Box Score
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Despite a four-hit game from Guy Lipscomb, the Belmont University baseball team dropped Sunday's series finale with Wofford, 8-2, at E.S. Rose Park.
Lipscomb finished 9-for-13 over the course of the weekend, picking up two stolen bases as well.
Belmont (14-7) will now regroup and prepare to face No. 3 Vanderbilt at First Horizon Park on Tuesday in one of the more highly anticipated matchups of the season.
Wofford used an onslaught of infield hits and bunt singles to wear down the Bruins, breaking open what was a 1-1 game with a five-run fifth inning that made it 6-1 in favor of the Terriers.
Belmont collected 11 hits in the loss but left nine men on base, going 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Eight different Bruins collected a hit in the game.
The home side got on the scoreboard first with an RBI single to left field from Logan Jarvis that drove in Carson Shacklett, but came away wanting more after Guy Lipscomb was thrown out on the play trying to go from first to third base.
Jalen Borders (L, 1-1) started out effective on the mound for the Bruins, allowing just one run through the first four innings. However, Wofford got two walks and a single in the fifth inning before scoring a run on a fielder's choice to bump Borders out of the game and get to the Belmont bullpen.
Belmont loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, and looked prime to respond to Wofford's lopsided frame in a big way. However, Brodey Heaton grounded into a double play that scored Shacklett before Wofford picked up the third out to limit the damage to just the one run.
Dusty Baird pitched effectively in relief for the Bruins, going 2 2/3 innings with no runs allowed on one hit and one walk.
Wofford, among the national leaders in stolen bases with 69 on the year, got just four stolen bags this weekend,thanks in part to the strong arm of Belmont catcher Jackson Campbell, who threw out Terrier baserunners on a handful of occasions.
Belmont will play No. 3 Vanderbilt in a neutral-site game at First Horizon Park, the home of the Triple-A Nashville Sounds, on Tuesday at 6 p.m. as part of the Nashville College Baseball Series.
Tickets are available here. Audio play-by-play of the game will be carried on the Bruin Sports Network.
