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Rhoad and Lewis Lead Eagles to 13-4 Win Over Ohio
5/22/2009 3:34:56 PM | Baseball
EMU advances in the MAC Tournament to face Toledo tonight at 7:30 p.m.
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – Behind three home runs by senior Kyle Rhoad (Fostoria, Ohio-Elmwood) and a solid outing by freshman pitcher Kendall Lewis (Huntsville, Ohio-Indian Lake), the Eastern Michigan University baseball team held off elimination in the 2009 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, as the Eagles knocked off No. 3 Ohio University, 13-4, Friday afternoon, May 22, at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Rhoad was stellar for the Eagles, going 4-for-5 at the dish with three runs scored and five RBI to help the Eagles advance in the MAC Tournament, where they will face a familiar foe in the No. 6 Rockets of the
After a solid outing at Ohio State University, May 12, freshman hurler Kendall Lewis (Huntsville, Ohio-Indian Lake) followed it up with another impressive start this afternoon, as Lewis went seven and one-thirds innings, giving up just four runs (three earned) on nine hits to earn the win and move his record to 5-4 this year.
The Bobcats threatened early in the first, as a one-out triple down the right field line by Hayden Johnston looked like it may give
Looking to rebound from a 0-for-5 performance yesterday against the University of Toledo, Rhoad put the Eagles on top in the bottom of the inning, as his leadoff solo blast off Rex Ingham gave EMU a 1-0 lead after an inning.
Junior Aaron Crooks (Toledo, Ohio-Ottawa Hills) helped extend EMU's lead an inning later, as his RBI single through the right side plated sophomore Zack Leonard (Canton, Ohio-McKinley) to make it a 2-0 game. An RBI single by Gerbus and Rhoad's three-run bomb later in the game put the Eagles ahead, 6-0, and forced Ohio head coach Joe Carbone to pull Johnston early in the contest.
Crooks and Leonard helped further extend EMU's lead later in the game, as a solo homer over the right field wall by Crooks in the fourth and a three-run job by Leonard in the fifth lifted the Eagles to a commanding 10-0 advantage.
The Bobcats pulled closer in the top of the eighth, as a two-run blast over the right field by Krauss and a two-run double by Chris Klimko made it an 11-4 game.
In the bottom half of the inning, Rhoad belted his third homer of the game, while junior Todd Graves (St. Mary's, Ohio-St. Mary's Memorial) blasted a solo shot over the scoreboard to extend the Eagles' lead to 13-4.
But a solid relief effort down the stretch from junior Steve Young (
