COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Dominican Panthers (8-11, 4-4 G-MAC) baseball team continued conference play with the Tiffin Dragons (9-14, 4-4 G-MAC) this weekend at Frank Damian Field at Panther Valley. 

Ohio Dominican started the series with a sweep on Saturday (March 21), winning the first two games 9-7 and 12-4. Tiffin pulled the sweep on Sunday (March 22) with wins of 4-0 and 9-7. 

Game 1 (Saturday - W, 9-7)

• Ohio Dominican scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning as they started the scoring. Will Schirmer led off with a walk and got into scoring position with a groundout. Steven Chapman singled home Schirmer with a RBI knock to left field. Chapman stole second and Jack Wells walked to put two runners on base. Grant Horne plated Chapman with a RBI single and an error allowed Wells to score. 
• Tiffin answered with three runs in the fourth inning and added single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, leading the Panthers 5-3. 
• The Dragons went to the bullpen and the Panthers responded with a bang. Schirmer singled and scored on a two-run home run by Gavin Lawler, tying the game at five in the sixth inning. 
• A two-run homer by the Dragons in the seventh made it 7-5. 
• ODU was able to chip away with a run in the seventh inning. Mason Kurtz walked and swiped second base with two outs. Tristan Schuerman lined a RBI single to center field, getting the Panthers within one at 7-6. 
• Three more runs in the eighth inning put ODU ahead for good. Lawler doubled and advanced on an infield single by Chapman. Chapman stole his second base of the game. Wells dropped a two-run double inside the left field line, giving the Panthers a 8-7 lead. Mason Hess added an insurance run with a RBI single. 
• Lawler, Chapman and Hess had two hit games with Lawler, Chapman, Wells and Schirmer scored two runs each. 
• Jaxson Stried allowed three runs in four innings on four hits. Carson Willis and Jared Hoersten (W, 2-0) each allowed two runs in two innings of work. Andrew Holcomb (Sv, 2) earned his second save with a scoreless ninth inning. 

Game 2 (Saturday - W, 12-4 in 7 innings)

• For the second time on Saturday, ODU scored first - this time with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Lawler just missed a leadoff home run with a double off the left field wall. A wild pitch on a strikeout allowed Chapman to reach and moved Lawler to third base. A walk loaded the bases with no outs. A RBI fielder's choice by Garrett Roach scored Lawler and a throwing error scored Chapman later in the inning. 
• Tiffin trimmed the lead to 2-1 in the second inning with a RBI single. 
• One inning later, Roach drilled a two-run shot to left field for a 4-1 lead. 
• The Dragons used three runs in the fourth inning to tie the game but Jeremy Ramirez (W, 2-0) ended the frame with a bases loaded strikeout. 
• Four hits and two errors led to six runs for ODU in the bottom of the fourth inning. Two singles and a sacrifice bunt error loaded the bases. Lawler walked in a run with Chapman following with a two-run double. Two runs scored on a safety squeeze by Horne with an error adding to it. Hess capped the crooked number with a RBI single. ODU led 10-4. 
• Chapman plated two more runs in the fifth inning with a single, giving him four runs batted in on the day and holding ODU to a 12-4 advantage. 
• Chapman had two hits, three runs and four RBI with Schuerman adding two hits. Roach compiled three RBI on the day. 
• Chapman also started on the mound with four runs (three earned) given up in 3.1 innings. Ramirez and Aidan Piatt combined for the final two outs off the fourth inning. Bryson Shumate (Sv, 1) pitched three scoreless innings for his first career save. 

Game 3 (Sunday - L, 4-0 in 7 innings)

• Tiffin limited the ODU offense to two hits while scoring one run in the third and sixth innings with two more scoring in the fourth frame. 
• Horne had both hits for the Panthers (two singles). 
• Landon Ringhiser (L, 2-2) started and surrendered four runs on five hits in 5.2 innings. Eric Geddes finished the game with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief. 

Game 4 (Sunday - L, 9-7)

• ODU broke their scoreless streak with three runs in their first at-bat in game four. A two-run triple by Willis and a sacrifice fly by Hess put ODU ahead early. 
• The teams traded solo home runs in the third inning. Chapman hooked a ball down the left field line as the lead was 4-1 for the Panthers. 
• Three Tiffin home runs in the fourth inning fueled a six-run inning, putting Tiffin ahead 7-4. 
• After two singles by Chapman and Wells, Willis doubled home a pair of runs and an error scored the third run to tie the game at seven in the fifth. 
• The Dragons used runs in the sixth and seventh innings for a 9-7 lead. 
• The game was delayed for nearly 45 minutes due to lightning in the middle of the seventh. 
• Willis was a home run shy of the cycle with three hits, four RBI and two runs scored. Chapman added a three-hit game with three runs scored. Horne singled twice. 
• Colin Hennessey started with five runs allowed in 3.1 innings pitched. He struck out seven batters in his outing. Brody Mann, Ramirez (L, 2-1) and Andrew Mouch combined for four runs given up in 3.2 innings pitched. Willis and Holcomb tossed scoreless frames in relief. 

The Panthers will hit the road for a mid-week matchup at West Liberty on Wednesday (March 25).