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Hartlaub Gets Win and Cardinals Strike Late to Fly Past Ospreys
March 01, 2025 | Baseball
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Ball State bats were stymied for five innings, but the Cardinals struck for six runs late to upend North Florida, 6-2, and hand Jacob Hartlaub his second win of the season.
Hartlaub (2-1), making his third start, limited the Ospreys to just one run while scattering seven hits over six complete innings. The senior from Milwaukee struck out five UNF batters and left with the lead after Ball State tied the game 1-1 in the sixth, after Korbin Griffin added a pinch-hit, three-run blast to right field in the top of the seventh.
Blake Bevis added an insurance home run to left center in the eighth inning, and Gavin Bailus scored another in the ninth after singling, stealing second and third bases, then scoring on a hit by Dylan Grego.
"Our boys played a solid game," said veteran coach Rich Maloney, in his 20th season at the Ball State helm. "We got excellent pitching, solid defense and a big pinch hit."
While the Cardinals bats came alive in the final innings - scoring runs in each of the final four frames - it was pitching support that ensured the win. Zac Leduc relieved Hartlaub in the seventh and allowed a homer and triple by consecutive batters, but Garrett Harker stopped the bleeding to end the seventh, and he earned his fourth save by allowing just one hit over the final 2.1 innings.
Offensively, Ball State got contributions throughout the lineup, though only Grego produced more than one hit. Eight different Cardinals got hits in the game, and all six runs were scored by different Cardinals. Griffin, with his second homer of the season, was the only Ball State player with multiple RBI.
Ball State (6-4) plays at North Florida again Sunday at 1 p.m., before heading to Tallahassee for two games against Florida A&M.
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Hartlaub (2-1), making his third start, limited the Ospreys to just one run while scattering seven hits over six complete innings. The senior from Milwaukee struck out five UNF batters and left with the lead after Ball State tied the game 1-1 in the sixth, after Korbin Griffin added a pinch-hit, three-run blast to right field in the top of the seventh.
Blake Bevis added an insurance home run to left center in the eighth inning, and Gavin Bailus scored another in the ninth after singling, stealing second and third bases, then scoring on a hit by Dylan Grego.
"Our boys played a solid game," said veteran coach Rich Maloney, in his 20th season at the Ball State helm. "We got excellent pitching, solid defense and a big pinch hit."
While the Cardinals bats came alive in the final innings - scoring runs in each of the final four frames - it was pitching support that ensured the win. Zac Leduc relieved Hartlaub in the seventh and allowed a homer and triple by consecutive batters, but Garrett Harker stopped the bleeding to end the seventh, and he earned his fourth save by allowing just one hit over the final 2.1 innings.
Offensively, Ball State got contributions throughout the lineup, though only Grego produced more than one hit. Eight different Cardinals got hits in the game, and all six runs were scored by different Cardinals. Griffin, with his second homer of the season, was the only Ball State player with multiple RBI.
Ball State (6-4) plays at North Florida again Sunday at 1 p.m., before heading to Tallahassee for two games against Florida A&M.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hartlaub, Jacob (2-1)
L: ADAMS, Brandon (0-1)
S: Harker, Garrett (4)
Batting:
HR: Bevis, Blake 1 ; Griffin, Korbin 1
RBI: Grego, Dylan 1 ; Husovsky, Nick 1 ; Bevis, Blake 1 ; Griffin, Korbin 3
SF: Husovsky, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Richter, Alex 1 ; Bevis, Blake 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 1 ; Arnold, Garrett 1 ; Griffin, Korbin 1 ; Balius, Gavin 1
SB: Grego, Dylan 2 ; Jacobs, Clay 2 ; Balius, Gavin 2
HBP: Richter, Alex 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 1
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Batting:
2B: BUSH, Cade 1 ; COLLINS, Mitchell 1 ; ALFORD, Seth 1
3B: MONILE, Nick 1
HR: BROWNING, Brady 1
RBI: OMAN, James 1 ; BROWNING, Brady 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BUSH, Cade 1 ; BROWNING, Brady 1
SB: MOORE, Connor 1
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