Goulet Blasts Three Homers, Zips Win Season Finale at Kent State

Tuesday, May 25

Kent, OH

5 PM

University of Akron

15-36

Kent State

27-25

AKRON ZIPS

Kent State

Goulet Blasts Three Homers, Zips Win Season Finale at Kent State

May 26 | Baseball

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Goulet Blasts Three Homers, Zips Win Season Finale at Kent State
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Kent, Ohio – Junior Bradley Goulet (Cottage Grove, Minn.) blasted three homeruns and recorded six RBI to lead the Akron Zips to a 9-6 win over rival Kent State in the Zips season finale on Tuesday night at Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium.

Goulet went 3-for-4 at the plate with two solo homeruns and a grand slam while scoring four runs to tie the most homeruns hit in a game in Akron program history – Doug McNulty also had a three-homerun game in 2008.

Goulet sent the first homerun over the centerfield wall on a 0-1 count in the second inning to lift the Zips to a 1-0 lead. In the fourth inning, Goulet fell behind 0-2 in the count and sent the third pitch over the left field wall to lift Akron to a 3-1 advantage. The home team added a run in the bottom half of the inning, and in the fifth inning, Goulet cleared the playing surface for a third time, this time with the bases loaded. With two outs and a 1-1 count, Goulet used left center field as the target, plating senior Austin Domer (Orrville, Ohio), senior Connor Regan (Sagamore Hills, Ohio) and junior Jerry Reinhart (Batavia, N.Y.) for a 7-2 lead.

Domer, Regan, and junior Dominick Trevino (Edmond, Okla.) followed with two-hit performances. Domer issued a pair of singles and a run scored, while Regan and Trevino each recorded a double and single. Regan scored a run and Trevino collected two RBI. Also recording hits for Akron were juniors Justin Barr (Pensacola, Fla.) and Zac Granger (Elmira, N.Y.).

Akron (15-36, 8-32 MAC) added runs in the third and seventh innings. In the third frame, Akron scored one run on two hits as junior Tate Wargo (Benld, Ill.) reached on a fielder's choice and scored on a sacrifice flyout from Reinhart.

After Kent State (27-25, 20-16 MAC) responded with three runs in the fifth inning and added one run in the sixth inning to cut the Zips' advantage to one run (7-6), Akron retaliated for a pair of runs. In the seventh inning, junior Bryant Shellenbarger (Mount Vernon, Ohio) reached on a Golden Flashes' fielding error and Goulet was handed a free pass. With runners on first and second, Trevino delivered a double to left field and plated both runs.

Starting pitcher John Creel (Huntersville, N.C.) earned the decision, throwing three innings and allowing one run on two hits with two strikeouts to move to 4-3 on the season, while senior pitcher Mark Meyer (Cincinnati, Ohio) earned the save in three innings of work. Meyer struck out two batters and allowed two hits without relinquishing a run.

The 9-6 win over Kent State marks the end of the 2021 campaign for Akron baseball.