Baseball Team Opens Saturday With Sweep of Knights, Posts Another Win Sunday by Defeating Bellarmine
February 20, 2005

The Ashland University baseball team (3-0) opened the 2005 season with a doubleheader sweep at Bellarmine on Saturday (Feb. 19), then followed that with a single-game win Sunday, 10-5.

The Eagles won the season opener, 10-2 and prevailed in the nightcap, 13-2. Ashland didn’t commit an error on the day and had 36 hits in the two games.

In the opener, senior second baseman Adam Wilson went 3-for-3 with a homer and four RBI. Junior outfielder David Waters and sophomore first baseman Ron Oneson both went 2-for-4 and junior outfielder Troy Reeder was 4-for-4. The victory went to freshman righty Ryan Petrich, who allowed two runs and five hits in four innings. Junior Lek Cole and sophomore Dan McGinnis provided solid work out of the bullpen.

In the second game, junior Todd Wells got the win by hurling five shutout innings. He was backed by an AU attack that collected 23 hits. Oneson was 4-for-4 with three RBI and Wilson was 2-for-4 and drove in three runs. Reeder, junior Jim Barry and senior Allen Ayers all had three hits.

Dodging rain drops and determined Bellarmine, the Ashland University baseball team then completed a weekend three-game sweep Sunday with a 10-5 win over the Knights.

Ashland snapped a 5-5 tie by scoring four times in the top of the eighth inning. Junior Lek Cole, serving as the designated hitter, had a two-run single in the eighth-inning uprising.

Junior outfielders David Waters and Troy Reeder both went 2-for-2. Senior outfielder Allen Ayers had a pair of safeties and drove in two runs. Both teams had eight hits.

Senior righthander Todd Martinelli started for the Eagles and went 4 2/3 innings. He didn’t allow a run while surrendering one hit. The victory went to sophomore righty Josh Davidson, who pitched in relief.

The Eagles’ next game is Thursday, Mar. 3, in Fort Myers, FL, against Salem International.