MARIETTA, Ohio – Mount Union's baseball team fell to No. 2 nationally ranked Marietta 19-2 in the first round of the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament on Thursday afternoon.
 
The Purple Raiders (22-18) was led by Thomas Gallant (Pataskala / Watkins Memorial) who had two hits and an RBI.
 
Marietta (36-5) was led by Damian Yenzi who had five hits for seven RBI's for the Pioneers.
 
Mount Union and Marietta both played scoreless baseball through the first two innings. Marietta however struck in the third inning with three home runs that scored nine runs, two singles that brought in three runs and a walked in run taking a 13-0 lead.
 
Marietta tacked on another run in the fourth inning and two more in the fifth before the Raiders got on the board with an RBI double from Gallant and an RBI ground out from senior Trey Weaver (Franklin, Pa. / Franklin Area). Marietta got three more runs to finish the game off in the eighth inning.
 
The Raiders now head to the loser's bracket where they take on the loser of Otterbein and Baldwin Wallace tomorrow, Friday, May 13 at 2 p.m. in Marietta.