CEDARVILLE, Ohio – The Lake Erie Baseball team began G-MAC play on the road against the Cedarville Yellow Jackets. Lake Erie's offense picked up where it left off, taking game one of the series 9-5. Cedarville would take games two and three by scores of 2-1 and 9-3, showcasing strong pitching performances. Lake Erie would salvage the series finale, showcasing offensive firepower with a 14-4 win to split the opening G-MAC series.  
 
Team Records
 
Lake Erie: 10-8 (2-2)
Cedarville: 9-11 (2-2)
 
Game Recaps
 
Game 1:
Lake Erie- 9
Cedarville- 5
 
The Storm came out swinging, putting up three in the first with RBI singles from Alex Jones and Jaxson Christ and a sacrifice fly from Travis Yankovich. The Yellow Jackets answered right back in the bottom half, plating three runs tying the game at 3-3. Lake Erie retook the lead in the third inning adding two runs from RBI singles from Micah Geise and Yankovich. The Storm plated another run the following inning with a Geise hit by pitch for a 6-3 lead. Cedarville saw one run come across in the fifth inning, cutting the lead to 6-4. Geise would hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth, growing the lead to 7-4. The Yellow Jackets added another run in the bottom half cutting the deficit to 7-5. Lake Erie added two more insurance runs in the eighth with a sacrifice fly from Yankovich and an RBI single from Jones for a 9-5 lead. Hunter Bays, entering in the sixth inning, would seal the game as the Storm win game one 9-5. 
 
W: Robert Helt (3-1) - 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 4 BBs, 9 Ks
L: Ford Duesing (2-1) - 3.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R (2 ER), BB, 2 Ks
S: Hunter Bays (1) – 4.0 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BBs, 4 Ks
 
Key Team Stats:
 
Batting-
Runners Left on Base: Storm- 10, Yellow Jackets- 11
Walks: Storm- 6, Yellow Jackets- 6
Strikeouts: Storm- 7, Yellow Jackets- 13
Stolen Bases: Storm- 6, Yellow Jackets- 0
 
Pitching-
Walks: Storm- 6, Yellow Jackets- 6
Strikeouts: Storm- 13, Yellow Jackets- 7
Hit by Pitches: Storm- 1, Yellow Jackets- 4
 
Fielding-
Errors: Storm- 2, Yellow Jackets- 2
 
Game 1 Top Storm Performers: 
 
Soph. Jaxson Christ: 4-4, RBI, BB, 3 R
Sr. Alex Jones: 2-4, 2 RBI, BB, 2 SB
Soph. Micah Geise: 1-1, 3 RBI, R, 3 HBP, SB
 
Game 2:
Cedarville- 2
Lake Erie- 1
 
Game two began with a pitcher's duel. Through three innings, each team would only have one hit and left one runner on base. The Yellow Jackets would break the tie in the fourth inning, putting a run up for the 1-0 lead. The Storm would threaten in the sixth inning with runners on second and third with no outs, but no runs would come across. Lake Erie was able to put a run on the board in the seventh with Graham Solak leading the inning off with a double, and later in the inning, Travis Yankovich would have an RBI bunt single to tie the game at 1-1 with runners on first and third but were left stranded. In the bottom half of the inning, each runner for Cedarville reached by a walk or hit by pitch leading to the Cedarville walk-off walk for the 2-1 game two win. 
 
W: Jenson Wagoner (2-2) – 7.0 IP, 4 H, ER, 0 BBs, 3 Ks
L: AJ Dallmayer (0-2) – 0.1 IP, 0 H, ER, 3 BBs
 
Key Team Stats:
 
Batting-
Runners Left on Base: Storm- 5, Yellow Jackets- 5
Walks: Storm- 0, Yellow Jackets- 6
Strikeouts: Storm- 3, Yellow Jackets- 10
Stolen Bases: Storm- 0, Yellow Jackets- 0
 
Pitching-
Walks: Storm- 6, Yellow Jackets- 0
Strikeouts: Storm- 10, Yellow Jackets- 3
Hit by Pitches: Storm- 2, Yellow Jackets- 0
 
Fielding-
Errors: Storm- 0, Yellow Jackets- 3
 
Game 2 Top Storm Performers:
 
Soph. Travis Yankovich: 2-3, 2 RBI
Sr. Graham Solak: 1-3, K
Sr. Israel Espinosa: 1-3
 
Game 3:
Cedarville- 9
Lake Erie- 3
 
Lake Erie threatened in the third inning, putting runners on second and third with one out following a throwing error, but each runner would be left stranded. Cedarville would strike in the fourth for two runs on four hits for a 2-0 lead. The Yellow Jackets would sting for five more runs in the fifth, growing the lead to 7-0. The Storm would put their first two runs on the board in the sixth with an RBI single from Mannuk Cadiz, cutting the lead to 7-2. Cedarville would answer back in the bottom half with two more runs for a 9-2 advantage. Lake Erie would add one more run in the seventh with an RBI sacrifice fly from Graham Solak, but the Yellow Jackets would close out with a 9-3 victory in game three. 
 
