Ball State University
2-1
UMass Lowell
2-0
River Hawks Beat Cardinals In Nightcap
February 15, 2025 | Baseball
Ball State led early, plating a pair of early runs in the bottom of the first, but saw four different pitchers face 14 batters and surrender 10 runs in the decisive fourth. Cardinals pitchers walked five River Hawks, hit another and allowed five hits in the 10-run inning that chased starter Drue Young (0-1).
The Cardinals answered in the bottom half of the inning with a solo homer to right by Korbin Griffin. UML added two more runs in the ninth, and Blake Bevis answered with a three-run shot in the home half of the ninth, for the final margin.
For the junior Bevis, who walked and scored in the first inning, the homer to left was his first hit of the young season. Griffin and Nick Husovsky were Ball State batting stars, each with a pair of hits. Griffin followed his fourth-inning homer with a double to lead off the seventh. Husovsky doubled in the first and singled in the sixth.
"One bad inning cost us," said head coach Rich Maloney following the Cardinals' first defeat of the season. "We had multiple freebies in the same inning and that will bite you every time. UMass played a solid game. Given our win over Maryland, we experienced the highs and lows of baseball today. Back at 'em tomorrow."
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brendan Holland (1-0)
L: Young, Drue (0-1)
Batting:
2B: River Hart 1 ; Brandon Fish 1 ; Joseph DeLanzo 2 ; Jake Fitzgibbons 1
RBI: Carlos Martinez 1 ; Sean O'Leary 1 ; River Hart 2 ; Brandon Fish 1 ; Joseph DeLanzo 6
Base Running:
RUNS: Conor Kelly 1 ; Alex Luccini 1 ; Carlos Martinez 1 ; Sean O'Leary 2 ; River Hart 2 ; Brandon Fish 3 ; Zachary Scott 1 ; Jake Fitzgibbons 1
SB: Alex Luccini 1
CS: Brandon Fish 1
HBP: Sean O'Leary 1 ; River Hart 1
Batting:
2B: Husovsky, Nick 1 ; Griffin, Korbin 1
HR: Bevis, Blake 1 ; Griffin, Korbin 1
RBI: Bevis, Blake 3 ; Husovsky, Nick 1 ; Grego, Dylan 1 ; Griffin, Korbin 1
SF: Grego, Dylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Richter, Alex 1 ; Bevis, Blake 2 ; Griffin, Korbin 2 ; Colligan, John 1
HBP: Richter, Alex 2
