Bowling Green State University Athletics
Bowling Green State University
MIAMI (OH)
Baseball Edges Miami, 4-3, In Nine Innings
April 22, 2000 | Baseball
April 22, 2000
Oxford, OH -
Bowling Green extended its winning streak to seven games with a 4-3 nine-inning triumph at Miami in game one on Saturday. It also ended a five-game BG regular-season losing streak to the RedHawks.
Falcon junior third baseman Scott Dukate hit a one-out home run to snap a 3-3 deadlock and give BG its eighth straight Mid-American Conference win.
After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning on a leadoff home run by Clark Mace, BG tied it with a single run in the third. Nick Elrod had a leadoff single and was sacrificed to second by Brad Simon. Following a walk to Corey Loomis and a strike out, Len Elias singled to left field to score Elrod.
The Falcons scored twice in the sixth to take a 3-1 lead. Sean Ryan had a one-out single and Kenny Burdine drew a walk. Following a fly out, Nick Elrod drilled a two-run double to left center.
The RedHawks scored twice in the bottom of the sixth as Tony Fontana hit two consecutive batters after retiring the leadoff hitter. Jeremy Ison doubled in one run and Joe Spain's groundout plated the tying run setting up Dukate's ninth inning heroics.
Tony Fontana pitched the first seven innings allowing four hits and three runs. He struck out four and walked four. Ryan Streb hurled the final two innings striking out three. He blanked Miami on one hit to record his first win of the campaign.
Bowling Green 0-0-1 0-0-2 0-0-1 --- 4-8-0 Miami 1-0-0 0-0-2 0-0-0 --- 3-5-1
WP-Ryan Streb (1-1), LP-Nathan Tekavec (7-3)
Batteries: BGSU - Tony Fontana, Ryan Streb (8) and Brad Simon, Matt Marcum (9).Miami - Nathan Tekavec and Luke Reinhart, George Stegmiller (6).
BG hitting leaders: Nick Elrod (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI), Scott Dukate (1-2, HR, RBI), Brad Simon (1-2)
