INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The No. 5-ranked UIndy baseball team wrapped up its three-game series against Lake Erie with two explosive offensive wins. The Greyhound combined for 23 runs in their two wins.
The starting pitchers in both games for the Hounds, Dawson Gabe (Game Two) and Nic Besecker (Game Three), both picked up wins in their first outings of the season.
Saturday's doubleheader was moved to Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis, IN due to poor field conditions at Greyhound Park.
GAME 2 | UIndy 11, Lake Erie 9
In game one of the series on Friday, the Hounds struggled to get the bats going early, but this one was the complete opposite. UIndy racked up eight runs in the first three innings, including a four run first inning.
Chase Mason homered for the second game in a row against the Storm, blasting a two-run shot to left center to put the Hounds out in front 3-0 in the first inning.
Easton Good knocked in two more runs for the Hounds in the third inning to jump out in front 7-0, before Luke Smock brought Good home with a fielder's choice in the bottom of the third to extend the lead to 8-0.
But the Storm would not go quietly, they mounted a comeback of their own behind Travis Yankovich and Israel Espinosa's two RBI doubles to cap off the Storm's five run fourth inning to make it 8-5 UIndy.
Austin Bode and Cole Hampton scored the game's final two runs for the Hounds making it 11-6.
Payton Plym gave up three hits on one earned run and one unearned run on three hits as the Storm cut the Hounds lead to two, but Drake Downing, who earned the save in this contest, closed out the game for the Hounds to wrap up the 11-9 win.
GAME 3 | UIndy 12, Lake Erie 4
The Hounds started the game hot just like they did in the first game on Saturday. Bode got the scoring started for UIndy with a three-run moonshot to right field, and Good crushed a grand slam to right center field to end the Hounds eight run first inning.
This is Good's third career grand slam for the Hounds, with his last one coming against Maryville in last year's NCAA Division II Super Regional.
Good knocked in two more runs for the Hounds in the third and fourth innings, an RBI single in the third, and a solo home run in the fourth. While Nick Lukac and Armen Torosoian scored UIndy's other two fourth inning runs to extend the lead to 12-2.
The Storm got two runs back in the top of the sixth inning, before the game was called due to darkness, closing out UIndy's weekend with a 12-4 win in game three, and a series sweep of Lake Erie.
UP NEXT
The Hounds will head out to Mt. Dew Park in Marion, Ill. for their next four games against Hillsdale and Findlay on Feb. 21-23.
