MARION, Ill. – The UIndy baseball team (33-17) dropped a 7-5 decision in the second round of the 2023 GLVC Championship Tournament on Friday evening to top-seeded and No. 6 Quincy (42-9).
 
The fifth-seeded Greyhounds now face Lewis in a rematch of Thursday's first round game tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p.m. from Mtn. Dew Park.
 
Caleb Vaughn collected a pair of extra-base hits on Friday, while also drawing two walks.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
With two on and one out in the bottom of the ninth, the Hounds had their final chance to walk it off against the Hawks. After Denton Shepler reached on a fielder's choice to put runners on the corners, Nick Lukac hit a harder grounder to third for the final out of the evening to end the threat.
 
The Hawks opened the scoring with four runs in the fourth, including a three-run dinger from Dustin Dupont following a failed replay challenge by UIndy skipper Al Ready. Trailing by six in the UIndy half of the fifth, Zack Williams singled up the middle to score Vaughn – who had just doubled – and Drew Donaldson to cut within two.
 

#GLVCbase #GLVCchamps: And there's two more for @UIndyAthletics with this Zack Williams 2-RBI single after coming in to pinch hit. pic.twitter.com/IVoGBfpQWm

— GLVC Sports Network (@GLVCSN) May 13, 2023

The Greyhounds and Hawks traded runs in the seventh, as Shepler chased Vaughn home on a sacrifice fly to make the score 7-5. Quincy reliever Cruz Meier earned the one-out save, inducing the groundout from Lukac to close out the game.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Vaughn accounted for two of the team's three extra-base knocks. Isaac Bair doubled to lead off the sixth inning.
- In all, six Hounds recorded a hit, including Thursday's pitching winner Brandon DeWitt.
- E.J. White impressed in two innings out of the bullpen, striking out two and forcing a pair of groundouts.
- UIndy was issued 10 free passes on Friday, with three Greyhounds walking twice. Easton Good, who scored in the fifth, drew his 19th walk of the spring.
 
MORE NOTES
Seth Spencer started on the bump for UIndy, striking out eight over five innings of work … Quincy has now won back-to-back games against the Hounds and lead the all-time series, 14-12 … UIndy held Hawks' catcher and GLVC Player of the Year Luke Napleton hitless on the night, the 14th time this season he has failed to record at least one knock.
 
UP NEXT
UIndy is now in a win-or-go-home situation with its 1:30 battle with Lewis Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds have won four consecutive meetings with the Flyers, including a series win last weekend before yesterday's 3-1 victory.