Central Michigan University
Ohio
Chippewas Fall in 14 Innings
5/7/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
ATHENS, Ohio - Ohio pushed across a run in the 14th inning Saturday to hand Central Michigan a 5-4 Mid-American Conference baseball loss at the Bobcats' Bob Wren Stadium.
The Bobcats' win evened the series at a game apiece. The series finale is scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. Central Michigan is 13-33, 7-10 MAC. The Bobcats are 21-24, 6-11.
The Chippewas remain tied for sixth place with Western Michigan in the overall MAC standings. Ohio is eighth. The top eight teams make the league tournament.
The teams combined for 31 hits and 31 runners left on base in Saturday's marathon game, which took 4 hours, 20 minutes to complete.
Jordan Grosjean (2-3) took the loss in relief of Nick Deeg. Grosjean allowed one run on six hits, walked two and struck out four over 6 1/3 innings. Deeg went seven innings, allowing four runs on nine hits. He walked three and struck out seven.
The Chippewas did not commit an error.
Dazon Cole led the Chippewas at the plate with a career-high five hits including his first homer in a CMU uniform, a fourth-inning solo shot that tied the game 2-2.
Cole, a redshirt freshman, has 10 hits (in 16 at-bats) in the Chippewas' last three games. He drove in three runs on Saturday.
The Chippewas got two hits apiece from Alex Borglin, Ryan Heeke, Daniel Jipping and Jarrod Watkins.
Trailing 4-2, the Chippewas tied it on Cole's two-run single in the seventh inning.
Mitch Longo led off the bottom of the 14th for Ohio with an infield single. He was bunted to second and, after an intentional walk, scored on John Adryan's one-out single.
Longo led the Bobcats with four hits and Manny DeJesus homered.
Michael Klein (3-2), the fourth Ohio pitcher, picked up the victory. He allowed two hits and struck out two over three innings.
The game tied the April 13 Clash at Comerica with Michigan State as the Chippewas' longest game of the season. CMU is 0-3 in extra innings this year.
Pat Leatherman (0-4) will start for the Chippewas on Sunday. Ohio has yet to name a starter.
