Baseball Sweeps LTU, Increases WHAC Lead to Three Games

LIMA, OH - UNOH baseball swept Lawrence Tech on Senior Day Saturday afternoon with an easy 9-2 win in game one and walking off game two 6-5. The pair of Racer wins combined with two losses by second place Concordia and a split by third place Indiana Tech pushes their advantage over the WHAC to three games.

UNOH controlled from start to finish in game one after taking an early 2-0 lead in the second inning. The Racers followed with one in the third, two in the fourth and another four in the fifth for a commanding 9-1 lead. The Blue Devils got their second run on a solo homer in the final frame but it was their only hit of the at bat giving UNOH a 9-2 victory.

Joskar Feliciano finished 2-3 and Tyler Huff went 2-4 with both bringing in one RBI. Eliomar Otero and Noah Matheson each drove in two to lead the team.

Daniel Healy (6-1) was brilliant on the mound scattering six hits over six innings without a walk while striking out four and allowing one unearned run. Aiden Nugent made just his second appearance of the season in the final inning giving up one run on one hit with one strikeout and no walks.

The UNOH offense was shut down for most of the nightcap with their only hit in the first five innings coming off a solo Devon Tukes homer in the second. Lawrence Tech dinked and dunked their way through the first seven inings scoring one run in each of the second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh innings to hold a 5-1 lead through six and a half. Finally, the Racers broke through leading off the home seventh with a double and a single that put runners on the corners. Devon Tukes stepped up again and ripped his second home run of the game, this time scoring three runs, to cut into the lead. A walk and a single followed again putting runners on the corners before a ground ball that resulted in a double play did enough to tie the game at 5-5. The UNOH closer, Eliott Traver, took over the game in the eighth and shut down the Blue Devil offense facing the minimum through two innings and set up a game winning opportunity in the bottom of the ninth. The Racers put a runner in scoring position after a single and a walk and Fabian Romero finished the job with a two-out, walk off single to the right center gap.

Tukes led the team with a season high four RBI coming off his two home runs on a 2-4 game. Fabian Romero was th eonly other Racer with multiple hits finishing 2-5 with the game winning RBI.

Sinjon Bobolia worked five innings off the start allowing four runs, three earned, on eight hits with three strikeouts and no walks. Jeremy Yurcak and Nick Soller each tossed an inning in middle relief combining for one unearned run on two hits with five strikeouts between them. Eliott Traver (2-1) earned the win with two hitless innings where he retired all six batters he faced including two strikeouts.

UNOH will host their final home games of the season on Wednesday, April 16 when Siena Heights visits Lima for a 12:00 PM doubleheader. The Racers then finish the regular season with eight straight road games against Cornerstone, Lawrence Tech, Cleary and Siena Heights.