CARY, N.C.—The UIndy baseball team opened the 2023 NCAA DII Championship Saturday evening with a 6-5 loss to Millersville University. The Greyhounds scored five unanswered runs to build a three-run lead through five-and-a-half innings, but the top-seeded Marauders capped their comeback with a go-ahead home run in the seventh and hung on for the win.
 
In their first "World Series" appearance in 11 years, the Hounds move to an elimination game on Monday afternoon, facing fifth-seeded Cal State San Bernardino at 1:30 p.m. ET.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
After Millersville hung two on the board in the bottom of the first inning, the Greyhound delivered a game-tying counterpunch in the third before tacking on a combined three runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 5-2 advantage.
 
UIndy strung together three straight two-out singles in the top of the third, with RBIs coming from All-American Drew Donaldson and all-region honoree Caleb Vaughn.
 
Brandon DeWitt drove home Jared Bujdos with the go-ahead run in the fifth, and Easton Good added a two-run, opposite-field double in the sixth to extend the lead.
 

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— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) June 3, 2023

 
The Marauders would not go quietly, however. The Atlantic Region champs got one run back in the bottom of the sixth before shortstop Thomas Caufield's three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh gave Millersville the lead for good.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
- DeWitt (10-3) tossed a solid 6 1/3 innings but endured the loss. He walked no one and picked off two base runners, and also had a pair of hits in the leadoff spot.
- Vaughn went 3-fo-5 at the plate with a double and an RBI.
- Reliever E.J. White pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
- Catcher Will Spear scored twice and stole his first base of the season.