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Ball State Sweeps Eastern Michigan, Extends Winning Streak to Eight Games
March 26, 2023 | Baseball
YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Ball State baseball team returned to Oestrike Stadium on Saturday for game two with Eastern Michigan. Hunter Dobbins launched his fourth home run of the season, as the Cardinals sweep the Eagles with a 7-3 victory.
Ball State improved to 17-6 overall and 8-1 in league games, while Eastern Michigan fell to 10-10 overall and 4-5 in Mid-American Conference action.
"Our boys battled all weekend long and earned a road sweep," said Head Coach Rich Maloney. "The strength of this group is we are a team each day. There seems to be a couple of different guys contributing. In the series finale today, we had pitching contributions from Schulfer, Brown and Klein, with hitting contributions from Flood, Dobbins, and Lane."
Eastern Michigan got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the first with an RBI single from Matt Kirk.
Dobbins tied the game in the top of the third inning with a solo home run to left field.
The Eagles retook the lead in the bottom of the fifth with one run on no hits. EMU held a 2-1 lead after five innings.
Decker Scheffler led off the top of the seventh with a six-pitch walk. Logan Flood followed with a walk to give the Cardinals runners on first and second. Justin Conant drew a two-out walk to load the bases. Zach Lane reached on a fielder's choice and scored Scheffler from third. The game was tied 2-2 after 7.5 innings.
Glenn Miller put the Eagles back on top with a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh. EMU led 3-2.
Ryan Peltier led off the top of the eighth and was hit by a pitch. Scheffler drew a one-out walk to give the Cardinals runners on first and second. Logan Flood doubled to right center and drove in Peltier. Blake Bevis recorded a sac fly to right field as Scheffler tagged up from third. Dobbins followed with a single to right field to drive in Flood from third. The Cardinals regained the lead, 5-3.
Adam Tellier led off the top of the ninth with a single up the middle. Peltier grounded out to the shortstop and moved Tellier to second. Andrew Wilhite grounded out to first and moved Tellier to third. Scheffler singled through the right side and scored Tellier. Logan Flood singled to right field and moved Scheffler to third. Scheffler scored on a wild pitch. The Cardinals took a 7-3 lead into the bottom of the ninth.
Logan Schulfer got the start on the mound for the Cardinals. He went three innings and struck out five batters. He gave up one earned run on two hits. Ryan Brown went 3 1/3 innings with five strikeouts. He surrendered two earned runs on three hits. Sam Klein closed out the game with 2 2/3 innings and got the win. He moved to 2-0 on the season and had two strikeouts.
Luke Russo got the start for EMU and picked up a no decision. He struck out eight batters and gave up one earned run on five hits. Jagger Jefferies struck out one batter and gave up one earned run in 2/3 of an inning. Bobby Jones went one inning and surrendered three earned runs. He struck out two batters and picked up the loss. He fell to 0-2. Zach Gillig added an inning of relief with two earned runs. Trevor House threw a 1/3 of an inning.
Ball State returns to the friendly confines of the Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark for a non-conference matchup with Southern Indiana. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28.
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Ball State improved to 17-6 overall and 8-1 in league games, while Eastern Michigan fell to 10-10 overall and 4-5 in Mid-American Conference action.
"Our boys battled all weekend long and earned a road sweep," said Head Coach Rich Maloney. "The strength of this group is we are a team each day. There seems to be a couple of different guys contributing. In the series finale today, we had pitching contributions from Schulfer, Brown and Klein, with hitting contributions from Flood, Dobbins, and Lane."
Eastern Michigan got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the first with an RBI single from Matt Kirk.
Dobbins tied the game in the top of the third inning with a solo home run to left field.
The Eagles retook the lead in the bottom of the fifth with one run on no hits. EMU held a 2-1 lead after five innings.
Decker Scheffler led off the top of the seventh with a six-pitch walk. Logan Flood followed with a walk to give the Cardinals runners on first and second. Justin Conant drew a two-out walk to load the bases. Zach Lane reached on a fielder's choice and scored Scheffler from third. The game was tied 2-2 after 7.5 innings.
Glenn Miller put the Eagles back on top with a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh. EMU led 3-2.
Ryan Peltier led off the top of the eighth and was hit by a pitch. Scheffler drew a one-out walk to give the Cardinals runners on first and second. Logan Flood doubled to right center and drove in Peltier. Blake Bevis recorded a sac fly to right field as Scheffler tagged up from third. Dobbins followed with a single to right field to drive in Flood from third. The Cardinals regained the lead, 5-3.
Adam Tellier led off the top of the ninth with a single up the middle. Peltier grounded out to the shortstop and moved Tellier to second. Andrew Wilhite grounded out to first and moved Tellier to third. Scheffler singled through the right side and scored Tellier. Logan Flood singled to right field and moved Scheffler to third. Scheffler scored on a wild pitch. The Cardinals took a 7-3 lead into the bottom of the ninth.
Logan Schulfer got the start on the mound for the Cardinals. He went three innings and struck out five batters. He gave up one earned run on two hits. Ryan Brown went 3 1/3 innings with five strikeouts. He surrendered two earned runs on three hits. Sam Klein closed out the game with 2 2/3 innings and got the win. He moved to 2-0 on the season and had two strikeouts.
Luke Russo got the start for EMU and picked up a no decision. He struck out eight batters and gave up one earned run on five hits. Jagger Jefferies struck out one batter and gave up one earned run in 2/3 of an inning. Bobby Jones went one inning and surrendered three earned runs. He struck out two batters and picked up the loss. He fell to 0-2. Zach Gillig added an inning of relief with two earned runs. Trevor House threw a 1/3 of an inning.
Ball State returns to the friendly confines of the Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark for a non-conference matchup with Southern Indiana. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Klein, Sam (2-0)
L: JONES, Bobby (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Peltier, Ryan 1 ; Flood, Logan 1
HR: Dobbins, Hunter 1
RBI: Lane, Zach 1 ; Scheffler, Decker 1 ; Flood, Logan 1 ; Bevis, Blake 1 ; Dobbins, Hunter 2
SF: Bevis, Blake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 1 ; Scheffler, Decker 3 ; Flood, Logan 1 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1
CS: Peltier, Ryan 1
HBP: Peltier, Ryan 1
Batting:
2B: MILLER, Glenn 1 ; KIRK, Matt 1
HR: MILLER, Glenn 1
RBI: MILLER, Glenn 1 ; KIRK, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MILLER, Glenn 2 ; WILCOX, Cole 1
SB: KIRK, Matt 1 ; HOPKINS, Taylor 1 ; TAYLOR, Cory 1 ; SCHROEDLE, Kyle 1 ; WILCOX, Cole 1
CS: TAYLOR, Cory 1 ; WILCOX, Cole 1
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