Berea, KY – The Oberlin College baseball team had its entire roster together for a game for the first time since the first week of March in 2020, but critical miscues in key moments led to a 9-3 loss at Berea College on Friday night.
 
Sophomore ace Vince Dolcemaschio was the ultimate tough-luck loser after he worked 7.1 innings, allowing just six hits and one earned run to go along with two walks and seven strikeouts but his defense made three errors behind him as Oberlin finished with four miscues in the contest.
 
It was a pitcher's duel through seven innings as Berea freshman Derek Hay kept the Yeomen bats at bay through the front six as he fanned eight while allowing just four hits and four walks. He was tagged for three runs but just one of those was earned.
 
Two Yeomen errors in the home half of the first resulted in a pair of Berea runs and it would stay 2-0 all the way until the eighth inning when the Oberlin bats finally woke up. Two Berea defensive mistakes set the table for the Yeomen to take advantage. Junior catcher John Schooner drove in the first Oberlin run with a double to send pinch runner Jake Blozy across the dish. Hunter Jackson followed with an RBI groundout before Jacob Thompson put Oberlin out in front, 3-2, with a clutch two-out single to score Schooner.
 
Unfortunately, Dolcemaschio would run into trouble in the eighth and the Yeomen bullpen was unable to stop the bleeding as the Mountaineers erupted for seven runs in the inning on four hits, two errors, two walks, and a hit batter.

The Yeomen had plenty of traffic on the bases as Mountaineer pitching walked six and hit four Yeomen, but Oberlin failed to take advantage, stranding 11 runners in the game. 

Berea moved to 2-5 on the season while the Yeomen open at 0-1.
 
These same two teams will run back tomorrow with a doubleheader starting at noon.