Box Score KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Despite leading through two and a half innings, the Belmont University baseball team dropped its final midweek game of the season to No. 4 Tennessee 11-2 on Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Freshman Guy Lipscomb and junior Logan Jarvis led the Bruins with two hits each, with Lipscomb also collecting two stolen bases for the fourth time in a game this season. His pair of stolen bases marks the first time a Belmont Baseball player stole two bases in a game against a team from a Power 5 conference in three years, where Zach Erhart accomplished that feat on May 18, 2018 at Northwestern. Junior Chandler Schultz led Belmont on the mound, collecting three strikeouts in one inning.
The Bruins capitalized off a single and a stolen base from sophomore John Behrends in the top of the first inning, with freshman Brodey Heaton hitting an RBI single that allowed Belmont to strike first. Tennessee, however, tied the game in the bottom of the third inning with a run.
Hitting a single and drawing a walk in the bottom of the fourth inning, the Volunteers took control with a three-run home run to take the lead. Belmont responded in the top of the fifth inning thanks to a single from junior Logan Jarvis, driving home Lipscomb after a stolen base.
Tennessee answered with three more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring off a groundout, stolen base and an RBI single. The Volunteers continued their scoring run with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning, extending their lead 8-2.
A two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning allowed the Volunteers to reach double-digit runs and a groundout in the bottom of the eighth inning capped off the scoring spree, making it a nine-run game. Tennessee scored at least one run in each of their final six innings of offense.
Belmont (20-29) wraps up the regular season back home at Rose Park, facing Morehead State in a three-game series starting at 4 p.m. on Friday. Masks are now NOT REQUIRED outdoors at Rose Park, EXCEPT in a group or similar settings where social distance cannot be maintained.
Grandstand seating at Rose Park will still be limited to 20 percent of the maximum occupancy. Belmont Athletics will identify where fans can and cannot sit in the grandstands. Belmont Athletics asks fans to observe the reconfigured seating arrangement, including any seats marked as "Reserved".
