Baseball opens OAC slate with two losses at Heidelberg
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Heidelberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | X | 14 | 16 | 1 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Heidelberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | 13 | 14 | 0 |
Team Stats
Game 1
Ohio Northern
Heidelberg
Game 2
Ohio Northern
Heidelberg
By Tim Glon
TIFFIN — The Ohio Northern baseball team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with two losses at Heidelberg on Saturday afternoon at Happy Valley.
The Polar Bears fall to 7-6 overall and are 0-2 in OAC play, while the Student Princes improve to 12-3, 2-0 after the 14-0 and 13-3 decisions.
Sophomore Matthew Burkett (Maumee) went 4-for-5 with a stolen base and an RBI to lead the ONU offense.
In Game 1, junior Nate Bye (Thorntown, Ind./Western Boone) took a shutout into the sixth inning in a scoreless tie before HU plated three runs to go up 3-0.
Heidelberg then scored eight more runs in the seventh and went on to the win.
In game two, Burkett was 3-for-3 with an RBI, joining freshman Corey McMann (Flower Mound, Tex./Liberty Christian) with RBI singles in the fifth as ONU pulled within 4-2.
But HU would get three in the bottom of the fifth and six more in the bottom of the seventh.
The Polar Bears will have a quick turnaround with a noon non-conference doubleheader at Trine (Ind.) on Sunday.