WESTFIELD, Ind. - The No. 7 UIndy baseball team (17-6, 3-3 GLVC) dropped consecutive games for the first this season on Friday afternoon at Grand Park, as the Hounds came up short in each contest to conference-foe Bellarmine. The Greyhounds could only scrape across two runs in each game. 

Bellarmine 5, UIndy 2
Starting pitcher Jake Sprinkle allowed just four hits and two earned runs in six innings in game one, but the junior hurler issued five free passes while on the bump. The Knights scored two unearned runs off the righty, as well, jumping out to a 4-0 lead after three frames. 

The Knights' southpaw held the Greyhound offense in check as the Crimson and Grey only managed three hits in eight innings. Conor White singled home Hunter Waning and Joe Kenney in the ninth off the Bellarmine bullpen after the visitors added another run in its half of the inning. The Hounds had two of their five hits in the final frame. 

Five players recorded a hit in the loss, while Jon Craword pitched the final three innings to close out the game. 

Bellarmine 9, UIndy 2
The Knights jumped on Myc Witty in the first inning for two runs, but the Hounds responded with two of their own in the bottom of the frame. Nick Miller hit an opposite-field double to score Storm Joop before he came around to score when Kenney reached on an error by the Bellarmine shortstop. 

Witty retired seven consecutive batters after the first before the wheels came off in the fourth inning. After allowing a lead-off single, Michael Schalasky entered in relief to end the early Bellarmine threat. However, the visitors had a different idea, as they rattled off six runs in the inning to bust open a 8-2 lead. The Knights added a run off John Hendry in the sixth inning, which would hold as a final of 9-2.

Of the seven knocks for the Hounds, four went for two bases, as Joop (twice), Miller, and Trey Smith doubled. White had another hit in the nightcap, finishing two-for-five on the day. 

UIndy and Bellarmine will finish the four-game set tomorrow with another doubleheader at Grand Park. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.