INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 11 UIndy baseball team opened up a four-game series with Wisconsin-Parkside with two games at Greyhound Park on Friday afternoon.
 
The Greyhounds (24-12, 8-6 GLVC) struggled to get going all afternoon, dropping the opener, 5-0, before falling in game two, 16-3. Kyle Orloff accounted for four of the Greyhounds' 10 hits on the day, one of which was his third home run of the year.
 
GAME ONE: UW-Parkside 5 – UIndy 0
Parkside leadoff hitter Kyle Schulz belted a 3-1 pitch over the left field wall for a lead-off home run and the Rangers never looked back. The Rangers added another run in the first and three in the third, supplying all the offense early on.
 
 The Greyhounds stranded two runners in each of the first, second, fourth and eighth innings as they desperately searched for their first run of the day.
 
Michael Schalasky (4-1) struggled with his command early on, allowing four runs on four hits with two walks over two innings. Freshman Christian Beard was dominant over 6 2/3 innings out of the bullpen, scattering four hits and striking out five without allowing a free pass in his longest outing of the year.
 
Parkside's Nate Stolte (3-0) allowed four hits, walked three and struck out one over six innings of work. Max Widmar earned his third save of the season with three innings of two-hit ball.
 
GAME TWO: UW-Parkside 16 – UIndy 3
For the second straight game, the Ranger hung a crooked number on the board in the top of the first, scoring five times on five hard-hit balls. Things got worse in the top of the fifth with two more Parkside runners crossing the plate courtesy of a Widmar home run.
 
After being retired in order over the first four innings, UIndy broke their 18-inning scoreless streak when Orloff led off the bottom of the fifth with a long home run. The Greyhounds added two in their final at-bat on a two-run single from Jake Perreira, but the game was well out of reach at that point.
 
Jake Shaw (4-3) was saddled with the loss after allowing four earned runs on eight hits with no walks and five strikeouts over five innings. Mario Samuel (2-4) earned the win for Parkside with 6 2/3 innings of four-hit ball.
 
The Greyhounds will look to bounce back with two more games against the Rangers on Saturday at Greyhound Park. First pitch is set for noon.