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Cardinals Fall in Series Finale to Zips
April 17, 2022 | Baseball
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team and the Akron Zips closed out a four-game series from the Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex on Easter Sunday. Amir Wright led the Cardinals with a 1-for-1 day at the plate with two walks and he was hit by a pitch twice. Wright scored two of the three BSU runs. Ball State fell to Akron 4-3.
Wright has reached safely in 33 of the 34 games this season and has reached in all Mid-American Conference games. He is currently on a seven-game hitting streak. Zach Cole has reached safely in 12-straight contests and led the Cardinals with two hits in today's game. Trenton Quartermaine extended his streak of reaching base safely to 10 games.
With the loss, Ball State fell to 21-13 overall and 15-3 in league contests, while Akron improved to 11-24 overall and 9-15 in the conference.
Wright led off the bottom of the first with a six-pitch walk. Quartermaine singled up the middle to move Wright to third. Nick Powell reached safely on a fielder's choice as Quartermaine was out at second, but Wright was able to score. The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead into the top of the second.
In the top of the second, Akron was able to get runners on the corners. Casey Bargo closed the door and got out of the second inning unscathed.
After a scoreless top of the third, Zach Lane led off the home half with a four-pitch walk. Lane stole second before Wright notched a single to the pitcher to give Ball State runners on the corners with no outs. Quartermaine tallied an RBI on a sac fly to right center that scored Lane. Wright then stole second to move into scoring position. Hunter Dobbins drew a two-out walk. Cole followed with a walk to load the bases. Ryan Peltier picked up an RBI as he was hit by a pitch that scored Wright from third. Ball State held a 3-0 advantage after three innings in the books.
The Zips cut the lead to 3-1 in the top of the fifth with one run on two hits. In the top of the sixth, Akron plated two runs on just one hit and stranded the bases loaded. The Zips sent the game tied into the home half of the sixth.
Ball State was able to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the sixth but was unable to get the go-ahead run across.
The Zips were able to capitalize on a lead-off walk and a throwing error to get runners on second and third with no outs. The Cardinals were able to turn a double play to prevent one run from scoring, but the Zips still had a runner on third with two outs. A wild pitch gave Akron the 4-3 lead after eight and a half innings.
Ball State was able to get a runner to second in the home half of the ninth but were unable to get the tying run across.
Bargo picked up a no decision in the start for BSU. He went five innings with three strikeouts and surrendered two earned runs on three hits. Nate Dohm added 1 1/3 innings of relief with two strikeouts with one earned run on two hits. Ryan Brown picked up the loss in 2 1/3 innings of relief and fell to 1-2. Brown struck out three batters and gave up an unearned run on two walks. Sam Klein went 1/3 of an inning to get out of the ninth inning.
Brady Biglin got the start for the Zips and went four innings with three strikeouts. He gave up three earned runs on three hits. Brett Dietrich collected the win in four innings of relief and improved to 2-0. Dietrich tallied two strikeouts and gave up three hits. Sammy Tortorella collected the save with one strikeout in one inning of relief.
Ball State returns to action for a Tuesday afternoon MAC contest on the road against Western Michigan. First pitch is scheduled for 4:05 p.m.
From the Coach – Head Coach Rich Maloney
"It's always tough to win four games. We made a couple of mistakes that were costly. They made the plays when they had to, and we didn't."
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Wright has reached safely in 33 of the 34 games this season and has reached in all Mid-American Conference games. He is currently on a seven-game hitting streak. Zach Cole has reached safely in 12-straight contests and led the Cardinals with two hits in today's game. Trenton Quartermaine extended his streak of reaching base safely to 10 games.
With the loss, Ball State fell to 21-13 overall and 15-3 in league contests, while Akron improved to 11-24 overall and 9-15 in the conference.
Wright led off the bottom of the first with a six-pitch walk. Quartermaine singled up the middle to move Wright to third. Nick Powell reached safely on a fielder's choice as Quartermaine was out at second, but Wright was able to score. The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead into the top of the second.
In the top of the second, Akron was able to get runners on the corners. Casey Bargo closed the door and got out of the second inning unscathed.
After a scoreless top of the third, Zach Lane led off the home half with a four-pitch walk. Lane stole second before Wright notched a single to the pitcher to give Ball State runners on the corners with no outs. Quartermaine tallied an RBI on a sac fly to right center that scored Lane. Wright then stole second to move into scoring position. Hunter Dobbins drew a two-out walk. Cole followed with a walk to load the bases. Ryan Peltier picked up an RBI as he was hit by a pitch that scored Wright from third. Ball State held a 3-0 advantage after three innings in the books.
The Zips cut the lead to 3-1 in the top of the fifth with one run on two hits. In the top of the sixth, Akron plated two runs on just one hit and stranded the bases loaded. The Zips sent the game tied into the home half of the sixth.
Ball State was able to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the sixth but was unable to get the go-ahead run across.
The Zips were able to capitalize on a lead-off walk and a throwing error to get runners on second and third with no outs. The Cardinals were able to turn a double play to prevent one run from scoring, but the Zips still had a runner on third with two outs. A wild pitch gave Akron the 4-3 lead after eight and a half innings.
Ball State was able to get a runner to second in the home half of the ninth but were unable to get the tying run across.
Bargo picked up a no decision in the start for BSU. He went five innings with three strikeouts and surrendered two earned runs on three hits. Nate Dohm added 1 1/3 innings of relief with two strikeouts with one earned run on two hits. Ryan Brown picked up the loss in 2 1/3 innings of relief and fell to 1-2. Brown struck out three batters and gave up an unearned run on two walks. Sam Klein went 1/3 of an inning to get out of the ninth inning.
Brady Biglin got the start for the Zips and went four innings with three strikeouts. He gave up three earned runs on three hits. Brett Dietrich collected the win in four innings of relief and improved to 2-0. Dietrich tallied two strikeouts and gave up three hits. Sammy Tortorella collected the save with one strikeout in one inning of relief.
Ball State returns to action for a Tuesday afternoon MAC contest on the road against Western Michigan. First pitch is scheduled for 4:05 p.m.
From the Coach – Head Coach Rich Maloney
"It's always tough to win four games. We made a couple of mistakes that were costly. They made the plays when they had to, and we didn't."
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brett Dietrich (2-0)
L: Brown, Ryan (1-2)
S: Sammy Tortorella (1)
Batting:
2B: Kaito Hara 1
RBI: Nick Arrivo 1 ; Kaito Hara 1
SH: Tate Wargo 1 ; Kaito Hara 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tate Wargo 1 ; Cameron Benson 1 ; Jerry Reinhart 1 ; Kaito Hara 1
SB: Ian Pennington 1 ; Jerry Reinhart 1
HBP: Michael Sprockett 1
Batting:
RBI: Quartermaine, Trenton 1 ; Powell, Nick 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 1
SH: Lane, Zach 1
SF: Quartermaine, Trenton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wright, Amir 2 ; Lane, Zach 1
SB: Wright, Amir 2 ; Peltier, Ryan 2 ; Lane, Zach 2
CS: Powell, Nick 1
HBP: Wright, Amir 2 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 1
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