Southern Illinois University
36-17, 13-12
Dallas Baptist
32-13, 17-4
DBU runs away with series opener
05/20/2021 | 8:54:00 | Baseball
The Patriots (32-13, 17-4), who clinched the outright MVC regular season championship with the win, tacked on three runs in the sixth to push the game into run-rule territory, and then slammed the door with an eight-run seventh.Â
SIU (36-17, 13-12 MVC) got a seven-pitch scoreless first inning from starter Mike Hansell. DBU knocked in a two-out RBI in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead and scored twice more in the third to take a 3-0 lead. The pivotal inning was the fourth. DBU had five hits in the inning -- four of them with two strikes on the hitter -- and took advantage of an SIU error to put five runs on the board and push the lead to 8-0.Â
DBU starter Dominic Hammel, who leads the MVC in strikeouts, struck out seven and allowed just one hit, a Philip Archer single, while walking two. Late in the game, SIU's bullpen walked five and hit a batter in the seventh inning alone to help DBU push its 11-run lead to a 19-0 final score.
"When you get behind as much as we did and you have to play catch-up against one of the best arms in the league, it's just not going to happen," SIU head coach Lance Rhodes said. "19-0 is a bad look on the scoreboard, but it has absolutely no bearing on how we play tomorrow."
Freshman catcher Cade Carter collected his first career hit with a single in the seventh inning.Â
UP NEXT: SIU and DBU play a 2 p.m. doubleheader on Friday at Itchy Jones Stadium. Ben Chapman and Brad Harrison will take the mound for SIU.Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hamel, Dominic (10-2)
L: Hansell, Mike (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Bell, Austin 1 ; Moore, Cole 1 ; Benefield, Andrew 1 ; Jones, Blayne 1
RBI: Bell, Austin 2 ; Specht, George 1 ; Glenn, Jackson 2 ; Town, River 2 ; Grady, Jace 1 ; Moore, Cole 2 ; Burgarello, Nico 1 ; Benefield, Andrew 2 ; Mach, Dylan 1 ; Boulware, Christian 3 ; Jones, Blayne 2
SH: Jones, Blayne 1
SF: Specht, George 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bell, Austin 3 ; Glenn, Jackson 1 ; Town, River 2 ; Grady, Jace 2 ; Moore, Cole 1 ; Sosa, Andres 1 ; Burgarello, Nico 1 ; Benefield, Andrew 2 ; Mach, Dylan 1 ; Boulware, Christian 2 ; Jones, Blayne 3
SB: Glenn, Jackson 1 ; Grady, Jace 1 ; Moore, Cole 1 ; Sosa, Andres 1
HBP: Grady, Jace 1
