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EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- With an 8-2 win over Evansville on the road Tuesday night, the Belmont University baseball team gave head coach Dave Jarvis his 700th win at Belmont.
Jarvis, who recorded his 1,000th career collegiate win in February and is already the winningest coach in program history, becomes one of just 16 active coaches to record 700 or more Division I wins at their current school. Jarvis has shepherded the Bruin program since its transition to Division I in 1998.
Jarvis' milestone wasn't the only record that fell—with Guy Lipscomb's stolen base in the first inning, the sophomore from Franklin, Tenn., broke the Belmont record for stolen bases in a single season with his 31st of the year.
Lipscomb, who is currently second in the country in stolen bases, surpassed a mark that had been held by Matt Reynolds since 2005.
Belmont (27-14, 9-3 OVC) moved to a perfect 4-0 in the state of Indiana this season, adding on to their three-game sweep of Purdue in West Lafayette this past weekend. The Bruins also closed the book on a season sweep of Evansville, after beating them in Nashville, 7-4, on March 9.
Lipscomb finished 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and now has ten hits over his last three games, beginning with Saturday's 11-1 win over Purdue.
Tommy Crider finished a home run shy of the cycle, going 3-for-3 with a triple, a double, and a single, as well as a walk.
Leading 3-2, the Bruins broke the game open in the eighth inning, with Jackson Campbell homering to left field on the first pitch of the eighth to give Belmont a two-run advantage. After the Evansville reliever recorded two straight outs, Belmont then recorded five hits and sent six batters to the plate in a row with two outs, plating four more runs in the process.
After Lipscomb doubled, John Behrends got an infield single and Heaton walked to load the bases. Carson Shacklett delivered a pinch-hit two-RBI double down the left field line, then Mason Landers provided a two-RBI single to make it a five-run eighth inning for the Bruins.
When the dust settled, Belmont led 8-2 and wouldn't look back.
Jordan Zuger (W, 2-1) was phenomenal for the second start in a row, going 4.2 innings while allowing just one run on three hits. The freshman retired the first eight batters he faced, and did not give up a hit until the fourth inning.
Aaron Hubbell went a stellar 2.1 innings in relief, allowing just one run on a solo homer. Dusty Baird and Dominic Baratta each tossed a scoreless inning to hand Belmont their fourth straight win.
Belmont will return to E.S. Rose Park this weekend for the first time since April 10.
In the biggest series of the season to date, the Bruins will host the defending OVC champions, Southeast Missouri, in a three-game set that starts Friday at 5 p.m. Belmont and Southeast Missouri are currently the top two teams in the OVC standings, at 9-3 and 11-4, respectively.
