Final Stats

Siena split its baseball doubleheader with MAC power Ohio (10-5) Saturday, dropping the opener 4-3 before rallying to win the nightcap 7-3. Freshman Joe Drpich homered twice and drove in five runs in the nightcap for the Saints.

"The kids played really well," Siena coach Tony Rossi said. "Our pitching was excellent, and the hitting seems to be coming around. We are getting some surprising long balls, and we did it against a really good ball club."

Game 1 - Ohio 4, Siena 3

Brian Fay launched a two run homer in the fourth to put the Saints on the board first, but Ohio scored four unanswered runs and held on for a 4-3 win in the series opener.

Alex Tuccio homered in the ninth to bring Siena within a run.

The Bobcats scored once in the fifth and three times in the sixth to give starter Connor Sitz the victory.

Siena's Bryan Goossens went seven solid innings, allowing just three earned runs while string out six to suffer the hard-luck loss.

The game was scoreless until the fourth when Fay launched a long drive to right center to break the ice. Freshman Jordan Bishop, who reached with a one-out-single, scored on the blast.

Ohio took advantage of a key throwing error with two outs in the sixth to score the eventual winning run.

Logan Cozart pitched the final three innings to pick up his third save of the season for the Bobcats. Kyano Cummings had a scoreless inning of relief for Siena.

Game 2 - Siena 7, Ohio 3

Joe Drpich set the tone with a grand slam in the top of the first, and Siena never looked back in a 7-3 win to split Saturday's twinbill.

Junior college transfer Fred Smart stepped to the plate for the first time as a Saint after Drpich's home run and went deep to left to put Siena on top 5-0. Smart missed the first 12 games of the season with an injury.

Drpich led off the third with another home run to push Siena's lead to 6-1, and the Saints' pitching staff took it from there.

Ed Lewicki earned the win with six strong innings on the hill. Lewicki allowed just two earned runs and four hits. Matt Quintana pitched the final three innings to pick up the save. Quintana allowed just one hit and struck out three in a very impressive relief effort for the Saints.

Matt Long drove home two of Ohio's three runs. Jake Rudnicki didn't make it out of the first inning in suffering his first loss of the season for the Bobcats.

The two teams will play the rubber game of their weekend set Saturday at noon.