Baseball drops season opener at Chatham

Muskingum dropped a 6-4 decision to Chatham in the season opener, using a strong mid-game rally and a deep bullpen effort to stay within striking distance until the final out.

Muskingum offensive highlights

• Junior Aiden Reis went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI, driving in both Muskingum runs in the fourth inning with a single up the middle.
• Junior Grant Mellerson finished 1-for-2 with a double, RBI, run scored, and a stolen base.
• Senior Mike Davis added a double and a run scored in the fifth inning.
• Junior Conner Thamann recorded a hit and laid down a bunt single to help set up the ninth-inning rally.
• Sophomore Jasper Owens delivered a pinch-hit sacrifice fly RBI in the ninth inning to pull the Muskies within two.

Muskingum pitching highlights

• Sophomore Coleman Harvey provided an important shutdown stretch out of the bullpen, throwing 2.0 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts and just 2 hits allowed.
• Senior Jake Roshau worked 1.1 innings, striking out two and limiting damage during the middle innings.
• Junior Weston Hartman tossed a scoreless inning, allowing only one hit.
• Junior Gavin Schultz closed the eighth with a dominant frame, striking out all three batters he faced.

Muskingum collected six hits on the day and used six pitchers to hold Chatham scoreless over the final three innings, but a five-run second inning by the hosts proved to be the difference.

Up Next

Muskingum will play at Hampden-Sydney on Friday, February 20. The game is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.