INDIANAPOLIS – In a rare Friday doubleheader, the UIndy baseball team saw it's historic GLVC-baseball winning streak come to an end at the hands of the Rockhurst Hawks. The Hounds, who set a program record for wins to start conference play, dropped both games on the docket, the first 12-4 and the second 5-4.
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Zack Williams was big in game one, going 2-2 from the dish with three RBIs. While for game two,
Armen Torosian and
Cole Hampton were the run scorers while
Drew Donaldson recorded a three-hit game.
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GAME 1 | Rockhurst 12, UIndy 4
After the Hounds manufactured a run in the first frame of the contest, the Hawks went on a run, tossing up crooked numbers in the third and fourth to run the score up to 10-1. The Hounds answered with a Vergara RBI sacrifice fly in the fourth and a big Williams double to eat into the lead.Â
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The Hawks managed two more runs to end the ballgame as the Hounds saw their streak end. Errors bit the Hounds in game one as they had four misplays in the field, two by the men on the mound.
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GAME 2 | Rockhurst 5, UIndy 4
The latter of the two battles was much closer as a run scored in every inning minus the seventh, with the Hawks handing the Hounds two runs in the first two frames. They issued a bases-loaded walk in the first and then had a throwing error at shortstop allow for
Bryce Goodwine to sprint home.
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The Hounds' lead did not hold though, with the Hawks chipping away slowly, two runs coming via Greyhound errors. Hampton, with runners at the corners, came up big in the sixth, bringing the game within one.
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Poor situational hitting reared its ugly head as the Hounds left game two with ten runners left on base. Despite the result,
Austin Bestul and
E.J. White were solid out of the bullpen, limiting the Hawks to just one run over the last 3 & 1/3 innings.
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UP NEXT
The finale is on deck on Saturday as the Hounds will chase the series split with the Hawks at noon at Greyhound Park. Rain does show in the forecast so stay tuned to @UIndyBaseball for updates.
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