Western Michigan designated hitter Zach Thoma provided most of the offense for the Broncos, going 3-for-5 with a run scored and two doubles, and the eventual winning RBI in the seventh.
Monty Porter came on to pitch a perfect 1.1 innings in relief of Webber for the save.
For Ohio, the defense was not kind to Bobcat pitching, committing five errors during the morning’s game. Brent Choban threw 8.2 strong innings allowing four runs, three of which were earned, in his losing efforts.
Western Michigan advanced to face the winner of Kent State vs. Buffalo tomorrow at 4 PM. Ohio will drop down and play an elimination game against the loser of the Golden Flashes and Bulls.
WP: Webber LP: Choban S: Porter
Bottom 4: Ohio 1, WMU 0
Two out RBI single by Ian Mezlak scores Jensen Painter in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Top 6: WMU 1, Ohio 1
Western evened the score in the top half of the sixth inning on a throwing error by Ohio, that skipped into the seats and allowed Zach Thoma to score.
Top 6: WMU 2, Ohio 1
Ryan McMillin, who reached on the error, scored from second to give the Broncos a 2-1 advantage, as Patt Duncan blooped a one out single into shallow
left-center.
Top 7: WMU 3, Ohio 1
Western extended the lead on Ohio’s fourth error of the game, as Andrew Sohn scored on a single to left by Zach Thoma that skipped under the leftfielders glove.
Top 8: WMU 4, Ohio 1
Jared Kujawa added another in the eighth with a single past the back-hand of the second baseman that allowed to McMillan to beat the throw to the plate for his second run of the game.
Bottom 8: Ohio 2, WMU 4
A pair of back-to-back doubles by Jake Madsen and Jensen Painter drew the Bobcats within two, as Madsen crossed the plate.