INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Indianapolis baseball team suffered a rough series finale loss to the visiting Rockhurst Hawks on Saturday, losing 17-10 for their third-straight setback.
 
The Hawks, who lead the GLVC in batting average, were deadly from the plate as they scored in every inning minus the first the last. The longball favored them as well as they batted five out of the park, with three of them coming off the bat of Adonis Forte who fell just a grand slam shy of the home run cycle.
 
For the Hounds offense, Drew Donaldson and Zack Williams, batting back-to-back in the lineup were effective from the plate with Donaldson going yard for the second time in the series, while Williams plated three with on a big sixth-inning single.
 
Defensively, it was another struggle as the Hounds committed a trio of errors. The pitching core employed seven different players with Jackson Kirkpatrick getting hit with his second loss of the season.
 
INS & OUTS
Slick baserunning put the Hounds up by two after the first as Good forced himself into scoring position where Williams would score him. Later in the frame, with runners at the corners, the Hounds implemented a designed rundown from Dakota Sill, allowing Cole Hampton to steal home and give the Hounds a two-run advantage.
 
That advantage dissipated quickly as a Forte three-run homer took the lead. The Hawks racked up runs after runs after runs from there, eventually ballooning the lead to 9-2 before UIndy responded with an Donaldson RBI single.
 
The Hawks kept punching as the Hounds attempted a rally in the sixth with a four-spot and then another trio in the eighth. The bats got hot too little too late however as the game was left 17-10 after nine.
 
UP NEXT
The Hounds will look to forget the series with the Hawks as they hit the road again for some more GLVC-baseball action. They head west to Springfield, Ill. to battle the Prairie Stars of UIS.
 
This will be the first meeting between Greyhounds and the new-look Stars who have former Greyhound assistant coach Trevor Forde as their new head coach.