Mavs Fall to Ashland in 9th, 4-3
Mar 15, 2007 | Baseball
FT. MEYERS, Fla. -- Ashland University rallied for four runs in the final two innings Thursday night to edge the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 4-3, in the Gene Cusic Classic.
UNO, now 8-9, will try to rebound Friday when it plays Southwest Minnesota State at 8 a.m. CDT. Fans can listen to the game live on Teamline on the UNO baseball webpage.
Maverick left-hander Josh Lundin struck out four and shut down the Eagles the first seven innings. UNO scored an unearned run in the third and added two more in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Evan Porter and an RBI single by Bryan Frew for a 3-0 lead.
But Ashland narrowed the gap with a two-run homer in the eighth by Justin Richards off reliever Brandon Dahl and won the game in the bottom of the ninth with an RBI single by Tyson Rowland off Shawn Smith.
Nebraska-Omaha.....001 020 000 - 3 8 0
Ashland.................000 000 022 - 4 11 0
WP-Ben Minard
LP-Shawn Smith
2b-AU, Quentin Eberhardt
HR-AU, Justin Richards
UNO, now 8-9, will try to rebound Friday when it plays Southwest Minnesota State at 8 a.m. CDT. Fans can listen to the game live on Teamline on the UNO baseball webpage.
Maverick left-hander Josh Lundin struck out four and shut down the Eagles the first seven innings. UNO scored an unearned run in the third and added two more in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Evan Porter and an RBI single by Bryan Frew for a 3-0 lead.
But Ashland narrowed the gap with a two-run homer in the eighth by Justin Richards off reliever Brandon Dahl and won the game in the bottom of the ninth with an RBI single by Tyson Rowland off Shawn Smith.
Nebraska-Omaha.....001 020 000 - 3 8 0
Ashland.................000 000 022 - 4 11 0
WP-Ben Minard
LP-Shawn Smith
2b-AU, Quentin Eberhardt
HR-AU, Justin Richards
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