RedHawks Fall to Musketeers, 10-5
3/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
MASON, Ohio – The RedHawks (2-13, 0-0 MAC) fell to the Musketeers (5-14, 0-0 Big East), 10-5 Tuesday in game one of their mid-week series. The relocated game was played at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio. Chris Ticherich (0-2) took the loss for Miami.
The RedHawks got on the scoreboard first in the top of the opening inning. Steve Sada, Chad Sedio and Matt Honchel all earned walks to start the game. Then, Ryan Elble hit a two-run single that scored Sada and Sedio. The Red & White left the bases loaded but came out of their half of the inning with a 2-0 lead.
Xavier responded in their half of the first inning. Like Miami, they were able to load the bases. A bases-clearing triple gave them the lead. Then, a single brought in the runner from third, putting the Musketeers up 4-2 after one inning. Xavier would strike again in the bottom of the second. A two-run double extended their lead to 6-2.
The Red & White came storming back in the top of the fifth. Honchel walked to lead it off and then Ryan Elble belted a two-run home run over the right field wall. Then, Adam Yacek scorched a double down the left field line. After a Jake Romano groundout, Brooks Urich came in to pinch hit and hit a double to score Yacek. In total. The RedHawks got three runs in the inning to cut the Xavier lead to 6-5.
Xavier responded in the bottom of the sixth with two runs of their own. An RBI single and a sac fly extended their lead to 8-5 through six innings. The Musketeers added two more in the bottom of the eighth. An RBI double and an RBI single extended the Xavier lead to 10-5 through eight.
The RedHawks could not repeat their five-run ninth inning comeback like Sunday against ETSU, falling 10-5 to Xavier.
The RedHawks return to the field tomorrow as they host Xavier for the team’s 2015 home opener. Game time is set for 6 p.m. Tyler Holliday, the team’s newest player and draftee from Team IMPACT, will throw the ceremonial first pitch.
