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6-28, 1-14
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23-13, 10-8
Five Zips Record Multi-Hit Performances in 14-9 loss to Ball State
April 14 | Baseball
MUNCIE, Ind. - Four Zips had a multi-hit game while Henry Hayman and Michael Sprockett each racked up three RBI in a 14-9 loss to Ball State on Sunday.
Sprockett went 2-for-5 at the plate with a double in addition to his three RBIÂ and Hayman put together a 1-for-3 day with a home run and two walks, supplementing his three RBI performance for the Zips. Fisher Pyatt compiled a noteworthy day at the dish as well, going 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and an RBI. Max Bowman recorded a team-high three hits and had an RBI as well while Evan Bottone and Jack Poist combined for four hits, four runs and one RBI.
Dawson Tourney (1-6) started and took the loss on the mound for Akron (6-28, 1-14).
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Zips got the scoring started early, putting one run on the board in the top of the first inning as Bowman's run-scoring single highlighted a two-run inning for Akron.
The Zips then held the Cardinals scoreless before getting back on the board the very next inning. Akron pushed across a run on Pyatt's one-out RBI double, which brought the Zips lead to 3-0.
Akron's lead evaporated once the fifth inning arrived and turned into an 8-3 Ball State advantage, when the Zips cut that deficit to 8-6. The Zips scored three runs in the frame, two of them coming across on a two-RBI double from Sprockett.
The Cardinals expanded their lead to 11-6 before the Akron offense got back in action, digging into that lead in the seventh. The inning resulted in three runs for the Zips, all of them scoring on a three-run homer off the bat of Hayman to left, tightening the Ball State lead to 11-9. The Zips were unable to get any closer, as Ball State added three runs to their tally on the way to a 14-9 final.
GAME NOTES
» Bowman led the Zips, picking up three hits in the ballgame.
» Akron's power output was led by Pyatt, who picked up two extra base hits in the ballgame.
» Akron's highest scoring inning was the seventh, when it pushed three runs across.
» Five Akron hitters had multiple base knocks in the ballgame.
» The Zips out-hit the Cardinals at a 13-11 clip.
» Akron went 4-for-13 (.308) with runners in scoring position.
» Akron pitchers faced 48 Ball State hitters in the game, allowing six ground balls and nine fly balls while striking out eight.
» The Zips drew four walks from Ball State pitching.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Akron plays two mid-week contests, with the Dayton Flyers coming to Akron on Tuesday while the Zips travel to Oakland on Wednesday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sam Klein (1-0)
L: Tourney, Dawson (1-6)
S: Nate Blain (3)
Batting:
2B: Poist, Jack 1 ; Sprockett, Michael 1 ; Pyatt, Fisher 1
3B: Pyatt, Fisher 1
HR: Hayman, Henry 1
RBI: Poist, Jack 1 ; Bowman, Max 1 ; Sprockett, Michael 3 ; Hayman, Henry 3 ; Pyatt, Fisher 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bottone, Evan 2 ; Poist, Jack 2 ; Bowman, Max 2 ; Hayman, Henry 1 ; Brown, Ryan 1 ; Pyatt, Fisher 1
Batting:
2B: Michael Hallquist 1 ; Hunter Dobbins 1 ; Matthew Kamins 1 ; Houston King 1
HR: Nick Gregory 1 ; Michael Hallquist 1 ; Hunter Dobbins 1
RBI: Nick Gregory 4 ; Decker Scheffler 1 ; Michael Hallquist 3 ; Hunter Dobbins 5 ; Nick Husovsky 1
SF: Nick Gregory 1 ; Decker Scheffler 1 ; Michael Hallquist 1 ; Hunter Dobbins 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nick Gregory 2 ; Decker Scheffler 2 ; Michael Hallquist 2 ; Blake Bevis 1 ; Hunter Dobbins 2 ; Matthew Kamins 1 ; Nick Husovsky 1 ; Grant Miller 1 ; Houston King 1 ; Clay Jacobs 1
CS: Nick Gregory 1
HBP: Nick Gregory 1 ; Blake Bevis 2 ; Houston King 1
