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Zips Battle Cedarville and Ohio State to Begin the Week
April 20 | Baseball
AKRON, Ohio -Â The Akron baseball team enters the week with a pair of non-conference battles. the Zips host Cedarville on Monday while traveling to Ohio State on Tuesday.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Monday: Stats | No Stream
Tuesday: Stats | Video
INSIDE THE SERIES
First Meeting Against Cedarville | Faulds vs Cedarville: 0-0
Ohio State Leads 27-11 | Faulds vs Ohio State : 0-1
First Met: 1980 (Ohio State 19, Akron 3)
Last Met: May 1, 2025 (Ohio State 18, Akron 13)
COMMON OPPONENTS
Cedarville: None
Ohio State: Eastern Michigan (MAC), Miami (OH) (MAC), Kent State (MAC), Toledo (MAC), Central Michigan (MAC), Michigan (BIG 10), Ohio (MAC)
SCOUTING REPORT
CEDARVILLE
The Yellow Jackets come into Monday's contest with a 17-24 overall record and a 5-10 record on the road.
Cedarville recently split a four-game series with Kentucky Wesleyan. The Yellow Jackets dropped the first two games before finishing the series with back-to-back wins over the Panthers.
Cedarville is led by Eli Henderson in batting average (.373), hits (50), doubles (10) and walks (31). Kaden Wilde is the leader in triples (8) while Grayson Weikel is the leader in home runs (4). Cooper Martin is the RBI leader (28).
Jensen Wagoner leads the pitching staff with a 2.28 ERA in 10 appearances and nine starts. Wagoner also leads the staff in innings pitched (55.1), strikeouts (52) and saves (3) in three complete games.
OHIO STATE
The Buckeyes are currently 9-26 overall and 8-7 at home.
Ohio State concludes its series with Michigan State on Sunday, April 20 and have lost the previous two meetings with the Spartans this week.
Saturday saw the Spartans fall 10-9 in an 11-inning affair. The Buckeyes were leading 9-8 until the Spartans tied the game in the 8th inning before walking off Ohio State in the bottom of the 11th.
Ohio State is led in batting average by Tyler Pettorini (.336) along with hits (50) doubles (9), home runs (10) and shares the lead in RBI (35). Four Buckeyes have hit two triples, Trey Lipsey is the leader in walks (31) while Nick Giamarusti is the leader in stolen bases (14)
ZIPS AT A GLANCE
Akron enters the week with a 12-26 overall record, a 5-10 home record and a 6-13 record on the road.
The Zips are coming off a 2-1 week against Northern Illinois. After falling 5-4 in extra-innings, Akron took win 12-2 in game two and 7-3 in the series finale.
Game two saw four players collect multiple hits, with Caden Matlon's 3-for-5 day leading Akron. Evan Bottone went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI. Jack Poist went 2-for-3 with three runs, two RBI and one walk. Andrew Horvath went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI against the Huskies. Ian Pennington went 1-for-4 with three RBI and scoring once.
Dawson Tourney (2-3) got the win for Akron (11-26, 5-15). The left-hander went five innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on six hits, allowing two walks and striking out seven. David Moore also pitched well, going three shutout innings while allowing two hits, walking one and striking out one to earn his first save of the season.
Jack Kelley (3-1) got the win for Akron (12-26, 6-15) in game three. The right-hander went seven innings, giving up two runs, both of them earned, on four hits, allowing five walks and striking out six.
At the plate, the Zips were paced by Evan Bottone, who went 2-for-5 on the day with a double and an RBI. Austin Lafferty compiled a standout performance as well, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Max Bowman also helped out for Akron, putting together one hit in three trips to the plate while adding a walk and an RBI.
Horvath leads the Zips in batting average (.329) and is tied for the lead in doubles with Bowman (11). Evan Bottone leads the way in hits (51). Blake Bowen is the leader in home runs (5) while Jack Poist is the leader in stolen bases (12).
On the mound, Nathan Currah leads the staff with an ERA of 2.45. Kelley leads the way in wins (3) while Jared Schaeffer is the leader in innings pitched (58.2) and strikeouts (52).
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Zips travel to battle rival Kent State for a conference series starting on April 25.
