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Eastern Michigan University
7-7
Ohio State
5-9
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3/11/2025 7:10:00 PM | Baseball
John Hale led the Eagles with two hits and two RBI
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University baseball team fell to Ohio State, 13-7, in a non-conference mid-week contest Tuesday, March 11, at Bill Davis Stadium.
John Hale (Ashland City, Tenn./Sycamore/Motlow State C.C.) led the Eagles with a 2-for-4 showing from the plate with two RBI.
Ohio State's Gavin Kuzniewski earned the win (2-1) while Michael Pfeiffer (Brownsboro, Ala./Huntsville/Northwest Shoals C.C.) (1-1) was credited with the loss.
How it Happened
After a Logan Hugo (Essexville, Mich./Essexville Garber) double in the first, the Buckeyes got the scoring started in the bottom half of the inning, plating three runs off four hits.
OSU added five runs in the second, before Hugo and Devan Zirwas (Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny/VCU) each tallied RBI to get the Eagles on the board with two runs in the third.
Ohio State scored two runs in the third while Connor Walsh (Mattawan, Mich./Mattawan) and Hale drove in one run apiece in the fourth. Walsh drove in Giano Zuccaro (Middleburg Heights, Ohio/Berea Midpark/Charleston) for his 10th RBI of the season and Hale sent home Brendan Kleiman (Olney, Md./Sherwood/Frederick C.C.), capturing his seventh RBI of the campaign.
The Buckeyes added two runs in the fourth and fifth innings before the Eagles plated three in the sixth, their highest-scoring inning of the day via an OSU wild pitch and RBI from Cooper Vance (New Waterford, Ohio/Mohawk) and Hale, bringing the score to 12-7 in favor of Ohio State.
The Buckeyes scored one run in the eighth to cap off the scoring as the game resulted in a 13-7 win for Ohio State.
Game Notes
» Eastern's record shifted to 7-7 (3-0 MAC) with the loss while Ohio State's improved to 5-9 (0-0 B1G).
» Hugo posted his seventh multi-hit game of the season with a 2-for-5 outing from the plate with one double and one RBI. His seven games with multiple hits leads the team while the double marked his seventh of the season, and the RBI went down as his 17th. Hugo is up to 22 hits on the year, the most on the team, and tying for the most in the MAC.
» Freshman left hander Ethan LaPointe (Windsor, Ontario/Holy Names) made his collegiate baseball debut.
» Eastern set a season-high with eight walks, three of which came from Ty Stecko (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin/Mount St. Mary's), marking the most walks from one Eagle in a single game this season.
» DJ Morand (Wilmette, Ill./Loyola Academy/Xavier/Iowa Western C.C.) set an NCAA Division I career high with three strikeouts.
» Hale recorded his sixth multi-hit game of the season and fifth with two hits. He went 2-for-4 from the plate and drove in two runs for his second multi-RBI game.
» With one hit, Zirwas continued his team-long 13 game streak of reaching base and 11-game hitting streak. He added one RBI, his 15th of the season.
» Kleiman tallied his fifth multi-hit game with a 2-for-4 showing with one double. The double marked his third of the season and his fourth extra-base hit overall.
» Every Eagles starter reached base safely in the loss.
Historical Notes
» Tuesday's matchup marked the 16th all-time between the Eagles and Buckeyes. After the result, Eastern holds a 5-11 record against Ohio State, and a 4-11 clip when facing it in Columbus. Furthermore, the game marked Eastern's 396th all-time against a Big Ten opponent.
Up Next
The Eagles will resume MAC play with a three-game set at Western Michigan Friday-Sunday, March 14-16.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kuzniewski, Gavin (2-1)
L: Pfeiffer, Michael (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Hugo, Logan 1 ; Kleiman, Brendan 1
RBI: Hale, John 2 ; Hugo, Logan 1 ; Zirwas, Devan 1 ; Walsh, Connor 1 ; Vance, Cooper 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Zuccaro, Giano 1 ; Kleiman, Brendan 2 ; Stecko, Ty 1 ; Walsh, Connor 2 ; Vance, Cooper 1
CS: Hale, John 1
HBP: Hale, John 1 ; Kleiman, Brendan 1 ; Vance, Cooper 1
Batting:
2B: Lipsey, Trey 1 ; Pettorini, Tyler 1
HR: Pettorini, Tyler 1
RBI: Ellis, Lee 2 ; Pettorini, Tyler 4 ; Graveline, Matthew 2 ; Carpenter, Will 2 ; Bussey, Reggie 1
SF: Ellis, Lee 1 ; Graveline, Matthew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lipsey, Trey 3 ; Ellis, Lee 2 ; Pettorini, Tyler 2 ; Graveline, Matthew 2 ; Eckelman, Mason 2 ; Carpenter, Will 1 ; Bussey, Reggie 1
SB: Lipsey, Trey 1 ; Pettorini, Tyler 1 ; Graveline, Matthew 1 ; Giamarusti, Nick 1 ; Carpenter, Will 2 ; Simpson, Maddix 1 ; Bussey, Reggie 1
CS: Carpenter, Will 1 ; Bussey, Reggie 1
HBP: Giamarusti, Nick 1
PO: Simpson, Maddix 1
