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CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Urbana University baseball stranded the tying runs in the ninth inning of Wednesday's 9-7 setback to Cedarville University.
Urbana dropped to 7-22 overall on the year as Cedarville improved to 11-19 and evened the season series between the two teams.
Three Blue Knights logged three hits at the plate, led by
Chase Carney who went 3 for 4 with two triples, a walk and two RBI. The junior center fielder now carries a team-high .343 average with 10 multi-hit games.
The Blue Knights outhit the Yellow Jackets 11-10 as Carney registered the only extra-base hits of the night.
Senior
Mickey Losey and freshman
Briley Harlan each posted three base knocks while junior
Robbie Guerrero III delivered three RBI. Guerrero has now reached base in 11 straight games with a seven-game hitting streak. He leads Urbana with a career-high 28 RBI on the season.
Momentum swung both ways early as UU jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, and then CU responded with eight runs.
Chase Carney's first of two triples scored the first run, which was followed by a sacrifice fly from
Robbie Guerrero III. However, the host Yellow Jackets took advantage of four walks, four hits and pair of hit batters to claim an 8-2 advantage.
The UU bullpen backed starter
Tyler Bess in the rough outing, surrendering one run the rest of the way to help the Blue Knights chip away at the deficit. Sophomore
Ryan Townsend stopped the bleeding with 3.1 innings of work. He was followed by graduate student
Jackson Everman, who tossed three shutout innings, and then Guerrero threw a perfect eighth.
UU scored one in the second and then Guerrero's two-run single in the fifth made it 9-5.
Mickey Losey drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh and then Carney produced another RBI triple in the eighth which trimmed the deficit to two, 9-7.
In the ninth,
Tyler Dellerman drew a leadoff walk, and after a Losey single, both runners advanced on a wild pitch to put the tying run in scoring position with no outs. However, CU closer Noah Schleinitz regrouped and struck out the next three batters.
Cedarville's starter Logan Wynalda improved to 3-1 after going five innings on the mound. CU right fielder Elijah Sanchez went 4 for 5 at the plate with an RBI.
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UU travels to West Liberty this weekend for a four-game series against the Hilltoppers.
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