TIFFIN, Ohio - Junior Nick Calandra had six hits as the Tiffin University baseball team (17-30, 16-14 GLIAC) split with Ohio Dominican (25-22, 14-17 GLIAC), Saturday afternoon at Heminger Field. ODU won the first 8-2 while TU took the second 7-2. The victory clinched a GLIAC tournament spot.
Ohio Dominican scored a run in the first for the early lead. In the bottom of the first, sophomore Garrett Vernau reached on a fielder's choice. Calandra doubled to move Vernau to third.
Junior Cody Spires grounded out to push Vernau across the plate. The Panthers scored seven runs over the next three innings to seal the game.
For Tiffin, Calandra had two hits. Sophomore Tyler Nichols (3-2) gave up seven hits, five runs and struck out one in 1.7 innings.
For ODU, Kyle Tisdale had three hits and Anthony Raschilla had two hits and drove in four runs. Sean Blackburn (4-3) gave up six hits, two runs and struck out one in seven innings.
In the night cap, with two outs, Calandra singled to left field. Spires then parked the ball in the Bat Cave over right center field to make it 2-0. ODU came back with two runs in the third.
In the fourth inning, Calandra led off with a single and moved to second on an illegal pitch. Following an out, sophomore Cole McCurry singled to move Calandra to third. Walks to freshmen Isaac Perry and Kyle Lento forced Calandra across the plate.
In the sixth, Ohio Dominican threatened with runners at the corners with two outs. Tiffin got a ground out to end the threat. In the bottom of the sixth, the Dragons scored four runs to seal the game.
For Tiffin, Calandra had four hits and scored two runs and Spires had two hits and drove in three runs. Sophomore Logan Sendelbach (3-8) gave up four hits, two runs, one earned, walked one and struck out eight in seven innings.
For ODU, Ryan Colegate (3-5) gave up five hits, four runs, walked three and struck out four in five innings.
Tiffin closes the regular season at home, Sunday, May 4 taking on Ohio Dominican. The game is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. Live stats will be available at http://dragonweb.tiffin.edu/livestats/xlive.htm
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