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Cardinals Capture Second Win At #22 Arizona
February 21, 2021 | Baseball
TUCSON, Arizona - There were no extra innings and no tags at home Sunday, as the Ball State baseball team scored four times in the 6th inning to beat No. 22 Arizona for the second straight game. After winning late 8-7 late Saturday night, Ball State won 5-2 on Sunday behind the big inning and a dominant pitching outing from Tyler Ruetschle.
"This was another great team victory - I'm really happy for our guys," head coach Rich Maloney said. "Special to get victories over an outstanding Arizona team."
Arizona, ranked 17th by D1Baseball and 10th by CBN, led 2-0 early and had a 2-1 lead when Ball State came up with the big inning for the second consecutive night. BSU got four runs on four hits, with the big hit a 2-run single by Ross Messina. Aaron Simpson and Nick Powell each had an RBI single. It was a balanced offensive attack as seven different Cards each had one hit. Ball State grinded at-bats to the tune of nine walks. And once Ball State put runners on, it got four hits with runners in scoring position to take advantage.
"We got timely hitting from Powell, Simpson, Messina and Trenton Quartermaine," Maloney said.
Ruetschle, who pitched in six games last season, came in the game in the 3rd inning and took the Cardinals all the way to the 9th. The righty struck out nine over 5.2 innings and allowed only one baserunner to reach 3rd base. Ruetschle said he had command of his changeup and set that up by mixing in curveballs. Andre Orselli worked a clean 9th inning for the save.
"It was a masterful performance by Tyler," Maloney said.
The win was Maloney's 500th as head coach at Ball State. He's now 500-319-1 at BSU.
The series concludes Monday at noon ET (10 am MT).
"This was another great team victory - I'm really happy for our guys," head coach Rich Maloney said. "Special to get victories over an outstanding Arizona team."
Arizona, ranked 17th by D1Baseball and 10th by CBN, led 2-0 early and had a 2-1 lead when Ball State came up with the big inning for the second consecutive night. BSU got four runs on four hits, with the big hit a 2-run single by Ross Messina. Aaron Simpson and Nick Powell each had an RBI single. It was a balanced offensive attack as seven different Cards each had one hit. Ball State grinded at-bats to the tune of nine walks. And once Ball State put runners on, it got four hits with runners in scoring position to take advantage.
"We got timely hitting from Powell, Simpson, Messina and Trenton Quartermaine," Maloney said.
Ruetschle, who pitched in six games last season, came in the game in the 3rd inning and took the Cardinals all the way to the 9th. The righty struck out nine over 5.2 innings and allowed only one baserunner to reach 3rd base. Ruetschle said he had command of his changeup and set that up by mixing in curveballs. Andre Orselli worked a clean 9th inning for the save.
"It was a masterful performance by Tyler," Maloney said.
The win was Maloney's 500th as head coach at Ball State. He's now 500-319-1 at BSU.
The series concludes Monday at noon ET (10 am MT).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ruetschle, Tyler (1-0)
L: Flanagan, Q. (0-1)
S: Orselli, Andre (1)
Batting:
RBI: Simpson, Aaron 1 ; Messina, Ross 2 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 1 ; Powell, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Simpson, Aaron 2 ; Hinrikus, Tyler 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 1 ; Powell, Nick 1
Batting:
2B: Susac, D. 1
RBI: Williams, D. 1 ; Bullard, T. 1
SF: Bullard, T. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Boissiere, B 1 ; Susac, D. 1
SB: Boissiere, B 1
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