W: Coen Ball (2-1) – 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BBs, 7 Ks
L: Dominic Poltrone (2-2) – 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BBs, 9 Ks
 
Key Team Stats:
 
Batting-
Runners Left on Base: Storm- 8, Yellow Jackets- 7
Walks: Storm- 2, Yellow Jackets- 4
Strikeouts: Storm- 8, Yellow Jackets- 13
Stolen Bases: Storm- 2, Yellow Jackets- 1
 
Pitching-
Walks: Storm- 4, Yellow Jackets- 2
Strikeouts: Storm- 13, Yellow Jackets- 8
Hit by Pitches: Storm- 2, Yellow Jackets- 2
 
Fielding-
Errors: Storm- 1, Yellow Jackets- 1
 
Game 3 Top Storm Performers:
 
Sr. Mannuk Cadiz: 1-1, 2 RBI
Sr. Garrett Esposito: 1-1, R
Soph. Travis Yankovich: 1-2, R
 
Game 4:
Lake Erie- 14
Wheeling- 4
(7 Innings, Rain)
 
The Storm would come out swinging, putting two up in the first two innings with an RBI single from Graham Solak and RBI sacrifice fly from Mannuk Cadiz for an early 2-0 lead. The Yellow Jackets would respond in the third, tying up the game at 2-2. Lake Erie would answer back, taking a 4-2 lead with an RBI walk from Cadiz, and an RBI sacrifice fly from Israel Espinosa. Cedarville would again answer back, putting up two runs on a throwing error, tying the game at 4-4. The Storm would put the game out of reach in the sixth inning, plating nine runs for a 13-4 lead, with RBI singles from Espinosa, Cadiz, and Sebastian Silva, Mitchel Szymczak scoring on a wild pitch, and a three-run home from Micah Geise, his first of the season. Jaxson Christ would add one more run in the seventh with an RBI single. Lake Erie would take game four 14-4. 
 
W: Gregory Kennedy (2-0) – 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R (3 ER), 3 BBs, 6 Ks
L: Sam Formus (0-1) – 3.0 IP, 3 H, 5 R (2 ER), 4 BBs, K
 
Key Team Stats:
 
Batting-
Runners Left on Base: Storm- 6, Yellow Jackets- 8
Walks: Storm- 7, Yellow Jackets- 3
Strikeouts: Storm- 1, Yellow Jackets- 7
Stolen Bases: Storm- 3, Yellow Jackets- 2
 
Pitching-
Walks: Storm- 3, Yellow Jackets- 7
Strikeouts: Storm- 7, Yellow Jackets- 1
Hit by Pitches: Storm- 0, Yellow Jackets- 3
 
Fielding-
Errors: Storm- 2, Yellow Jackets- 3
 
Game 4 Top Storm Performers:
 
Soph. Micah Geise: 1-4, HR (1), 3 RBI, 2 R, SB, BB, K
R-Sr. Sebastian Silva: 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R
Sr. Mannuk Cadiz: 1-1, 3 RBI, R, 2 SB, 2 BB
 
Series Evaluation
 
Pressuring Opposing Defenses: Lake Erie put the ball in play a lot during this series, putting pressure on Cedarville's defense. As a result, Cedarville racked up nine errors in the field and currently hold 34 errors on the year, the most in the G-MAC. 
 
Bullpen Cracks: Lake Erie's starting pitchers continue to show how strong they are. An area for the pitching staff to keep an eye on is the bullpen, as they let down in games two and three of the series. Despite that, Lake Erie continues to lead three pitching categories in the G-MAC. The Storm has the best ERA (5.39), most strikeouts (188), and lowest batting average against (.219) in the G-MAC.
 
Hot and Cold at the Plate: In games one and four of the series, Lake Erie put up double digit hits, along with hitting over .330 in each game, as well as drawing a combined 13 walks. In games two and three, Lake Erie hit under .250 in each game, had a combined 10 hits, as well as a combined 2 walks. 
 
Series History
 
With the series split, Lake Erie is now 10-11 all-time against Cedarville, with each of the last three series resulting in splits.
 
Up Next
 
Lake Erie plays their second straight G-MAC series on the road as they head to the University of Walsh to begin a four-game series on Saturday, March 22nd. 
 
Walsh is currently 2-12 overall and 0-4 in the G-MAC. Walsh opened G-MAC play being swept at Ashland. In the 2025 G-MAC preseason poll, the Cavaliers were voted favorites to win the south division. 
 
Walsh is currently sixth in the G-MAC for batting average (.275), tied for last in ERA (8.86), and ninth in fielding percentage (.953 with 22 errors).