Box score
INDIANAPOLIS- The UIndy baseball team took a break from conference play Wednesday with a 10-3 win over Marian University at MU Baseball Field. Nine Greyhounds pitched an inning apiece, while
Chris Saroff (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) earned one of the team’s two extra-base hits with a lead-off double in the fourth.
The Hounds’ collective pitching effort surrendered just two earned runs while striking out eight against only three walks. Seven of the Greyhound hurlers recorded a strikeout, with senior
David Early (Fairland, Ind./Triton Central) working a 1-2-3 ninth that featured a pair of Ks.
Meanwhile, the UIndy offense scored nine of its runs between the third and sixth innings. Five singles in the third helped the Hounds to a three spot, while a single and a walk preceded three Knight errors in a four-run fifth.
Junior
Colby Shaw (Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian) earned a game-high three hits as well as a hit by pitch.
Chase Kittinger (Carmi, Ill./Carmi White County) and
Chris Ulrey (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) both had two hits, with Ulrey recording two RBIs and
Kaleb Cunningham (Knaps Station, N.Y./Stockton) and
Travis Capps (Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central) each scoring two runs.
UIndy (8-7) will play its first games of the season at Greyhound Park Thursday. The Hounds start the first of two six-game home stands this month with an in-region doubleheader with Kentucky State starting at noon.