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 Posted: March 29th, 2006 By: Scott Miles, Sports Information Assistant Capital Drops Both Ends of Doubleheader Thomas More (Ky.) 9, Capital 3 [Box Score] Mount St. Joseph 5, Capital 4 [Box Score] (AMELIA, Ohio)-- Following a 17-day layoff, Capital University's baseball team lost both games of a doubleheader Wednesday, falling 9-3 to Thomas More (Ky.) in Crestview Hills, Ky., and 5-4 to Mount St. Joseph in Amelia, Ohio. Capital has now lost four straight games and is 6-8 overall on the season. In the first game, Capital took a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth on an RBI groundout by sophomore Bill Christian (Poland/Poland Seminary). Thomas More responded by putting up six runs in the bottom half of the inning, then adding a single run in the seventh and two more in the eighth to close out the victory. The Crusaders held a 4-3 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth against the Lions in the second contest, but a two-run walk-off homer by Mount St. Joseph ended the game. Freshman Nick Snider (Granville/Granville) had a two-run single to put the Crusaders up 2-0 in the first as they led throughout the ballgame. Capital returns to action Saturday at 1 p.m., hosting a doubleheader at Clowson Field again rival Otterbein College in their Ohio Athletic Conference opener. |
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