CANTON, Ohio – Two strong pitching performances propelled Ohio Dominican's baseball team to a pair of victories, 2-0 and 11-3, over Malone in a GLIAC tripleheader at Thurman Munson Stadium. ODU fell 10-0 in the first game, which was resumed after being halted by rain in the fourth inning on Thursday.

In the 2-0 win, freshman Joe Filosa (Fort Wayne, Ind.) went 5.2 innings and limited the Pioneers to one hit, which did not come until the sixth inning. He punched out six batters, matching a season-best. Only two Pioneers reached scoring position against him as well.

Senior Vince Bartolone (Broadview Heights, Ohio) then worked the final 1.1 innings to pick up the save, working out of a bases loaded jam in the seventh by getting a groundout to end the game.

ODU scored both of the game's runs in the second inning. Freshman Lee Sponseller (Mason, Ohio) reached on an error, then scored on a double to left field by senior Marcus Schluessler (Zanesville, Ohio). Schluessler then reached third on a wild pitch and came in to score on a balk to make it 2-0.

Junior Colman Fitzgerald (Centerville, Ohio) had two of the Panthers' four hits, while Malone managed just two.

In the 11-3 victory, junior Ryan Colegate (Centerville, Ohio) had another strong start for the Panthers, yielding just three hits and one earned run. He struck out seven batters in his longest outing of the season and second-longest of his career.

The Panthers drew a school record 15 walks in the game and also recorded 10 hits.

Senior Kyle Tisdale (Uniontown, Ohio) tied a school record by walking four times and he also had a hit. Schluessler went 2-for-3 with a trio of walks. Sponseller, junior Ian Huss (Springboro, Ohio) and sophomore Kyle Burson (Brunswick, Ohio) each walked twice, while Fitzgerald and freshman Justin Childers (Pickerington, Ohio) each had two hits.

The Panthers went up 3-0 in the third inning, as Tisdale walked with the bases loaded, and an error would bring home both Sponseller and sophomore Tony Evans (Medway, Ohio).

The score remained that way until the eighth, when the Panthers broke it open with a seven-run inning. Schluessler scored on an error, and Fitzgerald had an RBI single and later scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-0.

Childers had an RBI single, Burson walked with the bases loaded, and three came in to score on an RBI basehit by Schluessler that was compounded by a Malone error to make it 10-0.

Senior Kyle Suminski (Fraser, Mich.) had an RBI double in the ninth to cap the scoring.

Colegate improved to 4-1 with the win and is tied for second in the GLIAC with wins.

ODU and Malone complete their four-game series at noon on Monday at Thurman Munson Stadium.

Contact: Scott Miles
miless@ohiodominican.edu