LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Lipscomb University baseball team scored a run in the first eight innings to defeat Bellarmine University, 8-3, to win the weekend and season series, Sunday afternoon from Knights Field.
Final Score: Lipscomb 8, Bellarmine 3
Location: Louisville, Kentucky (Knights Field)
Records: Lipscomb (25-25, 17-10), Bellarmine (13-38, 8-19)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Lipscomb scored one run in each of the first eight innings to lock down the win. After a
Brady Miller single and taking second base on a steal,
Parks Bouck brought him home with a knock through the right side.
After
Davis Rokose retired the Knights in order in the bottom of the first, the Bisons took advantage of a couple of BU errors. With two outs, after
Collin Goda reached on a fielder's choice, he scampered over to third on a failed pickoff attempt by Mike Sokol. Miller kept the inning going by reaching on a throwing error by Zac Jones to see Goda score on the play.
In the third, after
Kai Holm's second triple this week,
Damion Kenealy Jr. made it 3-0 with a swinging bunt back to the catcher.
Bellarmine did get on the board in the bottom of the third with a Casey Sorg RBI single, but Lipscomb got the run back in the next half inning with a
David Coppedge hit by pitch with the bases loaded.
The back-and-forth battle continued in the bottom of the fourth with a RBI single by Seth Sweet-Chick.
After a
Jake Berg sac fly that made it 5-2 after five innings, Coppedge laced a double to the gap to score Miller.
Despite Bellarmine scoring in the sixth to make it a 6-3 lead for Lipscomb after six, the Bisons added two insurance runs in the seventh and eighth. Goda used a productive out in the seventh to score Berg.
In the eighth, after two outs, Coppedge's ninth home run over the left field wall made it an 8-3 lead.
With the win, the Bisons return to . 500 for the first time since the fourth game of the season when they were 2-2 back in February.
KEY STATISTICS
David Coppedge tallied a team-high three RBI thanks to his 2-for-4 performance at the plate.
Brady Miller and
Kai Holm each had two hits for Lipscomb, while Miller scored twice.
Tanner Lyne (2-1) picked up the win in relief with 1.2 innings, allowing one earned run. After that,
Jake Lynch and
Brock Puckett fired the final 3.1 innings, allowing one hit and striking out four.
UP NEXT
The Bisons will return home to conclude the regular season with the Governors of Austin Peay State University. First pitch of the weekend series is scheduled to start on Thursday at 6 p.m. from Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium.
