INDIANAPOLIS – The win column continues to evade the No. 21-ranked University of Indianapolis baseball team as they fell in their fifth straight contest, this time to the in-region Findlay Oilers.
 
The 10-7 loss for the Hounds marks the third straight contest where the Hound pitchers have let up a double digit run total and the Hounds fourth time this season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hounds, two days removed from a series ending doubleheader with the Maryville Saints, looked toward Greenwood, Ind. native Caden Wilburn to help UIndy break their skid. Brady Ware did his best in the first inning to help out the young Wilburn, crushing a ball into the gap for a double, scoring Drew Donaldson for the first run of the contest. Jared Bujdos made it a two-run lead in the second with a sac fly scoring Nick Lukac.
 
After three innings, the day was over for Wilburn, who in his first career start ended with three innings pitched and only one earned run. The UIndy skipper Al Ready called in Cameron Ginter who struggled with the Oilers lineup, giving up two runs in the top of the fourth. Bujdos responded in the bottom half with a double, making it 3-3.
 
Austin Bestul was the next call to the pen for Ready, with Bestul giving up two runs in the top of the fifth. The momentum continued to swing back and forth as the Greyhounds captilized on errors by the Oilers to go up 7-5 just a half inning later.
 
The bats were silent for a time after that, with the Oilers adding one in the top of the seventh. The eighth is where the Oilers delivered the death blow to the Hounds, crushing a ball towards the ARC, scoring three and sucking away any Greyhound momentum. A top of the ninth leadoff dinger by the Oilers made it 10-7.
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds hope their tide will turn later in the week as they travel for the first time this season. They face the top-five ranked Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars, starting on Friday.
 
Last season the Hounds went 1-3 against UIS, with the one win off the series coming via an Alex Vela walk-off single.