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Box Score 2 MARTIN, Tenn. - The Belmont University baseball team split its Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader with UT Martin, winning game one 8-0 and losing game two 10-5.
Game one saw five Belmont players record multi-hit games, led by freshman Guy Lipscomb with a 3-for-5 outing. Sophomore pitcher Joshua South recorded 10 strikeouts in eight innings pitched, contributing with freshman Jalen Borders in the Bruins' first shutout victory of the season. South's double-digit strikeout performance is the first time a Belmont pitcher has thrown at least 10 strikeouts in a game since March 1, 2019.
Game 1
Following three shutout innings, Logan Jarvis drew a leadoff walk and scored the game's first run thanks to a Mason Landers RBI double in the top of the fourth inning. A walk and a single in the top of the fifth inning set up the game's second run, with Jarvis collecting an RBI single to right field to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead.
A right field double later in the inning from Jack Capobianco allowed two more runs to score and a single through the right side of the field from Lipscomb put the Bruins ahead 5-0. Jack Rando and Carson Shacklett collected hits to get on base in the top of the eighth inning, setting up three runs off John Behrends' second home run of the season.
The Bruins' pitching staff only allowed three hits in game one, marking a season-low for a nine-inning game in 2021 for Belmont.
Game 2
Belmont scored the game's first two runs thanks to home runs from Jarvis and Brodey Heaton. UT Martin, however, stormed to a four-run lead with a six-run outing in the bottom of the fourth inning. A walk, single and a fielding error loaded the bases for the Skyhawks, with a 2-RBI double tying the game.
The Skyhawks hit a bunt single to bring home the go-ahead run, with another RBI double allowing UT Martin to lead 6-2. Belmont chipped away at the deficit in the top of the fifth inning, scoring off a fielder's choice and a throwing error to make it a 6-4 game.
UT Martin responded in the next half-inning with a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, with a double to left centerfield from Heaton cutting the Bruins' deficit to three runs in the top of the seventh inning. The Skyhawks capped off its scoring with RBI singles in the bottom of the seventh and eighth inning.
Belmont (4-7, 1-2) makes the short trip to Hawkins Field in Nashville on Tuesday, taking on the 2019 defending national champions Vanderbilt.
