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<\/p>\n ROCHESTER, Mich. \u2014 Oakland (3-16, 2-2 HL) fell to Northern Kentucky (9-11, 2-2 HL) with a final score of 9\u20136 on Friday in the series and home opener\u00a0at the Oakland Baseball Field. Despite a late three-run rally in the ninth inning, Oakland was unable to overcome a decisive five-run third frame by the Norse.\u00a0As the Oakland offense outhit NKU, the pitching staff allowed nine hits and four earned runs over the entire game.<\/p>\n Junior Ben Clark<\/a> contributed by scoring two runs and recording a triple to continue a now 10-game hitting streak. Fifth-year Kyle Revere<\/a> added two hits while driving in two runs as sophomore\u00a0Sam Patton<\/a> finished with three hits and scored twice. In relief, junior\u00a0George Hansen<\/a> pitched 3.2\u00a0innings, striking out five and allowing just one earned run on the mound.<\/p>\n Oakland took an early lead in the first inning when Clark was hit by a pitch and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Revere’s single to right field allowed Clark to score, giving Oakland a quick one run advantage.<\/p>\n In the third inning, Northern Kentucky responded in the top\u00a0with five runs, highlighted by a three-run homer to put them ahead. Oakland cut the deficit in the bottom frame as Patton singled and then scored on Clark’s triple to right field before Revere picked up an RBI groundout to score Clark.<\/p>\n Northern Kentucky extended its lead in the sixth inning with three more runs off\u00a0an RBI single, followed by a ground-rule double and another\u00a0RBI single to push ahead with a six-run game.<\/p>\n Oakland made a late push in the ninth inning. Redshirt-sophomore Boston Halloran<\/a> was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on Patton’s single. Revere’s RBI single brought Halloran home, and back-to-back\u00a0bases-loaded walks by juniors Nick Mardis<\/a> and Aidan Orr<\/a> brought in two runs and cut the deficit.\u00a0Despite the rally, Northern Kentucky secured the 9\u20136 victory.<\/p>\n Junior right-hander Jordan Dahlof<\/a> started on the bump for OU, working 3.1 innings, surrendering 5 runs on 4 hits with a strikeout and a clean 0.00 ERA. Junior Blake Sehlke<\/a> pitched two innings in relief, allowing three earned runs on two hits while facing nine batters.\u00a0Hansen delivered a strong relief performance to close, earning 5 strikeouts and allowing just 1 run on 3 hits without any walks during his 3.2 innings of work.<\/p>\n Oakland will try to even the series over Northern Kentucky for game two tomorrow, March 21 at “The Den”, the OU Baseball Field at 2 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.<\/p>\n How to Follow Oakland Baseball: For complete information on Oakland Baseball, follow the team on X at @OaklandBSB<\/a> and head coach Brian Nelson<\/a> at @CoachNelly11<\/a>. The team is also on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n