COLUMBUS, Ohio -
Ross Melchior hammered a grand slam and three-run homer in the nightcap at Ohio Dominican, but it wasn't enough to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Panthers.
ODU won the G-MAC doubleheader by scores of 7-5 and 14-11.
Melchior's grand slam in the third inning, Cedarville's first hit of the seven-inning second game, staked the visitors to a 4-1 lead.
After the Panthers recovered for a 9-4 advantage, his three-run bomb in the fifth cut the difference to 9-7.
Melchior finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and seven RBI.
Payton Eeles added two hits and two RBI.
Austin Brown,
Markus Neff, and
Elijah Sanchez all scored two runs each for the Yellow Jackets, 8-14 overall and 4-6 G-MAC.
Eeles produced three hits with a double, a run scored, and an RBI in the opener. Sanchez tallied two hits while Melchior and
Matthew Biermann both doubled.
Stinger Notes:
- Eeles was 5-for-9 with a double, three RBI, two runs scored, and two stolen bases.
- Melchior has registered eight-multi RBI games and upped his career-high total to 38 this spring.
- Biermann had his streak of reaching base halted at 12 games matching Eeles for the longest of the season.
- A quirk in the G-MAC schedule has Cedarville returning to ODU on April 23 for another twinbill.
- The Jackets play a four-game series vs. Alderson Broaddus on Friday and Saturday in Beckley, W.Va.
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