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Cardinals Top Broncos 8-2 in Fourth Straight Win
March 08, 2025 | Baseball
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team got home runs from Alex Richter and Nick Husovsky and a strong pitching performance from the duo of Jacob Hartlaub and Zach Leduc on its way to an 8-2 win over Western Michigan on Saturday afternoon at Shebek Stadium.
The Cardinals (10-5, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) got off to a 1-0 lead thanks to a leadoff home run from Alex Richter in the bottom of the first inning. Blake Bevis and Gavin Balius followed that up with RBI singles in the second to increase the edge to 3-0 for the hosts.
Balius added an RBI double in the fourth before Husovsky homered to center field in the fifth, scoring Dylan Grego, to increase Ball State's advantage to six runs. Bevis and Clay Jacobs tacked on RBI singles in the inning for a four-run fifth.
Hartlaub (3-1) tossed 5.2 innings of 1-run ball and struck out five to earn his third win of the year. Zach Leduc picked up his first save, striking out two in 3.1 frames to close out the contests for the Cardinals.
For the game, Bevis finished a home run short of the cycle, and Jacobs and Balius had two hits each. Garrett Arnold scored twice after walking and hitting a double.
"Another solid pitching performance from Jacob Hartlaub and Zach Leduc led us, and several guys contributed offensively," head coach Rich Maloney said.
Western Michigan (0-13, 0-2 MAC) put single tallies on the board in the sixth and seventh innings but they weren't enough to come back on a Ball State team that has won four straight games.
Joey Wizceb (0-3) suffered the loss for the Broncos after giving up six runs in 4.1 innings.
Ball State wraps up the series with Western at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The Cardinals (10-5, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) got off to a 1-0 lead thanks to a leadoff home run from Alex Richter in the bottom of the first inning. Blake Bevis and Gavin Balius followed that up with RBI singles in the second to increase the edge to 3-0 for the hosts.
Balius added an RBI double in the fourth before Husovsky homered to center field in the fifth, scoring Dylan Grego, to increase Ball State's advantage to six runs. Bevis and Clay Jacobs tacked on RBI singles in the inning for a four-run fifth.
Hartlaub (3-1) tossed 5.2 innings of 1-run ball and struck out five to earn his third win of the year. Zach Leduc picked up his first save, striking out two in 3.1 frames to close out the contests for the Cardinals.
For the game, Bevis finished a home run short of the cycle, and Jacobs and Balius had two hits each. Garrett Arnold scored twice after walking and hitting a double.
"Another solid pitching performance from Jacob Hartlaub and Zach Leduc led us, and several guys contributed offensively," head coach Rich Maloney said.
Western Michigan (0-13, 0-2 MAC) put single tallies on the board in the sixth and seventh innings but they weren't enough to come back on a Ball State team that has won four straight games.
Joey Wizceb (0-3) suffered the loss for the Broncos after giving up six runs in 4.1 innings.
Ball State wraps up the series with Western at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hartlaub, Jacob (3-1)
L: WIZCEB, Joey (0-5)
S: Leduc, Zach (1)
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Batting:
2B: MEE, Grady 1 ; THIELMAN, Avery 1 ; HARRITY, Brendan 1
RBI: OSTRANDER, Connor 1
SH: OSTRANDER, Connor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MEE, Grady 1 ; MALONEY, Michael 1
SB: MEE, Grady 1
CS: MALLY, Tanner 1
Batting:
2B: Bevis, Blake 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 1 ; Balius, Gavin 1
3B: Bevis, Blake 1
HR: Richter, Alex 1 ; Husovsky, Nick 1
RBI: Richter, Alex 1 ; Husovsky, Nick 2 ; Bevis, Blake 2 ; Jacobs, Clay 1 ; Balius, Gavin 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Richter, Alex 1 ; Grego, Dylan 1 ; Husovsky, Nick 1 ; Arnold, Garrett 2 ; Griffin, Korbin 1 ; Bevis, Blake 2
SB: Jacobs, Clay 1
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