Murray State
Belmont
'Breds Complete Doubleheader Sweep Over Belmont
4/2/2008 5:00:00 AM | Baseball
Murray State scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to erase a one-run deficit and complete a doubleheader sweep with a 7-4 victory over Belmont at Reagan Field.
Kyle Tiernan started the rally with a double to left field and went to third on a wild pitch. With one out, Chris Craycraft tied the game with a pinch-hit RBI single through the left side. With two outs and a runner on second, Elliot Frey delivered an RBI double to right center and scored on Wes Cunningham's triple to right field. Cunningham would score the fourth run of the inning on a balk.
The ?Breds (10-11) got on the board in the first inning as Matt Phillips and Frey drew back-to-back walks. Cunningham sacrificed both runners into scoring position before Brooks Thornton delivered an RBI single down the right-field line. After another walk loaded the bases, Matt Hon drove in the second run with an opposite field single to left.
The Bruins (8-18) got a run back in the second as Daniel Wagner delivered a bunt single and stole second. With one out, Matt Zelbo delivered an RBI single to left center.
BU gained the lead in the fifth inning as a single and a pair of walks loaded the bases with no outs. Carlo Testa drove in a pair of runs with a single to center and the third run of the inning scored on a throwing error.
MSU got a run back in the home-half of the inning as Phillips singled to center and Frey was hit by a pitch. After another Cunningham sacrifice bunt, Thornton came through again with another RBI single to center field.
Thornton collected two hits and drove in two runs in the second game and finished the day by going 5-for-8 with four RBIs. Tiernan added two hits.
Anthony Stacy (1-0) picked up the victory by allowing one hit over two innings. Chris Manning (1-2) took the loss after allowing three runs on three hits in one inning of work.
The ?Breds return to the diamond on April 5 when they open a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series against Southeast Missouri. The Saturday doubleheader is set to begin at 1 p.m. in Cape Girardeau.
