Nick Gallagher
Urbana Athletics
11
Urbana UU 3-4
15
Winner Ohio Dominican ODU 4-0
Urbana UU
3-4
11
Final
15
Ohio Dominican ODU
4-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Urbana UU 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 3 0 11 11 4
Ohio Dominican ODU 4 3 2 5 0 0 1 0 X 15 16 4

W: Sendelbach (1-0) L: Greenwalt, Dalton (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Derrick Blyberg, Sports Information Director

UU's Early Deficit Too Steep for Comeback at ODU

Blue Knights fall to Panthers, 15-11

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Urbana University baseball outscored Ohio Dominican 10-1 over the final five innings Saturday, but still came up short 15-11 at ODU's Frank Damian Field.

RECORDS UPDATE
Urbana dropped to 3-4 overall while the Ohio Dominican squad remained unbeaten at 4-0 on the year.
 
TURNING POINT 
The Panthers jumped all over the Blue Knights early with a 14-1 lead off 15 hits through four complete frames. However, the UU bats got the visitors back in it with a four-spot in the top of the fifth, which featured a three-run blast by right fielder Nick Gallagher - a no doubter to right field.

Then, UU added two in the sixth and one in the seventh, before Gallagher came up big again with a bases-clearing double to plate three more runs in the eighth to make the score 15-11.

Relievers Steven Beall, Colt Woolever and Brandon McRae kept UU within striking distance, combining to allow one run on only one hit across the fifth through eighth innings. But, the Knights were shut down in the ninth after ODU's closer retired the side in order.

UU LEADERS 
  • Gallagher finished 3 for 5 at the plate with a three-run double and three-run home run
  • Isac Franklin scored three runs while going 2 for 5 with a pair of singles and a walk
  • Brent West knocked in a pair of runs, batting 2 for 5 with a double, walk and run scored
  • Damario Brown also collected a pair of hits (2 for 6) with a double and two runs scored
  • Mickey Barea and Daniel Quiroz produced one hit each
  • Brandon McRae (1 IP, 0 R, 1 K)
  • Colt Woolever (1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 K)
  • Steven Beall (3.2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K)

NOTABLES
  • UU has scored 11 or more runs in four of the past five games
  • The Blue Knights were outhit 16-11; UU has been outhit in five of seven games
  • UU stranded a season-high 11 runners on base
  • UU's defense committed a season-high four errors
  • Gallagher posted a career high RBI (6)
  • Gallagher's three-run blast was his second career homer and first dinger since his freshman year (2014)
  • UU has recorded a long ball in three straight games
  • West has reached base in 12 straight games and Coy in 11 consecutive games dating back to last season
  • Franklin leads the team with 12 hits (.480 avg.) through seven games and has hit safely in five straight
  • Beall made his first appearance of the season, tossing a career-high innings in relief
  • UU starting pitcher Dalton Greenwalt was charged with his first loss of the season (2.1 IP, 11 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 1 K)
  • ODU starter Sendelbach picked up his first win (5.0 IP, 5 ER, 5 BB, 5 K)
  • ODU center fielder Childers went 5 for 5 at the plate with a pair of doubles and three RBI

UP NEXT
Urbana returns to Frank Damian Field tomorrow for a non-conference doubleheader against 13th-ranked Mercyhurst. First pitch of Game 1 is slated for noon ET.

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