Posted: Mar 30, 2021
The Muskingum baseball team fell in a home contest to Capital in Ohio Athletic Conference play on Tuesday evening, 8-4.
The Basics
- Records: Muskingum (2-3, 2-1), Capital (2-9, 2-9)
- Location: Mose Morehead Field - New Concord, OH
- Attendance: 75
Inside The Numbers
- Junior Craig Nixon started on the mound for the Muskies and pitched two innings allowing two runs off two hits.
- Junior Parker Brown pitched three innings of work allowing one run from one hit with two strikeouts.
- Sophomore Devin Ryan led the Muskies' offense with two hits.
- Junior Chayce Lundell added one hit and two RBIs.
- Several Muskies chipped in one hit on the evening for Muskingum.
- Muskingum finished the contest with four runs off eight hits and two errors.
- Jared Heidecker started on the mound for Capital and pitched the first 5.2 innings allowing two runs off six hits. He also tallied six strikeouts.
- Cole Callaghan led Capital with two hits and three RBIs.
- Garrott Kennedy added two hits and two RBIs.
- Capital ended the game with eight runs off eight hits and no errors.
The Difference
- Capital took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning.
- Kennedy notched an RBI single in the fifth inning to make it, 3-0.
- The Muskies cut it to one in fifth inning off a two RBI single from Lundell.
- Capital got two runs back in the sixth inning to make it, 5-2.
- Muskingum got it back to a one-run game, 5-4, with the Muskies scoring on wild pitches.
- Capital gained three more runs in the eighth inning to secure the win, 8-4.
Up Next
- The Muskies next hit the road to take on Wilmington in OAC doubleheader action on Friday, April 2. Game 1 is at 1:00 p.m. and Game 2 is set for 4:00 p.m.
