Box Score
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Belmont University baseball team dropped their series opener against Wofford on Friday at E.S. Rose Park, falling 14-5.
The 14 runs is the most for a Bruin opponent this season, and the Terriers' 13 hits is the second-most allowed by Belmont this year.
Belmont (13-6) collected ten hits on the day but left nine men on base.
Joshua South (L, 2-1) exited the game after three innings, giving up nine hits and nine runs, seven of them earned, while recording two strikeouts.
Wofford (12-6) struck first in the second inning with four runs.
Belmont made it as close as it would be in the bottom of the second, with Grayson Taylor belting a two-run homer to left field, his second home run of the season.
Jack Capobianco later scored with two outs on a Wofford error to bring the tally to 4-3 in favor of Wofford after two frames.
The visitors broke the game open with a five-run third inning on five hits and one error, to go up 9-3.
Lane Lamberth pitched well in relief for the Bruins, retiring ten of the first eleven batters he faced. However, Wofford extended their lead in the seventh inning, getting a double, a hit by pitch, a single, and a two-run homer to plate four more runs and take a 13-3 lead, forcing Lamberth's exit.
After a solo homer made it 14-4, Belmont tacked on two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, with Brodey Heaton getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to drive in a run and Drew Lowry recording a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Jack Rando from third base.
Dominic Baratta threw 1.1 innings, allowing no hits, and Caleb Guisewite tossed the ninth inning, allowing only one hit, a solo home run on the first pitch.
Guy Lipscomb finished 2-for-4 on the day, while Jackson Werth, making his first collegiate start, went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Belmont will look to even the series when they face Wofford at E.S. Rose Park on Saturday at 2 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
Belmont's Andy Bean (2-1, 4.15 ERA) will face Wofford's Josh Vitus (1-2, 3.68 ERA).
