INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Indianapolis baseball team took game one of a four-game set against the Drury Panthers, plating 9 runs to the visitors one. The Greyhounds now move to 15-11 on the season, earning their third GLVC victory of the season.
 
The Greyhound pitching staff was dominant, allowing no earned runs, giving up only four hits. Offensively, Brandon DeWitt, Nick Lukac and Brady Ware all grabbed two RBIs in the matchup.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
After three innings of efficient work by Spencer, the Greyhounds snatched the lead in the bottom of the third. After a double steal by Drew Donaldson and DeWitt, Caleb Vaughn lifted a ball just deep enough into centerfield for the sacrifice fly.
 
Easton Good went onto add to that lead in the fourth, beating out a weakly hit ball to second base making it 2-0. Good put himself in scoring position with a stolen base, an opportunity that DeWitt took full advantage of, slapping a ball up the middle scoring two.
 

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The Panthers finally plated one in the sixth, but the Hounds answered back and more. Ware, needing a hit, crushed a ball into left, making it a five-run Greyhound lead. Doubles continued in the inning with Lukac using some opposite field pop to score Ware from second. Base running continued to shine with Jared Bujdos and Lukac combining for a first and third double steal, scoring the Hounds eighth run of the contest.
 
The top of the seventh saw the Panthers get their best opportunity against Spencer, loading the bases from a single, hit-by-pitch and a walk. Spencer, with ice in his veins, rifled a high and inside fastball to roll a 5-4-3 double play.
 

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Spencer rolls a 5-4-3 double play to escape the jam! pic.twitter.com/9ja4kPLBe1

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Austin Bestul came in to take the eighth, leaving Spencer with an impressive seven innings pitched with only one hit and no earned runs, striking out six. Bestul kept the lights-out pitching going, throwing only 14 pitches to close the innings, grabbing two Ks in the process. The offense rewarded Bestul's gem with a run in the eighth via a Lukac sacrifice fly to centerfield.
 
Frankie Klemm came in to close the contest, rolling a double play and a 4-3 groundout to close the contest and give the Hounds the first game victory.