Ball State University
19-9, 10-2
Akron
9-16, 3-13
Great Eight: Cards Extend Win Streak With Sunday Rout
April 11, 2021 | Baseball
Solid weekend sweep for our team. So many guys contributing. Today a grand slam by Trenton Quartermaine was the difference. Solid pitching, timely hitting, and an error free weekend was the difference. Go Cardinals!
— Rich Maloney (@CoachMaloney) April 11, 2021
Trenton Quartermaine delivered the big shot Sunday, crushing a grand slam in the 6th inning with the Cards holding a 3-2 lead. In the previous inning, Quartermaine had scored on an Adam Tellier single. With the game now 7-2, BSU poured it on in the 7th and 8th. Cade Fitzpatrick was the catalyst on a play that scored two runs in the 7th and Aaron Simpson hit a 2-run double and scored the game's final run on a wild pitch.
Four different Cardinals scored twice and Justin Conant and Nick Powell each had two hits.
Ty Johnson (3-1) started and pitched 5.0 innings, allowing just two runs. Other than a home run allowed in the 5th and a single in the 3rd, Johnson kept Akron zipped up and two other Tylers - Schweitzer and Ruetschle - got the last nine outs.
UP NEXT: The Cards play four games next weekend at Eastern Michigan. Ball State will enter the weekend first in the conference standings, while EMU is 4-12 and in 10th place.Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Johnson, Ty (3-1)
L: TORTORELLA (0-3)
Batting:
2B: Simpson, Aaron 1 ; Messina, Ross 1
HR: Quartermaine, Trenton 1
RBI: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Simpson, Aaron 2 ; Messina, Ross 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 1 ; Scheffler, Decker 1 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 4
SH: Sebby, Chase 1
SF: Peltier, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Simpson, Aaron 1 ; Messina, Ross 2 ; Powell, Nick 2 ; Peltier, Ryan 2 ; Scheffler, Decker 1 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 2 ; Sebby, Chase 1 ; Conant, Justin 1
HBP: Peltier, Ryan 1
Batting:
HR: REINHART, J. 1
RBI: REINHART, J. 2
SH: BARR, Justin 1
SF: REINHART, J. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GOULET, Brad 1 ; REINHART, J. 1
SB: GOULET, Brad 1
