The Malone University baseball team dropped the third game of a three-game set with NCAA DII #15 Ohio Dominican University by a 9-4 margin Saturday afternoon at Munson Stadium in Canton. The loss puts Malone at 23-12 this season, including a 12-6 record in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). Nationally-ranked Ohio Dominican improved to 24-7 overall and 13-3 in conference.
 
Recap
Austin White's run-scoring single in the bottom of the first gave the Pioneers a 1-0 lead. That lead quickly evaporated, however, as the Panthers scored four runs, two in the second and two in the third, against Malone starter Joshua Hurford (3-3).
 
The two teams were held scoreless until the top of the seventh when ODU added three more runs to take a 7-1 advantage. Down by six, the Pioneers refused to go away, responding with three runs of their own, all with two outs, in the bottom of the frame. Todd Ropp's RBI single made it a 7-2 game before Damian Maglione followed with a two-run double that trimmed the deficit to 7-4.
 
The Pioneers were unable to push another run across, however, while ODU tacked on runs in each of the final two innings to come away with the 9-4 victory.
 
Turner Hill led Malone with three hits and a pair of runs scored. Maglione doubled twice while Clay Wisner added a double and a single. Senior pitcher Jordan Yoder collected a season-high five strikeouts over 3.1 innings of relief.
 
Up Next
Malone is slated to visit Gannon for a non-conference game this Tuesday, April 17th in a 2:00 pm contest.