Ohio downs Northern Illinois in series opener
Entering a weekend series with Northern Illinois, coach Rob Smith characterized the Huskies as an opportunistic team that took advantage of their opposition’s mistakes.
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Entering a weekend series with Northern Illinois, coach Rob Smith characterized the Huskies as an opportunistic team that took advantage of their opposition’s mistakes.
After dropping the opening two games of the series, Sunday’s game against Akron was a must-win if the Bobcats want to stay in contention for a Mid-American Conference Tournament berth.
It’s not yet halfway through the Mid-American Conference season and Ohio finds itself in a make-or-break series against a team that is almost a mirror image of itself.
Too often this season, one phase of the game, whether it is pitching, offense or defense, has spoiled a good performance from the other two.
This past weekend, Eastern Kentucky outscored Morehead State 53-24 in a three-game baseball series.
A record of 6-24, the worst in the Mid-American Conference, suggests a team that is struggling on all cylinders, failing to produce with the glove, arms and bats.
The defending Mid-American Conference champions and College World Series participant Kent State trailed in the bottom of the eighth after a four-run outburst in the fifth provided Ohio with a one-run lead Friday night.
For Ohio baseball, it’s been the same story on different days.
Last weekend’s series on the road against Mid-American Conference opponent Eastern Michigan started out with a 5-3 victory and an opportunity for Ohio to notch its first series victory of the season.
Much like the Midwestern weather of Ohio, the Bobcat offense has been consistently inconsistent.
Cloudy gray skies hung over Marge Schott Stadium on Tuesday, foreshadowing an eerie result that has become all too familiar for the Bobcats this season.
The next two games are not critical in what coach Rob Smith wants to accomplish this season.
Ohio took the field in the second half of a doubleheader against Toledo Saturday trying to sustain momentum gained from a 9-3 win that snapped an eight-game losing streak only minutes prior.
It was their plan all along.
On a cold, blustery day at Bob Wren Stadium, Ohio’s defense couldn’t get out of its own way, committing five errors in a 20-15 loss to Youngstown State.
Canisius junior first baseman Jimmy Luppens attempted to steal third in the top of the seventh, arriving just after Ohio catcher J.R. Reynolds’ throw to senior third baseman Ben Otto.
The wind was blowing out to all fields on Saturday afternoon at Bob Wren Stadium for the third game of Ohio’s series with Canisius.