Baseball: Piechnick homers, but Ohio falls at Marshall
By Spencer Holbrook | Apr. 17, 2018The Bobcats notched just five hits in their 6-2 loss.
The Bobcats notched just five hits in their 6-2 loss.
Ohio will play two straight games against Marshall this week.
Ohio split the doubleheader Saturday, but it lost the series finale 4-3 against Eastern Michigan.
Despite the closer's slump, coach Rob Smith has no plans to change the Bobcats' go-to reliever for the ninth inning.
Ohio defeated Shawnee State 6-5 in 10 innings on Wednesday night.
Rudy Rott was 3-6 with a walk-off home run.
The Bobcats had just four hits.
The Bobcats were the victim of the Buckeyes' first shutout of 2018.
Ohio will play back-to-back mid-week games Tuesday and Wednesday.
Ohio lost two of three games in its road series against Toledo over the weekend.
The Bobcats and Rockets will play a three-game series.
The senior has quickly learned why his new position is called "the hot corner."
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Rudy Rott has a natural feel for baseball, and a big part of that is his fluid swing.
The Bobcats are in a similar, if not identical, spot compared to the halfway point of last season.
Ohio will play Shawnee State at home Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Ohio had a season-high 17 hits as it defeated Northern Illinois at Bob Wren Stadium.
The Bobcats took two out of three games from the Huskies.
Mistakes on the mound hurt the Bobcats on Saturday night.
Five of Ohio’s 11 hits came in the bottom of the fifth inning.