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Dohanos’ Walk-Off Single Downs Dayton In Home Opener
March 21, 2018 | Baseball
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Freshman Dylan Dohanos hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Bowling Green State University baseball team a 5-4 win on Wednesday (March 21) over the University of Dayton. The game was BGSU's home opener at Steller Field.
Dohanos ripped a single into right field with the bases loaded. The two-out, full-count single scored Randy Righter from third base.
The win marked Bowling Green's first win on Opening Day at Steller Field since earning a 3-2 victory over Dayton on March 13, 2012.
"This was a complete team win," said head coach Danny Schmitz. "Our hitting, pitching and defense were solid throughout the whole game, and the freshman came through for us at the end. That's a hometown kid in his first at-bat at Steller Field, and he gives us a walk-off win. I'm really happy for Dylan and the rest of our team."
Bowling Green is now 1-0 at Steller Field on the season, as the Falcons played 19 games away from home to start the season. BGSU improves to 4-16 with the victory, while Dayton drops to 5-11 with the loss.
NINTH-INNING RALLY
• Bowling Green started its ninth-inning rally with two outs and nobody on base.
• Randy Righter started things off with a base hit up the middle.
• Derek Drewes then lined a single into left field, before Jeff Scott was hit by a pitch to load the bases to set the stage for Dohanos.
• Dohanos, a graduate of Bowling Green high school, stepped up to the plate as a pinch-hitter. In his first at-bat at Steller Field, he worked a 3-1 count. He took a called second strike, and then fouled off two pitches. On the next delivery, he pulled a single on a line into right field, scoring Righter.
OFFENSE COMES ALIVE
• Bowling Green registered a season-high 14 hits.
• A total of 10 Falcons notched a hit in the ballgame.
• Four different Falcons posted two hits in the victory.
• Joe McGuinness, Derek Drewes, Jeff Scott, and Nick Neibauer recorded two hits for the Falcons.
• Neibauer went 2-for-2 with two runs and a walk. Scott went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
• Drewes and McGuinness each went 2-for-5. McGuinness scored a run, while Drewes drove in a run. Both Falcons hit a double.
• Bowling Green's other hits were notched by Neil Lambert, Randy Righter, Ty Suntken, Dylan Dohanos, Gama Martinez and R.J. Williams.
BREAKING DOWN THE SCORING
• Gama Martinez scored Nick Neibauer in the second inning with a double to right field. The double gave the Falcons a 1-0 lead.
• After Dayton scored three runs in the third, Bowling Green tied the game at 3-3 with a two-run fourth. R.J. Williams singled up the middle to score Jeff Scott. Nick Neibauer then came around to score on an error.
• The Falcons took a 4-3 lead in the fifth when Derek Drewes scored Joe McGuiness with a double down the right-field line.
• The Flyers scored a single run in the sixth, before the Dylan Dohanos walk-off single in the ninth.
GREAT PITCHING AND DEFENSE
• A total of eight pitchers for the Falcons combined to allow just four hits. In extremely windy and cold conditions, the BGSU defense did not commit a single error.
• Ben Beutel made his collegiate debut, and earned the start for the Falcons. He struck out two batters in a perfect first inning.
• Damon Egnor then worked a perfect second inning, striking out a batter in the process.
• Chandler Stillings was the victim of a three-run third, but the southpaw recovered with a quick 1-2-3 inning in the fourth.
• Jeremy Spezia posted three strikeouts over 1.2 innings of work. He allowed a fluky run in the sixth. With two outs, the Dayton batter hit a routine ground ball to shortstop Neil Lambert. On the final hop, the ball shot up and bounced completely over Lambert's head, allowing a runner to score.
• Daniel Buratto struck out one batter in 1.1 innings of hitless baseball.
• Brad Croy worked a perfect eighth inning.
• Kody Brown entered in the ninth inning with a man on first base with no outs. After a sacrifice bunt moved the runner into scoring position, Brown induced a fly out before stranding the runner with a swinging strikeout.
UP NEXT
• Bowling Green opens Mid-American Conference play this weekend with a three-game series versus Ohio.
• The Falcons open the series on Friday (March 23) with a 3:05 p.m. first pitch.
• The series will conclude with 1:05 p.m. starts on Saturday (March 24) and Sunday (March 25).
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Freshman Dylan Dohanos hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Bowling Green State University baseball team a 5-4 win on Wednesday (March 21) over the University of Dayton. The game was BGSU's home opener at Steller Field.
Dohanos ripped a single into right field with the bases loaded. The two-out, full-count single scored Randy Righter from third base.
The win marked Bowling Green's first win on Opening Day at Steller Field since earning a 3-2 victory over Dayton on March 13, 2012.
