CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Cedarville and Oakland City split a pair of one-run contests in a non-conference twinbill.
The Yellow Jackets outlasted the visitors, 6-5, in 12 innings in the first game and the Oaks scored twice in their final at bat to win the nightcap, 4-3.
Logan Eby's one-out double scored
Elijah Sanchez with the 'walk off' winner in the first game. Sanchez opened the 12th inning with a walk and moved to second on
Brendan Toungate's sacrifice.
Eby and
Payton Eeles totaled four hits each and Toungate had two. Sanchez hit a solo home run and scored three times.
Reliever
Noah Schleinitz, 1-2, pitched the final 2 1/3 innings with four strikeouts to get the win.
In the seven-inning second game, Oakland City spoiled CU's three-run rally in the sixth inning. Eby's steal of home on the back end of a double steal with
Micah Stewart had given the Jackets a 3-2 lead.
Five different players had singles for Cedarville, 10-18 overall.
Stinger Notes:
- Eby and Eeles were both 5-for-9 in the doubleheader.
- Pitchers Matt Yates, Riley Landrum, and Elliott Gilmore combined for 13 strikeouts in the second game.
- Eleven games have been decided by two runs or less including the last four in a row.
- Eeles extended his hitting streak to 12 consecutive games.
- The two teams play a nine-inning single game in the series finale on Saturday.
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