Box Score MURRAY, Ky. -- Tommy Crider hit two home runs, Guy Lipscomb hit another, and the Belmont University baseball team rolled to their second straight road win over Murray State on Saturday, 14-6, at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Ky.
After tripling in the first, homering in the second, and doubling in the sixth, Crider walked up to the plate in the eighth inning just a single shy of the cycle.
The junior from Madison, Ala., proceeded to hit a solo shot over the left-field fence, securing his second multi-homer game of the season. Crider hit two home runs against Evansville in a 7-4 win back on March 9.
With Lipscomb's home run in the sixth inning, the win marked the first time this season that Belmont (18-9, 4-1 OVC) hit three home runs in a single game. Crider's second home run also meant that a Bruin went deep twice in a single game for the second day in a row, with Brodey Heaton accomplishing that feat less than 24 hours earlier in a 13-6 win over the Racers on Friday.
After going 3-for-4 with four runs on Friday, Lipscomb followed it up with a 2-for-4 and three-run showing on Saturday.
Andy Bean (W, 4-1) was dominant for the first six innings, retiring 11 in a row after giving up a two-run home run in the first inning. Prior to a rough seventh inning, Bean allowed just three runs on three hits with seven strikeouts.
Murray State tagged him for three more runs in the seventh, but Bean finished the game tying his career-high with eight strikeouts.
Lane Lamberth and Aaron Hubbell both pitched well in relief, tossing the final 2 2/3 innings without being charged with a run while combining for four strikeouts.
Offensively, the Bruins picked up right where they left off on Friday. The 14 runs and 16 hits on Saturday both set season-highs, and got production from players normally on the bench.
The Bruins put up four runs in the first inning, four runs in the second inning, one run in the third inning, one in the sixth and seventh each, and three runs in the eighth.
Mason Landers got his first start of the season at third base and proceeded to go 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, Drew Lowry came on as a pinch hitter and delivered an RBI triple, and Jack Rando started for the second game in a row and went 1-for-3 with a run and a walk.
Belmont will go for a series sweep of Murray State when they return to Johnny Reagan Field on Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
The game will be streamed on ESPN+, and live audio play-by-play will be broadcast on the Bruin Sports Network.
