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Chillicothe, Ohio – The early season struggles continued for the Oberlin College baseball team as they fell to Baldwin-Wallace 7-6, and 9-1 on Sunday afternoon in Chillicothe.

Ben Puterbaugh and Zachary Kisley each had three hits in the twinbill, but it was the Yeomen pitching and defense that hurt the cause on this day.

In the lid-lifter Oberlin appeared to be in control as senior Grady Campion worked four scoreless innings and was pitching with a 3-0 lead. The Yeomen would add another tally in the fifth on an RBI double by Brandon Cantrill. However after that moment things took a turn for the worse.

Campion ran into trouble in the fifth as a pair of hits, a hit batter and an error resulted in two runs coming across with nobody out. At that point with the bases still loaded Head Coach Adrian Abrahamowicz elected to turn to Phil Brua to limit the damage, but the Yellow Jackets had other ideas. A single off Brua and yet another OC miscue resulted in two more runs. The Avon, Ohio, native was not his normal self as he allowed three hits and hit three batters before things were all said and done.

The Yellow Jackets used a combination of three hits and two Oberlin errors to even things up at four. Two more OC errors in the sixth would allow B-W to grab a 5-4 lead heading into the seventh.

The Yeomen wouldn't go down without a fight as back-to-back one-out singles by Puterbaugh and Cantrill got things started. Cantrill would eventually score on a passed ball before sophomore Eric Knight would come through with a go-ahead RBI single to score Max Phinney.

With the Yeomen back on top they needed just three outs for the win. Brua got the first two with ease, but then once again trouble arose. A walk, a single, and hit-by-pitch loaded the bases for Anthony D'Attoma who roped a double to the gap to send the Yeomen home heartbroken.

In the nightcap the Yeomen were out of it from the start as rookie starter Mattie Dedoes got roughed up for seven runs in the second.

Oberlin (1-4) mustered just four hits in the game, all of which came in the third inning. The Yeomen's lone run of the game came courtesy of Zach Jaspers' RBI single in the third that scored Matt Fish.

Oberlin will hope the Arizona sun will help them get things back on track, as their next contest is March 26 in Phoenix against Middlebury.