask of your starting pitching." — Smith on Jake Roehn's performance - 5.2 innings pitches, 9 hits, 4 runs, 2 walks and 3 strikeouts
"We had too many fly-ball outs, we had 14. (St. Bonaventure) had some challeges on defense, but when you hit lazy routine fly balls, we didn't challenge their defense enough." — Smith on the offensive play by Ohio - 4 hits and 4 strikeouts
Up Next:
Ohio (4-10) resumes its four-game series with a double-header against St. Bonaventure Saturday. The first game will start at 1 p.m., followed by a 4 p.m. first pitch for the second game.
