Ball State University Athletics
Ball State University
13-12
Southern Indiana
11-13
Three Consecutive First Inning Homers Propels Baseball to Win over USI
March 26, 2024 | Baseball
The Cardinals (14-12) got back-to-back-to-back shots off the bats of Blake Bevis, Clay Jacobs and Hunter Dobbins to left field off USI starter Trent Robinson for the early 4-0 advantage. Bevis' blast was a two-run homer.
Ball State extended the lead with a 2-run double from Decker Scheffler in the second inning and an inside-the-pack home run by Nick Husovsky in the third. After the Screaming Eagles (11-13) scored twice in the fourth to cut their deficit to 7-2, the Cardinals responded with a trio of tallies in the bottom half of the inning highlighted by a two-run blast from Jacobs to Center Field.
Michael Hallquist and Scheffler drew bases loaded walks in the fifth inning for Ball State's final scoring of the day to put the hosts ahead 12-2.
Jacobs reached base five times on the day, taking three walks in addition to the two home runs that netted the senior three RBI. Bevis and Scheffler also had a trio of runs batted in each, while Husovsky and Max Kalk collected a pair of hits.
Lucas Letsinger (2-1) struck out three in 3.0 scoreless innings while allowing one hit to earn the win for the Cardinals, while Robinson (0-2) gave up six runs in 1.2 innings to suffer the loss.
"Good to see our boys swing the bats with authority," head coach Rich Maloney said. "Glad to see some pitchers gaining confidence."
Ball State is scheduled to host Ohio for three games starting at 3 p.m. on Thursday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Letsinger, Lucas (2-1)
L: Robinson, T. (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Niehaus, C. 1 ; Thomp-Allen 1
HR: Ellis, J. 1 ; Thomp-Allen 1 ; Kapust, T. 1
RBI: Ellis, J. 2 ; Thomp-Allen 1 ; Kapust, T. 1 ; Rothschild 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ebest, T. 1 ; Ellis, J. 1 ; Thomp-Allen 2 ; Kapust, T. 1
Batting:
2B: Hallquist, Michael 1 ; Scheffler, Decker 1
HR: Bevis, Blake 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 2 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Husovsky, Nick 1
RBI: Hallquist, Michael 1 ; Scheffler, Decker 3 ; Bevis, Blake 3 ; Jacobs, Clay 3 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Husovsky, Nick 1
SF: Bevis, Blake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gregory, Nick 2 ; Hallquist, Michael 1 ; Scheffler, Decker 1 ; Bevis, Blake 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 2 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Husovsky, Nick 2 ; Kalk, Max 2
HBP: Jacobs, Clay 1 ; Husovsky, Nick 1
