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INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy baseball team (23-16, 18-8 GLVC) plated 17 runs in Friday's doubleheader sweep over visiting Bellarmine (16-24, 7-19), winning 11-10 on the strength of Zach Jacobs' walk-off homer in extras before taking the closer 6-4.

GAME ONE: UIndy 11, Bellarmine 10 (10 inn.)

After going 13 innings with Saint Joseph's Wednesday, the Greyhounds and Knights needed extras in the series opener to decide a winner. After nine complete, the back-and-forth game was knotted 10-10. In the bottom of the 10th inning, Jacobs smoked a solo home run over the left field fence to end the game.

The Hounds were on the board early after piecing together a two-out run in the bottom of the first inning. Alex Ritchie drew a walk and stole his team-leading 16th base to get into scoring position. Joe Trennepohl followed with a sharp single to center field, plating Ritchie.

A couple of UIndy fielding blunders helped the Knights tack on three runs in the top of the third. The Greyhounds committed two errors, and Bellarmine's Nick Wright capitalized with a two-RBI double.

The Greyhounds cut into the deficit the following inning, getting an RBI single from Ritchie, and tied the game at 3-3 in the fourth. Dan Eliopulos hit a bloop single that found grass in left field, bringing Trennepohl around to score.

Bellarmine struck for three runs again in the top of the seventh, getting consecutive RBI singles from Wright, Cole Metcalfe and Chris Allen to take a 6-3 lead.

UIndy answered with seven runs in the bottom of the frame, chasing reliever John Hakemoller and appearing to put the game out of reach in the process.

The first run came on a wild pitch that allowed Anthony Asalon to score, and Kenny Mahala brought in another on a RBI-single.

With one out and the bases loaded, Trennepohl scored on a wild pitch – the Knights' third of the inning. Luke Andrade followed with a chopper up the middle, plating Eliopulos and Mahala to give UIndy an 8-6 lead.

Later in the inning, Asalon roped a single to right center, bringing home Andrade and McCracken to extend the lead to 10-6.

The Knights were down, but not yet out of the game. They answered with a three-run rally in the top of the eighth, all coming on two outs.

Neither side could push a run across in the ninth, sending the game to extra innings.

It wouldn't last long, thanks to Jacobs' team-leading sixth home run of the season. He finished the first game 2 for 5.

Asalon, Ritchie, Trennepohl and Mahala each finished with multiple hits, and Andrade tallied two RBIs.

Matthew Kaplanis started on the mound for UIndy, tossing seven complete innings while giving up six runs (four earned). Bob Kwekel (2-1) picked up his second of the week in relief, going two innings allowing just one hit.

GAME TWO: UIndy 6, Bellarmine 4

The Greyhounds took a solid 2-0 lead in the series by completing Friday's doubleheader sweep with a 6-4 win in which all but one starter tallied a hit.

Much like they did in the opener, the Greyhounds manufactured a two-out run in the bottom of the first. Ritchie, Trennepohl and Mahala each hit three singles in a row, with Ritchie touching home on the last one.

Bellarmine briefly took the lead in the top of the third, scoring twice on two hits and an error, but the Hounds answered with four in the bottom to jump out to a 5-2 advantage.

Mahala hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Asalon, and Jacobs followed with a double down the left field line to bring home Ritchie. Caleb Hallman reached on an error by the short stop, scoring Trennepohl, and Andrade produced another run on a groundout.

The Knights closed the gap by scoring two runs in the top of the fifth, pulling within 5-4.

UIndy added another run of insurance in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single through the left side, making it 6-4.

Freshman Jordan Tackett (4-3) tossed all seven innings for the Greyhounds, giving up four hits and four runs (two earned) while striking out five.

Jacobs went 2 for 3 at the plate, scoring a pair of runs. Mahala and Andrade each had multiple RBIs.

The two teams meet Saturday at 12 p.m. to finish the series with a doubleheader.