Baseball Fall to Illinois State

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Belmont (9-16, 1-2 MVC) and Illinois State (8-13, 2-1 MVC) wrapped up the opening weekend of Missouri Valley Conference play Sunday morning. The Redbirds – fueled by a 10-run fourth inning – won the rubber match 14-2 in seven innings.
 
Scoring Action

• Ty Allen put Belmont on the board with a sacrifice fly in the first inning.
• Brayden Bakes tied the game at 1-1 with a solo home run.
• Illinois State scored ten runs on nine hits in the fourth inning. Daniel Pacella led off the inning with a solo home run and Bakes hit a three-run home run. The Redbirds pulled away with an 11-1 lead.
• Belmont responded in the fourth inning. Allen led off the inning with a double and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Blake Barton hit a ground ball to the right side that scored Allen and made it 11-2 Belmont deficit.
• The Redbirds scored a run on a two-out throwing error by Belmont in the fifth inning. Illinois State led 12-2.
• Bakes hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning. His third home run of the game extended Illinois State's lead, 14-2.

Scoring Action

• Ty Allen and Landon Godsey doubled.
• Allen and Blake Barton recorded an RBI.
• Ethan Harden pitched 1.1 innings in relief and struck out one batter.
• Krish Gandhi tossed two scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts.

Up Next
Belmont hosts Lipscomb on Tuesday, March 25, in the second game of the Battle of the Boulevard series. First pitch from E.S. Rose Park is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT.
 
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