"This was a complete team win," said head coach Danny Schmitz. "Our hitting, pitching and defense were solid throughout the whole game, and the freshman came through for us at the end. That's a hometown kid in his first at-bat at Steller Field, and he gives us a walk-off win. I'm really happy for Dylan and the rest of our team."
Bowling Green is now 1-0 at Steller Field on the season, as the Falcons played 19 games away from home to start the season. BGSU improves to 4-16 with the victory, while Dayton drops to 5-11 with the loss.
NINTH-INNING RALLY
• Bowling Green started its ninth-inning rally with two outs and nobody on base.
• Randy Righter started things off with a base hit up the middle.
• Derek Drewes then lined a single into left field, before Jeff Scott was hit by a pitch to load the bases to set the stage for Dohanos.
• Dohanos, a graduate of Bowling Green high school, stepped up to the plate as a pinch-hitter. In his first at-bat at Steller Field, he worked a 3-1 count. He took a called second strike, and then fouled off two pitches. On the next delivery, he pulled a single on a line into right field, scoring Righter.
OFFENSE COMES ALIVE
• Bowling Green registered a season-high 14 hits.
• A total of 10 Falcons notched a hit in the ballgame.
• Four different Falcons posted two hits in the victory.
• Joe McGuinness, Derek Drewes, Jeff Scott, and Nick Neibauer recorded two hits for the Falcons.
• Neibauer went 2-for-2 with two runs and a walk. Scott went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
• Drewes and McGuinness each went 2-for-5. McGuinness scored a run, while Drewes drove in a run. Both Falcons hit a double.
• Bowling Green's other hits were notched by Neil Lambert, Randy Righter, Ty Suntken, Dylan Dohanos, Gama Martinez and R.J. Williams.
BREAKING DOWN THE SCORING
• Gama Martinez scored Nick Neibauer in the second inning with a double to right field. The double gave the Falcons a 1-0 lead.
• After Dayton scored three runs in the third, Bowling Green tied the game at 3-3 with a two-run fourth. R.J. Williams singled up the middle to score Jeff Scott. Nick Neibauer then came around to score on an error.
• The Falcons took a 4-3 lead in the fifth when Derek Drewes scored Joe McGuiness with a double down the right-field line.
• The Flyers scored a single run in the sixth, before the Dylan Dohanos walk-off single in the ninth.
GREAT PITCHING AND DEFENSE
• A total of eight pitchers for the Falcons combined to allow just four hits. In extremely windy and cold conditions, the BGSU defense did not commit a single error.
• Ben Beutel made his collegiate debut, and earned the start for the Falcons. He struck out two batters in a perfect first inning.
• Damon Egnor then worked a perfect second inning, striking out a batter in the process.
• Chandler Stillings was the victim of a three-run third, but the southpaw recovered with a quick 1-2-3 inning in the fourth.
• Jeremy Spezia posted three strikeouts over 1.2 innings of work. He allowed a fluky run in the sixth. With two outs, the Dayton batter hit a routine ground ball to shortstop Neil Lambert. On the final hop, the ball shot up and bounced completely over Lambert's head, allowing a runner to score.
• Daniel Buratto struck out one batter in 1.1 innings of hitless baseball.
• Brad Croy worked a perfect eighth inning.
• Kody Brown entered in the ninth inning with a man on first base with no outs. After a sacrifice bunt moved the runner into scoring position, Brown induced a fly out before stranding the runner with a swinging strikeout.
UP NEXT
• Bowling Green opens Mid-American Conference play this weekend with a three-game series versus Ohio.
• The Falcons open the series on Friday (March 23) with a 3:05 p.m. first pitch.
• The series will conclude with 1:05 p.m. starts on Saturday (March 24) and Sunday (March 25).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brown, Kody (1-1)
L: JONES, Tyler (0-1)
Batting:
2B: SMITH, Brandon 1
RBI: MEEHAN, Pat 1 ; SMITH, Brandon 2 ; ECHOLS, Connor 1
SH: CLEARY, Michael 1 ; JOHNSON, Brantley 1
SF: MEEHAN, Pat 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GARRITY, Mitchell 1 ; SMITH, Brandon 1 ; HAGAN, Tate 1 ; MONTOYA, Bailey 1
SB: GARRITY, Mitchell 2
CS: MEEHAN, Pat 1 ; GARRITY, Mitchell 1
HBP: GARRITY, Mitchell 1
Batting:
2B: McGuinness, Joe 1 ; Drewes, Derek 1 ; Martinez, Gama 1
RBI: Drewes, Derek 1 ; Dohanos, Dylan 1 ; Martinez, Gama 1 ; Williams, R.J. 1
SH: Martinez, Gama 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McGuinness, Joe 1 ; Righter, Randy 1 ; Scott, Jeff 1 ; Neibauer, Nick 2
HBP: Scott, Jeff 1
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