Bisons Fall in Tightly Contested Thursday Night Duel

Thursday, May 13

6:00

Lipscomb University

17-26

Southeast Missouri State University

24-7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
SEMO	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	7	1
Lipscomb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	0

Bisons Fall in Tightly Contested Thursday Night Duel

5/13/2021 8:58:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

NASHVILLE – Lipscomb Baseball fell 3-2 in a tightly contested duel against SEMO Thursday evening at Ken Dugan Field.

Starting pitchers on both sides were on fire early, with a shutout through the first five innings. For Lipscomb, Dylan Bierman threw four hitless innings and fanned four.

Brian Moore and Ethan Stamps lead the way offensively with two hits each.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Lipscomb had a runner on second in both the first and second innings with Ethan Stamps leading off the second with a double, but both runners were stranded.

??2?: @ethan_stamps with that warning track power! #HornsUp ?? pic.twitter.com/RpZG8J1lcI
— Lipscomb Baseball (@BisonBaseball) May 13, 2021

Starting pitcher, Dylan Bierman, made quick work of the Redhawks, throwing a no-hitter through the first four innings.

M5: This pitch gets @thedylan7 his fourth K of the night!

LIP: 0, SEMO: 0#HornsUp ?? pic.twitter.com/c71JU2uRtI
— Lipscomb Baseball (@BisonBaseball) May 14, 2021

SEMO took the lead, 3-0, in the top of the sixth with three runs on four hits. The Bisons threatened in the home half of the inning with runners on the corners, but they were stranded as the deficit stayed at three runs.

Lipscomb finally cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the eighth after a leadoff double from Brian Moore.

??8?: It's extra bases for @Brian912Moore!#HornsUp ?? pic.twitter.com/MpNYKgBvPS
— Lipscomb Baseball (@BisonBaseball) May 14, 2021

He advanced to third on a fly ball and scored on an RBI groundout by Maddux Houghton to cut the lead 3-1.

Malik Williams kept the inning alive with a two-out single through the right side, but that was the final offensive push in the eighth for the Bisons.

??8?: A little opposite field action for @Malik24Williams!#HornsUp ?? pic.twitter.com/5wKiPUPpN5
— Lipscomb Baseball (@BisonBaseball) May 14, 2021

Needing a couple of runs to keep the game going, Stamps leadoff the inning with his second hit of the night, but that was quickly erased with a double play. Things looked bleak for Lipscomb when Carson Wright put a fly ball to left field, but the ball bounced off the right-fielders glove to keep the Bisons alive.