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Belmont emerged victorious over Indiana State's baseball team 5-2 in a pitchers' duel in a big Missouri Valley Conference tilt Saturday .
Since Indiana State dropped the final two games of the series, the Sycamores will be the No. 2 seed at the MVC tournament. The No. 1 seed will be Illinois-Chicago since the Flames won their first two games against Bradley.
"The last two games offensively we weren't very strong," ISU coach Tracy Archuleta said. "The bats didn't come around. I thought the pitching for the most part was pretty good except for one guy in there, but they kept us in the game for a long time."
Belmont struck first in the top of the third inning to make it 1-0, and Belmont pitchers Ridge Harvey and Brooks McDonnough spun a gem until the bottom of the seventh.
Caleb Niehaus reached first on an error in the bottom of the seventh and advanced to second on a balk. Mason Roell then drove home Niehaus on a double to the left-field wall. Carter Beck walked and he and Roell stole bases to put runners on second and third, but Emil Estrella struck out swinging to leave the score tied.
Belmont countered that when Charlie Davis doubled reached first on a hit by pitch after Brody Langlotz was hit by a pitch to open the eighth. After two strikeouts and an intentional walk, Mike Sprockett walked and the Bruins were back up 2-1.
ISU had runners on in the bottom half of the eighth but couldn't push anybody across. Following that, the Bruins made it 5-1 on a three-run homer from Davis.
Roell was hit by a pitch and Beck walked in the bottom of the ninth. Still with no outs, Estrella singled. With one down, Nick Sutherlin was hit by a pitch to bring in Roell to make it 5-2 but ISU stranded three runners.
Archuleta said the team has to get back on the grind a little bit, work on what they need to work on and move forward.
As far as lessons learned from Belmont, Archuleta said the Sycamores have work on batting against left-handed pitchers and keep playing no matter who ISU plays. The Sycamores have a bye before playing the winner of the game between the No. 3 seed and the No. 6 seed. "We have to get after it," Archuleta said.
Archuleta said the message to his team in the locker room would be that the season is getting close to an end and that it's either win or go home.
"We have to work this week and make adjustments and get rolling," Archuleta said.
BELMONT (AB-R-H-RBI) — Davis 2b 5-1-3-3, Godsey 3b 5-1-1-0, Holbrook lf 5-0-0-0, McMeans ss 5-0-2-1, Sprockett c 4-0-1-1, Maddox 1b 4-0-1-0, Lawrence dh 3-0-1-0, Lareau cf 5-1-2-0, Langlotz 0-1-0-0, VanderWoude 0-1-0-0. Totals 36-5-11-5.
INDIANA STATE (AB-R-H-RBI) — Roell 3b 3-1-1-1, Beck cf 3-0-0-0, Estrella rf 5-0-2-0, Miller c 4-0-0-0, Sutherlin 1b 4-0-1-1, Martinez dh 3-0-0-0, Ortiz lf 4-0-1-0, Niehaus 2b 3-1-0-0, Garcia 4-0-1-0. Totals 33-2-6-2.
Belmont 001 000 013 — 5
Indiana State 000 000 101 — 2
E — Godsey, McMeans. DP — Belmont 2. LOB — Belmont 15, ISU 14. 2B — Davis, Godsey, Roell. HR — Davis (10). SH — Niehaus, Martinez. SB — Lareau, Godsey, Beck, Sutherlin, Estrella, Roell. CS — Davis.
Belmont IP H R ER BB SO
Harvey 5 2 0 0 2 6
McDonnaugh 1.1 1 1 0 1 1
Moraitakis (W, 1-0) 1.2 2 0 0 1 2
Marland 1 1 1 1 1 2
Indiana State IP H R ER BB SO
Johnsen 4.1 4 1 1 3 3
Seeman 1 3 0 0 1 0
Morse 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Armstrong 1 1 0 0 1 1
Hoff (L, 1-2) 1 1 1 1 2 2
Suriel 1 2 3 3 1 1
HBP — by Johnsen (Lawrence), by Johnsen (Langlotz), by Hoff (Langlotz), by Harvey (Roell), by Marland (Roell), by Marland (Sutherlin).
