WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Mount Union baseball team lost both games in its Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) doubleheader at Otterbein on Friday.
The Purple Raiders (15-7, 3-3 OAC) lost game one, 9-7, and game two, 5-3.
Mount Union battled back in game one to tie it 7-7 following four runs in the top of the seventh, an inning highlighted by a two-run home run by senior
Eric Schilling (Stow, Ohio / Stow-Munroe Falls). Otterbein (18-6, 4-2 OAC), however, scored one run in both the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings to seal the win. Raider sophomore pitcher
Chris Phillips (Elyria, Ohio / Elyria Catholic) moved to 1-3 on the season after coming in for relief and throwing 3.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) off four hits.
In game two, the Cardinals once again jumped out first, this time with a 4-0 lead after three innings of play. The Raiders continued to battle with a run in the fourth, fifth, and eighth innings, but were unable to tie or take the lead. First-year
Ryan Romito (North Ridgeville, Ohio / North Ridgeville) connected on an RBI-single in the eighth, cutting Otterbein's lead to 5-3. Mount first-year pitcher
Leo Fornara (Chagrin Falls, Ohio / Chagrin Falls) picked up his first loss of the season (4-1) starting with five innings of work, giving up four runs (only two earned) off six hits.
Mount will play a single nine-inning non-conference game at Case Western Reserve tomorrow at 2 p.m.
