Rio cruises past Trailblazers

Rio Grande Sports Information
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio - The University of Rio Grande scored 12 unanswered runs over its final three at bats to record a 15-5 rain-shortened victory over Ohio Christian University, Saturday afternoon, in River States Conference baseball action at Olson Field.
The game, which was scheduled as the first of a doubleheader between the two teams, was halted after six innings due to rain and - after a 33-minute delay - was declared an official game by the umpiring crew.
The second half of the doubleheader, which will be a seven-inning contest, was rescheduled for Monday at 4 p.m.
The win left Rio Grande at 15-29 overall and 8-12 in league play.
Ohio Christian fell to 9-26 overall and 3-16 inside the RSC.

Rio Grande coughed up an early 3-1 lead when the host Trailblazers pushed across four unearned runs in the home half of the third inning, but the RedStorm responded with four runs in the fourth, five runs in the fifth and three sixth inning markers before the wet weather intervened.
OCU managed just three baserunners on a walk and a pair of Rio errors over the final three innings.
Senior Kent Reeser (Miamisburg, OH) led the Rio offense by going 3-for-5 with two home runs and three runs batted in, while senior Jesse Watson (Las Cruces, NM) finished 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
Senior Juan Familia (Reading, PA) had two hits, including a double, and four RBI in the winning effort, while senior Eli Daniels (Minford, OH) was 2-for-2 with a double and three RBI and senior Caden Cluxton (Washington Court House, OH) finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Freshman Trey Carter (Wheelersburg, OH) started and went the distance for Rio Grande, allowing four hits and just one earned run. He walked two and struck out four.
Shawn Grider, the second of four OCU pitchers, took the loss. He allowed three hits, a pair of walks and two runs over 2/3 of an inning.
Jarod Hamlin led the Trailblazers at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI, including a three-run home run in the four-run third. Ian Rycenga added a double and a run batted in.