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Baseball's John Valek Throws Complete Game in Loss to Miami
April 06 | Baseball
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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron (5-23, 2-6 MAC) baseball team fell to Miami University (14-12, 7-1 MAC) by a score of 2-1 in the second game of a three game Mid-American Conference series on Saturday afternoon at Lee R. Jackson Baseball Field.
Freshman John Valek III made an outstanding start at pitcher for the Zips, as the southpaw tossed a complete game with one earned run allowed and three strikeouts. Despite the strong performance, Valek's record fell to 2-5 in the loss.
Offensively, the Zips totaled five hits by five different players. The top three hitters in the lineup – Devan Ahart, Matt Rembielak and Joey Havrilak – each recorded base hits in the loss. Havrilak also tallied a walk on Saturday.
Senior Jared Turocy registered one walk in the loss. Turocy's walk was his first of the season, and extended his consecutive on-base streak to nine games.
Freshman Kris Simonton recorded the first triple of his career on Saturday. Simonton now has five hits this season, including two extra-base hits.
Daulton Mosbarger registered the lone RBI hit for the Zips in the loss to the RedHawks. Mosbarger went 1-for-3 on Saturday with one hit and one RBI, which pushed his season total to six hits and two RBI.
Akron and Miami will face off on Sunday at 1 p.m., on Lee R. Jackson Baseball Field for the series finale. Sophomore Pat Dyer is the scheduled starter for UA.
Admission is free to all Akron home games, and links to live stats and a video stream are available through GoZips.com.
