Hampshire Walks Off For Eagles, AU Drops Game 2

Hampshire Walks Off For Eagles, AU Drops Game 2

AU junior Mackenzie Hampshire (photo courtesy of Ashland University Athletics/goashlandeagles.com

AU junior Mackenzie Hampshire (photo courtesy of Ashland University Athletics/goashlandeagles.com

Ashland University baseball split a double-header on Sunday with Northwood, winning game one 4-2 in 8 innings and dropping game two in 10 innings 6-5.

Scheduled to be a 7 inning game, game one went into extra innings with the teams tied at 2. Ashland University junior Mackenzie Hampshire hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 8th to win the game for the Eagles.

Game two also went into extra innings, but the go-ahead Northwood run scored in the top half of the 10th when junior Dustin Lee scored on a wild pitch.

Both games can be heard in their entirety below.