ROLLA, Mo. – In the highest scoring contest of the season thus far, the UIndy baseball team outlasted the Missouri S&T Miners by a score of 23-12 for their first GLVC-conference victory of the season. The run total marks the largest amount of runs the Greyhounds have scored in a contest since their 11-inning marathon with the Ohio Dominican Panthers last season, where they dropped 24, the finale coming via a, now graduate assistant, Brandon DeWitt walk-off error.
 
The Greyhounds and Miners were scheduled to finish two contests on the first day of the series. However the long-running first contest had the pair run out of daylight in the second game in the 7th frame with the Hounds leading 10-8. They will conclude that battle before their Sunday doubleheader.
 
The storyline heading into the contest was the S&T return for transfers Dakota Sill and Cole Hampton. That plot carried excitement galore as Sill had a breakout game, going 6-7 from the dish with five ribbies, leading the Greyhounds in both categories. Even though his counterpart was excellent, that didn't hamper Hampton as he went three of five with a pair of RBIs and a team-leading four runs scored.
 
Outside of the former Miners, Easton Good and Nick Lukac were excellent from the plate as Good drove in four runs on four hits and Lukac went 3-5 with two walks and three ribbies.
 
INS & OUTS
After a clean first frame from Dawson Gabe on the bump, the scoring broke open in the second with the Hounds dropping a pair of runs, with Bryce Goodwine finding his first RBI of the season in the process. A three-spot response by the Miners left UIndy trailing after two innings of action.
 
The seventh is where it got funky. A one-out Zack Williams triple began what ended up being a seven-run barrage by the Hounds, culminating in a first-pitch nuke by Drew Donaldson.
 
 
The run-athon continued from there with both squads plating six runs in the fourth, leaving the score 15-10. The highlight of the frame coming with Good and Caleb Vaughn launching a pair of absolute missiles out of the S&T ballpark.
 
 
The Hounds dished out runs in the fifth, sixth and ninth frame. Andrew DeWitt – no relation to Brandon – earned the win in the contest after relieving Gabe, tossing 2 2/3 innings of no-hit work, striking out three Miners.
 
UP NEXT
The Hounds and Miners will conclude the halted contest at the beginning of the Sunday set, with doubleheader set to take place after. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET in Rolla, Mo.