Next — ISU (30-25, 15-9 MVC) plays Thursday in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament at Murray State.
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Since Indiana State dropped the final two games of the series, the Sycamores will be the No. 2 seed at the MVC tournament. The No. 1 seed will be Illinois-Chicago since the Flames won their first two games against Bradley.
"The last two games offensively we weren't very strong," ISU coach Tracy Archuleta said. "The bats didn't come around. I thought the pitching for the most part was pretty good except for one guy in there, but they kept us in the game for a long time."
Belmont struck first in the top of the third inning to make it 1-0, and Belmont pitchers Ridge Harvey and Brooks McDonnough spun a gem until the bottom of the seventh.
Caleb Niehaus reached first on an error in the bottom of the seventh and advanced to second on a balk. Mason Roell then drove home Niehaus on a double to the left-field wall. Carter Beck walked and he and Roell stole bases to put runners on second and third, but Emil Estrella struck out swinging to leave the score tied.
Belmont countered that when Charlie Davis doubled reached first on a hit by pitch after Brody Langlotz was hit by a pitch to open the eighth. After two strikeouts and an intentional walk, Mike Sprockett walked and the Bruins were back up 2-1.
ISU had runners on in the bottom half of the eighth but couldn't push anybody across. Following that, the Bruins made it 5-1 on a three-run homer from Davis.
Roell was hit by a pitch and Beck walked in the bottom of the ninth. Still with no outs, Estrella singled. With one down, Nick Sutherlin was hit by a pitch to bring in Roell to make it 5-2 but ISU stranded three runners.
Archuleta said the team has to get back on the grind a little bit, work on what they need to work on and move forward.
As far as lessons learned from Belmont, Archuleta said the Sycamores have work on batting against left-handed pitchers and keep playing no matter who ISU plays. The Sycamores have a bye before playing the winner of the game between the No. 3 seed and the No. 6 seed. "We have to get after it," Archuleta said.
Archuleta said the message to his team in the locker room would be that the season is getting close to an end and that it's either win or go home.
"We have to work this week and make adjustments and get rolling," Archuleta said.
BELMONT (AB-R-H-RBI) — Davis 2b 5-1-3-3, Godsey 3b 5-1-1-0, Holbrook lf 5-0-0-0, McMeans ss 5-0-2-1, Sprockett c 4-0-1-1, Maddox 1b 4-0-1-0, Lawrence dh 3-0-1-0, Lareau cf 5-1-2-0, Langlotz 0-1-0-0, VanderWoude 0-1-0-0. Totals 36-5-11-5.
INDIANA STATE (AB-R-H-RBI) — Roell 3b 3-1-1-1, Beck cf 3-0-0-0, Estrella rf 5-0-2-0, Miller c 4-0-0-0, Sutherlin 1b 4-0-1-1, Martinez dh 3-0-0-0, Ortiz lf 4-0-1-0, Niehaus 2b 3-1-0-0, Garcia 4-0-1-0. Totals 33-2-6-2.
Belmont 001 000 013 — 5
Indiana State 000 000 101 — 2
E — Godsey, McMeans. DP — Belmont 2. LOB — Belmont 15, ISU 14. 2B — Davis, Godsey, Roell. HR — Davis (10). SH — Niehaus, Martinez. SB — Lareau, Godsey, Beck, Sutherlin, Estrella, Roell. CS — Davis.
Belmont IP H R ER BB SO
Harvey 5 2 0 0 2 6
McDonnaugh 1.1 1 1 0 1 1
Moraitakis (W, 1-0) 1.2 2 0 0 1 2
Marland 1 1 1 1 1 2
Indiana State IP H R ER BB SO
Johnsen 4.1 4 1 1 3 3
Seeman 1 3 0 0 1 0
Morse 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Armstrong 1 1 0 0 1 1
Hoff (L, 1-2) 1 1 1 1 2 2
Suriel 1 2 3 3 1 1
HBP — by Johnsen (Lawrence), by Johnsen (Langlotz), by Hoff (Langlotz), by Harvey (Roell), by Marland (Roell), by Marland (Sutherlin).
Next — ISU (30-25, 15-9 MVC) plays Thursday in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament at Murray State.
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