NASHVILLE – The Lipscomb baseball team defeated the Bradley Braves 14-0 Friday afternoon at Dugan Field in a one-game conference matchup.
Pitcher Kaleb Kantola, a native of Monmouth, Oregon, improved to 2-0 on the season as the starting pitcher on the win. In five innings pitched, Kantola earned 10 strikeouts to total 15 strikeouts on the year.
Kantola had a perfect game through three innings pitched; however, the Bisons were also able to take advantage of five walked batters in the second inning to score five runs in back-to-back innings.
Senior third baseman Malik Williams had two hits for three at-bats to tally six RBIs. Williams earned two RBIs off a triple and hit his third home run of the season in the fifth inning to stretch Lipscomb’s lead to 14 runs.
Maddux Houghton, a senior from Dalton, Georgia, had a game-high three runs on the day and converted on a double in the second inning to continue the lights-out performance by the Bisons early in the game.
After Lipscomb’s blazing start in the second and third innings, the Braves could not recover. The Bisons finished with six runs and zero errors on the day. The game ended in the seventh inning with a mutual agreement.
Last weekend, Lipscomb won the series 2-1 against the Akron Zips. With the win today, the Bisons improve to 3-1 on the season and will play the Pittsburgh Panthers from the ACC in a two-game series.
The Bisons and Panthers will square off in game one of the series 3 p.m. Saturday at Dugan Field. The game will also be broadcast on the Lipscomb Bisons YouTube channel.
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