Saturday, April 22
Springfield, Mo.
10:45 a.m.
Missouri State University
22-16, 11-4
6
vs
1
Belmont
20-21, 5-10
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Missouri State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 1 |
Baseball Beats Belmont to Finish Third Straight MVC Sweep
April 22, 2023 | Baseball
SPRINGFIELD – Cody Kelly drove in four runs and Jake Eddington tossed a career-high 6.1 innings Saturday at Hammons Field to lead the Missouri State baseball Bears to a 6-1 win over Belmont, completing the team's third consecutive Missouri Valley Conference series sweep.
The Bears (22-16, 11-4 MVC) climbed into a share of the league lead in conference victories at game's end with their ninth consecutive Valley win, the program's longest such streak since MoState won 22 in a row over more than a calendar year from May 15, 2016 to May 18, 2017.
Missouri State loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the first and led 2-0 thanks to sacrifice flies from Zack Stewart and Kelly, and made it 3-0 in the second when Cam Cratic hit a leadoff single and scored on a two-out hit by Spencer Nivens.
Belmont (20-21, 5-10) broke up Eddington's no-hitter with a bunt single in the fifth and followed that with an RBI double to make it 3-1.
The Bears had an immediate answer, opening the fifth with back-to-back walks to set up Kelly's 12th homer of the season and sixth in his last six games, a 443-foot blast to right center that put MoState ahead 6-1.
Eddington (3-0) carried that lead into the seventh before giving way to a trio of relievers to finish the game, with Trey Ziegenbein, Reed Metz and Garrett Ferguson combining for the final eight outs on the mound.
The MSU pitching staff combined for a 1.38 ERA in the series with a .184 opponent batting average.
Missouri State stays home for a 6:30 p.m. Tuesday contest against fifth-ranked Arkansas.
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The Bears (22-16, 11-4 MVC) climbed into a share of the league lead in conference victories at game's end with their ninth consecutive Valley win, the program's longest such streak since MoState won 22 in a row over more than a calendar year from May 15, 2016 to May 18, 2017.
Missouri State loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the first and led 2-0 thanks to sacrifice flies from Zack Stewart and Kelly, and made it 3-0 in the second when Cam Cratic hit a leadoff single and scored on a two-out hit by Spencer Nivens.
Belmont (20-21, 5-10) broke up Eddington's no-hitter with a bunt single in the fifth and followed that with an RBI double to make it 3-1.
The Bears had an immediate answer, opening the fifth with back-to-back walks to set up Kelly's 12th homer of the season and sixth in his last six games, a 443-foot blast to right center that put MoState ahead 6-1.
Eddington (3-0) carried that lead into the seventh before giving way to a trio of relievers to finish the game, with Trey Ziegenbein, Reed Metz and Garrett Ferguson combining for the final eight outs on the mound.
The MSU pitching staff combined for a 1.38 ERA in the series with a .184 opponent batting average.
Missouri State stays home for a 6:30 p.m. Tuesday contest against fifth-ranked Arkansas.
#BearsUnite
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Eddington, Jake (3-0)
L: BARATTA, Dominic (3-4)
Batting:
2B: KATAFIAS, Chase 1
RBI: KATAFIAS, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BLESSINGER, Max 1
SB: RANDO, Jack 1 ; GALASON, Kaden 1
Batting:
HR: Kelly, Cody 1
RBI: Nivens, Spencer 1 ; Stewart, Zack 1 ; Kelly, Cody 4
SF: Stewart, Zack 1 ; Kelly, Cody 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; Nivens, Spencer 1 ; Hull, Mason 1 ; Stewart, Zack 1 ; Kelly, Cody 1 ; Cratic, Cam 1
SB: Gollert, Taeg 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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4
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H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
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