NEW CONCORD, Ohio - The Bethany College baseball team fell to Muskingum (Ohio) University by a final score of 23-2 in a non-conference game at Mose Morehead Field.
Scoring Plays
- Top 2nd - Senior All-PAC second baseman Jaden Nestor-Fox (Vermilion, Ohio) put the Bison on the board with a two-out triple
- Top 8th - Junior Academic All-PAC designated hitter Sy Howell (Bloomingdale, Ohio/Indian Creek) came home to score following a Muskingum wild pitch
At the Plate
- Junior Academic All-PAC third baseman Gian DeGenova (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park), sophomore designated hitter Marco Gonzalez (Oviedo, Fla.), and senior Academic All-PAC first baseman Ethan McHugh (Brilliant, Ohio/Buckeye Local) each went 1-for-3 against the Fighting Muskies
- Junior first baseman Austin Samanske (Eagle River, Wis./Northland Pines) pinch hit in the eighth to collect a base hit in his only at-bat
- Freshman shortstop Chris Stathos (Batavia, Ohio/West Clermont) and freshman right fielder Matthew Stathos (Batavia, Ohio/West Clermont) also added to the Green and White's hit totals as the twins batted consecutively in the order and recorded back-to-back singles in the sixth inning
- Nestor-Fox finished 2-for-3 with a triple, a double, and a run batted in
On the Mound
- Freshman left-hander Noah Stonerock (Circleville, Ohio/Westfall) got the start and earned two outs in the first before freshman left-hander Dominic Kempton (Dillonvale, Ohio/Buckeye Local) came on to finish the first frame as well as pitching the second and third innings where he held Muskingum to three runs on five hits and tallied two Ks
- Freshman right-hander Landon Holley (Cecil, Pa./Canon-McMillan) came on to pitch the fourth where he faced 10 batters
- Junior left-hander Tristan Simrau (Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City West) had his longest outing of the season where he limited the Black and Magenta to four earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out a career-high five batters
The Bison are back in action Wednesday, April 1 as they host John
|Carroll (Ohio) University in a non-conference game at 3 p.m. at Bethany Park.