{"id":226862,"date":"2026-04-10T21:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226862\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:47:09","slug":"redhawks-lose-7-6-after-ninth-inning-rally-falls-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226862\/","title":{"rendered":"RedHawks Lose 7-6 After Ninth-Inning Rally Falls Short"},"content":{"rendered":"

OXFORD, Ohio \u2013 The RedHawks dropped a 7-6 decision to Ohio Friday after giving up four runs to the Bobcats in the first inning. Jamie Rasmussen<\/a> hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, going 2-for-2 in Miami’s attempted rally. Miami falls to 20-12 (10-6 MAC) with the loss, while Ohio improves to 7-26 (4-12 MAC).<\/p>\n

HOW IT HAPPENED:
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\n\tOhio took a commanding 4-0 lead in the top of the first on two hits, including a two-run homer.
\n\tMiami made it a 4-2 game in the second inning, scoring two runs on three hits. Ryan Novak<\/a> led off with a solo homer to right field to score the first run. Ignacio Gonzalez<\/a> and Carson Raether<\/a> each singled and a sac fly by Christopher Roa scored the RedHawks’ second run.
\n\tMarcus Dierks<\/a> hit a stand-up triple in the third and scored on a groundout to make it a 4-3 game.
\n\tThe Bobcats brought one run across in each of the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to stretch the lead back to four runs at\u00a07-3.
\n\tThe RedHawks loaded the bases in the eighth with a single by Rasmussen, a double by Jake Vrlak<\/a> and a walk by Evan Appelwick<\/a>. Tommy Harrison<\/a> recorded an RBI groundout to make the score 7-4.
\n\tMatthew Buffington<\/a> led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk and Rasmussen recorded his second hit of the day, a two-run blast to center field to pull Miami within one run. The RedHawks were unable to complete the comeback, solidifying a 7-6 loss. <\/p>\n

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\nMIAMI GAME NOTES:<\/p>\n


\n\tVrlak went 1-for-1.
\n\tRasmussen went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs. <\/p>\n

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\nUP NEXT:
\nThe RedHawks will look to tie the series against the Bobcats tomorrow in game two of the three-game series. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OXFORD, Ohio \u2013 The RedHawks dropped a 7-6 decision to Ohio Friday after giving up four runs to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-226862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}