COOKESVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Tech scored five runs in the first three innings and held the Bellarmine University baseball team to five hits, giving the Knights a five-game win against the Knights on Saturday at the Averitt Express Baseball Complex. I won with 1.
Tennessee Tech (1-1) tied the season-opening series at 1-all against Bellarmine (1-1). The Golden Eagles scored two runs in the first and third innings, and one run in the second inning, building a 5-0 lead.
Bellarmine’s offense never really got going, but the Knights’ relievers gave their team a chance to fight back.senior right arm ryan johnson The freshman right-hander pitched 2.1 scoreless innings. chase carver He threw a shutout and a junior right-hander. Hudson Cornett Worst 2.0 scoreless. It was Carver and Cornett’s Bellarmine debuts.
Tennessee Tech’s Peyton Calitri pitched 7.0 innings and allowed no earned runs. Bellarmine broke the shutout with an unearned run in the seventh inning on an RBI hit by junior center fielder. jacob rowold.
Lowald had two hits for Bellarmine.junior right fielder Casey Sorgjunior catcher matt flaherty and junior second baseman andres castro I had one of each.
The series finale is scheduled for Sunday at 2pm ET.
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