INDIANAPOLIS – Diego Cardenas, lined up against the GLVC leader in strikeouts in Jacob Kroeger, protected Greyhound Park and helped propel the University Indianapolis baseball team to a series-opening victory versus No. 23-ranked Maryville on Friday evening.
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The redshirt-sophomore out of South Bend, Ind. went seven innings of only two-hit baseball, tossing 107 pitching on route to just one earned run in the Hounds victory.
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Bryce Goodwine and
Drew Donaldson both came up big for the Hounds offensively, with Goodwine bringing in the winning run in the eighth inning.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Cardenas and Kroeger dueled for the first four innings, neither budging as both teams struggled to plate runs. Long at bat, after long at bat for the Hounds versus Kroeger eventually wittled him down in the fifth. That wear and tear came to fruition as
Cole Hampton ripped an RBI double down the right field line, scoring the first run of the ballgame.
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An RBI-bunt single by
Caleb Vaughn, a stolen base and then a wild pitch set the stage for some electric baserunning by the Hounds right fielder.
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The No. 23-ranked Saints refused to go away, using a pair of homers in the eighth alongside a bases loaded hit by pitch to take the lead 4-3. But, the Cardiac Hounds never quit and that was never more evident than today when they hammered home their own four-spot in the bottom of the eighth. Goodwine played hero ball, scoring the winning run with a bases-loaded spot.
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UP NEXT
The Hounds and Saints will play two more at Greyhound Park tomorrow. The doubleheader will start at noon.
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