Burkett joins 100-Hits Club as Baseball Splits at Baldwin Wallace
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
| Baldwin Wallace | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Baldwin Wallace | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 | 14 | 0 |
Team Stats
Game 1
Baldwin Wallace
Baldwin Wallace
By Andrew Loewe
BEREA — Senior Matthew Burkett (Maumee) collected three hits to give him 100 for his careeer as the Ohio Northern baseball team used a nine-run rally in the late innings to split in a pair of games Saturday afternoon at Fisher Field.
With the split, the Polar Bears (12-13 overall, 11-10 Ohio Athletic Conference) will look to win the weekend series with a pair of home games against the Yellow Jackets (14-10-1,13-7-1) on Sunday at Wander Field.
Burkett collected a hit in game one, and hit a solo home run to be the 66th member of the ONU 100-Hit Club.
Senior Michael Rocco (Davenport, Fla./Zionsville (Ind.)) went 4-for-6 on the day with an RBI, a double, and a triple.
Northern rallied from a 7-0 deficit in the final four innings to win game one, 9-7.
Sophomore Nate Webb (Liberty, Ind./Union County) hit a solo home run to spark the Polar Bears rally to lead off the sixth inning.
Junior Corey McMann (Flower Mound, Tex./Liberty Christian) tripled in a run later in the inning.
After sophomore Austin Mathews (Washington Court House/Miami Trace) shut down the Yellow Jackets in the bottom of the sixth, the Polar Bears scored four more runs.
With two outs, ONU used two hit batters and two walks to load the bases and plate two runs, and a McMann single plated two more runs.
Matthews shut the door again in the seventh, Webb's RBI ground-out in the eighth tied the game at 7.
Rocco tripled in a run to give ONU the lead 8-7, and was later able to score on a single.
Senior Devin Johnson (Wooster) slammed the door in the eighth and nine for his fourth save of the season.
Matthews (1-0) gets his first career win being the pitcher of record in the top of the eighth.
The Polar Bears dropped game two 10-3.
BW jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but the ONU threatened in the top of the fourth.
McMann's RBI ground-out and Burkett's solo home run closed the score to 3-2.
The Yellow Jackets responded with a three run sixth, and then added another in the fifth inning that would be enough to hold on for the win.
The Polar Bears will finish the series Sunday with a pair of games in Ada starting at 1pm.