Falcons Slip Past 'Dons in Midweek Tilt

Wednesday, April 10

Bowling Green, Ohio

3 PM

Purdue Fort Wayne

12-20

Bowling Green

16-11

Purdue Fort Wayne

Bowling Green

Jacob Walker

Photo by: Mikayla Hogan

4/10/2024 6:15:00 PM | Baseball

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Four Mastodons posted multi-hit games but the Purdue Fort Wayne baseball team dropped a close midweek contest to Bowling Green 8-7 on Wednesday (April 10).

The 'Dons drop to 12-20. Bowling Green, undefeated in league play in the Mid-American Conference, is now 16-11.

Justin Osterhouse led the team with three hits in four at-bats and drove in two runs. Nick Sutherlin, Grant Thoroman, and Jacob Walker had two hits each.

Osterhouse homered in the top of the second to equalize after a first inning run from Bowling Green. Osterhouse has nine home runs on the season, reaching the top 10 in program history for single-season home runs.

After the Falcons plated three more in their half of the second, the 'Dons tied the score again in the fourth inning on a sac fly from Jackson Micheels and a 2 RBI double from Nate Simpson.

In the fifth, Thoroman's base hit scored Walker to give the 'Dons a 5-4 lead and Osterhouse later brought him home to make it 6-4 'Dons. A three-run homer lifted Bowling Green back into the lead in the sixth. Micheels tripled to lead off the eighth inning and scored on a passed ball to knot the score at seven, but Sam Seidel's single brought in the go-ahead run in the bottom half of the eighth.

Peyton Wilson (2-0) got the win for Bowling Green after throwing two innings and allowing one run on two hits and a strikeout. Kevin Fee (4-1) got the loss for the 'Dons. He tossed an inning and allowed a run on one hit, one walk, and one strikeout. Fee has tied the program record for pitching appearances in a career with 78. He is tied with Adam Feris (2002-05). Fee could set the record this weekend when the 'Dons travel to Oakland for a Horizon League weekend series beginning on Friday (April 12).

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