Ball State University Athletics
Friday's Baseball Game Suspended in the Seventh Due to Lightning
April 07, 2006 | Baseball
The Cardinals scored one run in the bottom of the first inning as senior center fielder Mike Sullivan (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso) singled up the middle to drive in junior Eric Earnhart (Urbana, Ohio/Urbana).
Following a 45-50 minute weather delay with one out in the bottom of the second, redshirt-sophomore right fielder Justin Rogers (St. Paris, Ohio/Graham) tripled to right centerfield on the first pitch back. Senior left fielder Chris Pestle (Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon) knocked a single up the middle to score Rogers from third base and give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.
Ohio cut the lead in half in the top of the third as Jon Vondrell hit a sac fly to right field, driving in Bryant Witt from third.
The Bobcats scored two more to take a 3-2 lead in the fourth following a Witt single to right center. Witt drove in Brandon Besl from first and advanced to third base on an error. Matt Stiffler posted a single to left center, driving in Witt from third.
The game was suspended during junior DH Matt Gard's (Muncie, Ind./Central) at bat, with a 1-2 count, two outs and Pestle on first base.
Redshirt-sophomore Ben Snyder (Bellevue, Ohio/Bellevue) took the mound for his eighth start of the season. Snyder pitched six complete innings, posting five strikeouts while walking five, allowing six hits and two earned runs.
Junior Richie Fralick (Springfield, Ohio/Shawnee) pitched in the top of the seventh, allowing just one hit and walking two batters.
