COLUMBUS, Ohio - In a weird turn of events, the Ohio Dominican Panthers (9-17, 3-7 G-MAC) baseball played a road doubleheader on their own field against the Lake Erie Storm (14-11, 6-4 G-MAC) on Thursday (March 27) afternoon. 

After weather concerns forced a postponement of Sunday's games in Northeast Ohio, the doubleheader was moved to Panther Valley but with the Storm as the home team. Lake Erie won the opening game 4-3 as the Panthers took the nightcap 3-1. 

Game 1 (L, 4-3)

• Lake Erie scored first in the bottom of the first inning on a sacrifice fly. 
• In the fifth inning, CJ Dean blasted a solo home run down the left field line as he tied the game with one swing inside the left field foul pole. 
• Three runs came home in the Storm fifth inning as they took a 4-1 lead. 
• Dean struck again in the top of the seventh inning, going deep to the left center field gap. Dean's second homer of the game cut the lead to 4-2 as he became the fourth Panther this season to hit a pair of home runs in a single game. 
• Two Storm errors in the eighth inning led to a run for the Panthers. Jordan Daniels reached on an error by the pitcher on a ground ball to the mound. Daniels stole second base and came home on a ground ball that was booted by the second baseman from Jacob Adams. Two walks later loaded the bases but the Panthers could not get the tying run home. 
• Dean had two of the four Panther hits - both home runs. Drew Emerson doubled and Mitch Santino added a single. 
• Landon Ringhiser took the loss with four runs allowed (three earned) in 4.2 innings. He scattered four walks and seven hits with three strikeouts. Gavin Mangus and Jeremy Ramirez combined for 3.1 innings of scoreless relief. Mangus went 1.1 innings with two strikeouts while Ramirez fanned four batters in two innings. 

Game 2 (W, 3-1 in 7 innings)

• Lake Erie tried to strike first in the second inning with the bases loaded. Jared Hoersten left the bases full with a huge strikeout, keeping the game scoreless. 
• The fourth inning saw the Panthers take the lead on one swing of the bat. Gianni Passarelli led off with a double to center field. After a sacrifice bunt, Dean drilled a two-run home run down the left field line. His third home run of the day made it 2-0 in favor of ODU. 
• One inning later, Ohio Dominican added an insurance run. Peter Jelenic singled with two outs and stole second base. The throw from the catcher went awry getting Jelenic to third base. Jacob Adams singled home Jelenic for a 3-0 lead. 
• The Storm took advantage of an error to get on the board. After a leadoff single was erased by a pick-off from Steven Chapman. After a hit batter and walk, a fielder's choice put runners on the corners. A failed pickoff attempt error by Chapman scored the runner from third base as it was 3-1 ODU. 
• Six different players had hits in the second game of the day. Dean walked twice to reach base three times. 
• Hoersten tossed four scoreless innings to get his first win of the season. He struck out six batters with two hits allowed. Chapman allowed one unearned run in his inning of work. Jaxson Stried and Andrew Mouch finished the game with a scoreless frame. Mouch picked up his first career save with a scoreless seventh. 

The series will continue on Saturday (March 29) in Lake County. A venue will be announced on Friday.