Bowling Green State University
DAYTON
Falcons Split Season-Opening Doubleheader at Dayton
February 29, 2004 | Baseball
Feb. 29, 2004
Dayton, Ohio - The Bowling Green baseball team kicked off its 2004 season with a doubleheader split at the University of Dayton on Saturday afternoon, winning game one (2-0) and dropping the night cap (9-6).
Game one of the day's action started as a pitching stalemate as both UD's Drew Chesebro and BGSU's Tyler Saneholtz held the two teams scoreless through the first three innings.However, it was in the fourth when the Falcons finally broke through to score the game's first run on a RBI-triple to left-center by junior Jeff Warnock.
After both teams went scoreless in the fifth and sixth, BGSU added an insurance run in the seventh inning when a David Barkholz single plated Jimmy Lapari.The Flyers were retired in order in the bottom half of the inning, giving BGSU the 2-0 victory.
Saneholtz pitched three innings, allowing just one hit while walking three and striking out three. Senior Neil Schmitz entered in releif and pitched the final four innings, allowing no hits, no runs, no walks and striking out four.
Chesebro took the loss despite allowing just one earned run in 6.0 innings pitched.
In game two, the Falcons jumped out to an early lead with two runs in the first inning on a pair of RBI-singles by sophomores Nolan Reimold and Tyler Wasserman.However, Dayton responded with a big second inning, plating seven runs for a lead it would not surrender.
BGSU chipped away at the five-run deficit with runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings.The two-run BGSU fifth inning was highlighted by a two-run home run to left field by Reimold.The long ball was the first at the UD Sports Complex.
But just as BGSU had cut the Dayton lead to one, UD posted a pair of insurance runs in the sixth to put the game out of reach.
Falcon lefty Keith Laughlin lasted just 1.1 innings, surrendering six runs on one hit and four walks, with two strikeouts to suffer the loss. Sophomore Tyler Johnson (3.2 innings) and Matt Hundley (1.0 inning) pitched in relief.
Reimold finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs and was the only Falcon with multiple hits.
The win improved UD to 3-2 on the year, while the split opened BGSU's season at 1-1.
The two teams will return to action Sunday in the series final.The single-game, nine-inning contest is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
