Baseball: Oxford shuts down Harpursville; picks up second win of the season
1) Oxford’s Conner Dunagan strikes out 11 batters in the 14-0 shutout victory vs Harpursville. (Photo by Morgan Golliver) 2) Oxford’s Landen Olinski goes 3-for-3 with two RBIs, including an RBI triple in the second inning. (Photo by Morgan Golliver)
OXFORD – Coming off a tough loss to Greene, The Oxford Blackhawks baseball team hosted Harpursville on Tuesday afternoon. Oxford picked up its first win against the Hornets on April 16 and earned another win with a 14-0 shutout victory in five innings.
After Conner Dunagan and the Blackhawks defense shut down the Hornets in the top of the first, the offense went to work. Dunagan led-off the inning with walk before getting out on a fielder’s choice to put Degan Endress on base. Landen Olinski hit a bouncer over to shortstop and Nic Dodzweit did the same to bring home Endress. Kyle Benjamin also drove in a run with the bases-loaded on a deep hit to center field. Brent Hamilton followed with a two-run single to center to cap off a four-run inning.
Oxford kept scoring in every inning they went to bat, adding two runs in the second, one in the third, and seven in the fourth inning. Olinski hit an RBI triple and scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the second as Dunagan scored on a passed ball in the third.
Oxford batted around in the bottom of the fourth inning, where all runners in the lineup reached before the Hornets got an out. Brent Hamilton had his second hit of the game after Blake Barrows reached on a walk and Kyle Benjamin was hit by the pitch, which loaded the bases for Donovan Rickard. Rickard drilled a double to bring home one run as Dom Howe followed with an RBI single down the right field line.
Dunagan allowed one base runner on a two-out hit in the third inning before shutting Harpursville down otherwise. He struck out 11 batters in the win.
Oxford (2-6) hosts Afton on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
Box Score: R H E
HA:
0-0-0-0-0 0 1 1
OX:
4-2-1-7-X 14 13 0
After Conner Dunagan and the Blackhawks defense shut down the Hornets in the top of the first, the offense went to work. Dunagan led-off the inning with walk before getting out on a fielder’s choice to put Degan Endress on base. Landen Olinski hit a bouncer over to shortstop and Nic Dodzweit did the same to bring home Endress. Kyle Benjamin also drove in a run with the bases-loaded on a deep hit to center field. Brent Hamilton followed with a two-run single to center to cap off a four-run inning.
Oxford kept scoring in every inning they went to bat, adding two runs in the second, one in the third, and seven in the fourth inning. Olinski hit an RBI triple and scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the second as Dunagan scored on a passed ball in the third.
Oxford batted around in the bottom of the fourth inning, where all runners in the lineup reached before the Hornets got an out. Brent Hamilton had his second hit of the game after Blake Barrows reached on a walk and Kyle Benjamin was hit by the pitch, which loaded the bases for Donovan Rickard. Rickard drilled a double to bring home one run as Dom Howe followed with an RBI single down the right field line.
Dunagan allowed one base runner on a two-out hit in the third inning before shutting Harpursville down otherwise. He struck out 11 batters in the win.
Oxford (2-6) hosts Afton on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
Box Score: R H E
HA:
0-0-0-0-0 0 1 1
OX:
4-2-1-7-X 14 13 0
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