Cardinals Cruise to 10-1 Victory in Baseball

Wednesday, March 9

Savannah, Ga.

6:00 PM

Ball State University

7-7

Savannah State

4-10

Ball State

Savannah State

March 10, 2016 | Baseball

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By: Ball State Athletics

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Ball State baseball team erupted for three runs in the fourth inning and four more in the fifth on the way to a 10-1 win over host Savannah State Wednesday evening. With the back-to-back wins over Savannah State, Ball State has evened its overall record at 7-7.

Trailing 1-0 heading into the top of the fourth inning, the Cardinals manufactured three runs while only getting one hit. Three walks and a hit batter put plenty of Cardinals on the base paths. Junior Sean Kennedy finally got Ball State on the board with a sacrifice fly ball. With two outs, junior Matt Eppers came through with a single to center to plate two more runs.

The four-run fifth inning was highlighted by freshman Trent Theisen's three-run triple to right field. That was Ball State's only extra-base hit of the entire game.

Ball State's pitching was solid all night as six pitchers limited Savannah State (4-10) to four singles and a double. Five of the six pitchers notched at least one strike out. Sophomore Mitch Gibson (1-1) earned his first collegiate victory thanks to tossing 3.1 innings of relief without allowing a hit.

The Cardinals conclude their Spring Break trip with a three-game series at No. 7 LSU this weekend. Friday night's opener is slated to begin at 8 p.m. ET.

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