BOLIVAR, Mo. – The University of Indianapolis baseball team took a Saturday split with the SBU Bearcats, winning game one 12-2 before falling in game two 4-3. The Hounds now sit at 23-16 with a 9-14 mark in conference action. The Greyhounds will battle for a series win tomorrow while SBU will fight for a split.
 
GAME 1 | UINDY 12, SBU 2
The first contest of the day was a Denton Shepler show, as the junior out of Liberty, Ind. had a career high 5 RBIs on 2-3 from the plate. Shepler started his day with a sacrifice bunt to etch across the Hounds first run, later homering in the third to right center to make it 5-0. His final RBI came in the fourth where he roped a ball up the middle, sending home the speedy Caleb Vaughn.
 
Outside of the work by Shepler, Adam Rakestraw got his first bomb of the season, hammering a ball over the right field wall for two RBIs. Vaughn was incredibly productive from the plate as well, matching his two-dinger day from the day prior, hitting a triple into right center that scored two and then getting an RBI single up the middle in the sixth.
 
Brandon DeWitt was quality from the mound, going five innings with one earned run for his fifth decision of the year. His six strikeouts is his best mark since April 1 where he punched out eight. Out of the pen, both Steven Jones and Brandon Stidham ate some innings with each recording a strikeout.
 
GAME 2 | SBU 4, UINDY 3
Just like game one, the Hounds got going early with Nick Lukac recording three RBIs early, hitting a base clearing triple to right center for three RBIs, scoring Brady Ware, Vaughn and Drew Donaldson.
 
The early three spot was all the offense the Hounds could muster as a two run homer, a sac fly and an error scored the four runs for the home team. The Hounds had runners on first and second in the top of the seventh but were unable to plate the tying run, leaving the score 4-3.
 
UP NEXT
While the sweep is no longer on the table, the Hounds have an opportunity to take the series tomorrow as they take on SBU one more time. First pitch is currently penciled in for 1 p.m. ET.