Baseball Comes Up Short Against Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Belmont (4-12) and Little Rock (6-9) wrapped up their weekend series at Gary Hogan Field Sunday afternoon. The Bruins – having clinched their first series win all-time against the Trojans – attempted to complete the weekend sweep. Little Rock contained the Belmont offense and held on to win 6-3, despite the Bruins making noise in the final three innings.
 
Scoring Action

• Little Rock's Ryan Geck hit a two-out RBI single in the third inning.
• The Trojans scored three runs on two hits in the fourth inning. Reed Willbanks hit a sacrifice fly and Cooper Chaplin drove in a pair on a double to right field.
• Willbanks brought in two more runs on a single in the sixth inning. Little Rock led 6-0 entering the seventh inning.
• The Bruins' offense awoke in the seventh inning. Pinch hitters Nolan Sergeant and Gardner Lawrence hit back-to-back singles. Kaden Galason drew a walk to load the bases with no outs. Charlie Davis brought Sergeant home on a single up the middle. Blake Barton drew a bases loaded walk. Two batters later, Galason scored on a wild pitch. Belmont trailed 6-3 going into the bottom of the seventh.

Bruin Bullets

• Charlie Davis went 3-for-5 with a double and RBI.
• Pete Daniel doubled.
• Landon Godsey reached base twice.
• Nolan Sergeant and Gardner Lawrence had pinch-hit singles in the seventh inning.
• Jake Timbes struck out four batters in his 3.1 inning start. Timbes allowed two runs on four hits and was credited with his first loss of the season.
• Andrew Perry tossed 2.2 innings and recorded two strikeouts. He allowed one run on five hits.

Series Notes

• Charlie Davis was on fire over the weekend, posting a team-high .615 batting average, .667 on-base percentage, .769 slugging percentage and eight hits. Davis also stole two bases
• Pete Daniel had six hits - .400 batting average – a team-high three doubles and stole two bases.
• Four Bruins had two RBIs in the series: Davis, Kaden Galason, Blake Barton and Landon Godsey.
• The Bruins swiped six bases against the Trojans.
• Belmont pitchers struck out 25 batters and only walked nine in 26 innings.
• Ethan Harden allowed one hit in two innings and notched two strikeouts. Harden picked up saves Friday and Saturday.
• Owen Marsh threw 2.1 innings and made two appearances. Marsh allowed no runs and only one hit.

Media Hub Up Next
Belmont faces in-state foe Middle Tennessee on March 12. First pitch from Reese Smith Jr. Field is set for 4 p.m. CT. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
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