Ohio 5, at Marshall 3

BECKLEY, W.Va. (Interstat) — On a night when the odds and recent history were stacked firmly against them, the Ohio Bobcats rode a dominant starting pitching performance and a clutch late home run to a 5-3 victory over the Marshall Thundering Herd on Tuesday at Linda K. Epling Stadium. The win, just Ohio’s sixth of the season against 22 losses, defied projections. Interstat’s game simulator had forecast a 5-2 Marshall victory, and its ELO system gave the Thundering Herd a 75.3% probability to win. The story of the game was Ohio starter Evan Lichtenauer. The right-hander delivered five perfect innings,… Read more...