After splitting the doubleheader at E.S. Rose Park earlier this month, Lipscomb hosted the Bruins for the third and final game of the season between the Bruins and the Bisons where Belmont came out on top with a dominating 11-2 win.
Lipscomb struggled from the first pitch in finding the strike zone, which resulted in Belmont easily reached base off of the walk. For the afternoon, the Bisons’ eight pitchers combined for a total of 13 walks. Of these 13 walks, five resulted in the batter who reached base eventually scoring a run, and two were RBI-walks bringing home two Bruin runs.
In addition, Lipscomb allowed four Bruins to reach via the hit by pitch.
Offensively, the Bisons were kept at bay by the Bruins starter freshman Will Jenkins, who struck out four and did not allow a run, a hit, or a walk in his four innings of work.
In addition, the Bisons relied on a different alignment as they were without starting second baseman senior Haddon Adams and starting catcher sophomore Chaz Bertolani, two of the Bisons’ hottest hitters, who both rested in today’s matchup.
Adding to the already thin Bisons’ order, injury from a pitch that hit junior designated hitter Chris Bashlor’s hand kept him out of most of the game.
The Bruins scored first putting up three runs in the second and four runs in the fourth off of five singles from five different batters.
Despite their offensive holes, the Bisons did finally get on the board in the bottom of the sixth with two RBI doubles from freshman infielder Ethan Stamps and senior infielder David Graves, cutting the Bruins’ lead to five, 7-2.
But the Bisons would not score again, and meanwhile, Belmont added on four insurance runs, three in the seventh and one in the eighth.
Lipscomb returns to ASUN action this weekend in Kennesaw, GA as they take on one of the top teams in the conference, the Kennesaw State Owls. The Bisons previously played the Owls in Nashville and won that series 2-1.
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