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Ball State Bats Break Out in Tuesday Triumph over Butler
May 07, 2024 | Baseball
Cardinals Set Season High in Scoring
The Cardinals (28-19-1) batted around in each frame on their way to run-ruling the Bulldogs (17-31) in seven innings. A two-run homer by Decker Scheffler and three-run shot from Matthew Kamins highlighted the scoring in the first frame while Hunter Dobbins blasted a three-run home run and Casey Turturici a two-run bomb in the third to propel Ball State to its highest offensive output of the year (previous high of 19 runs against Purdue Fort Wayne on March 12).
Butler scored four runs in the first inning, but the Cardinals plated 23 unanswered tallies to pull away from the Bulldogs. Ball State put together a four-run fourth featuring a Dylan Grego three-run blast before putting together three more runs in the fifth frame. Grant Miller's solo homer in the sixth was his fifth of the year and the final scoring of the day for the hosts. Miller had a highlight reel stop down the third base line in the previous inning and threw out the Bulldog batter.
Scheffler finished the day 5-for-5 at the plate with four RBI and three runs scored in his second five-hit game of the year. Grego went 3-for-4 with five RBI and three runs while Dobbins and Turturici notched four RBI apiece. A total of 13 Cardinals got hits, 12 scored runs and nine drove runners home on the day.
Will Jacobson (2-2) struck out five in 4.0 shutout innings out of the bullpen to earn his second win of the year against the Bulldogs, who the Cardinals took down 7-6 on March 20 in Indianapolis.
"Great team win," head coach Rich Maloney said. "A lot of guys made contributions! Good to see them heat up."
Ball State is scheduled to host Central Michigan for a three-game set beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jacobson, Will (2-2)
L: MIKETINAC, Nick (2-2)
Batting:
2B: MOROKNEK, Jack 1
HR: MOROKNEK, Jack 1 ; TOWNSEND, Tommy 1 ; PARKS, Evan 1
RBI: MOROKNEK, Jack 2 ; LEWIS, Kade 1 ; TOWNSEND, Tommy 2 ; PARKS, Evan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DORIGHI, Carter 1 ; MOROKNEK, Jack 2 ; LEWIS, Kade 1 ; TOWNSEND, Tommy 1 ; PARKS, Evan 1 ; CONNORS, Keegan 1
Batting:
2B: Gregory, Nick 1 ; Scheffler, Decker 2 ; Griffin, Korbin 1 ; Bevis, Blake 1 ; Grego, Dylan 2
HR: Scheffler, Decker 1 ; Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Grego, Dylan 1 ; Turturici, Casey 1 ; Kamins, Matthew 1 ; Miller, Grant 1
RBI: Scheffler, Decker 4 ; Dobbins, Hunter 4 ; Bevis, Blake 1 ; Grego, Dylan 5 ; Miley, Corey 1 ; King, Houston 1 ; Turturici, Casey 4 ; Kamins, Matthew 3 ; Miller, Grant 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gregory, Nick 2 ; Scheffler, Decker 3 ; Jacobs, Clay 1 ; Dobbins, Hunter 2 ; Griffin, Korbin 1 ; Hallquist, Michael 1 ; Bevis, Blake 2 ; Grego, Dylan 3 ; King, Houston 2 ; Turturici, Casey 3 ; Kamins, Matthew 2 ; Miller, Grant 2
HBP: Bevis, Blake 1
