GREENVILLE, Tenn. — An exhaustive stretch of games may have caught up to the Bellarmine University baseball team as the Knights fell 6-1 to Tusculum on Wednesday at Pioneer Park.

Playing for the sixth time in four days, Bellarmine (16-8) finally broke up the shutout bid by Tusculum (17-16) in the ninth. The Pioneers scored once in the first and third and added some padding with two runs apiece in the seventh and eighth.

The pitching tandem of Zach Sanders and Pedro Rodriguez was strong for Tusculum. Sanders (3-3) started and struck out eight while allowing three hits in 6.2 shutout innings to earn the win. Rodriguez notched his third save after pitching the final 2.1 innings, allowing one run on three hits.

Six different players had one hit apiece for Bellarmine. The Knights scored their run in the ninth after senior catcher Brady Pfaadt walked, junior designated hitter Zac Wiley singled and junior third baseman Josh Finerty smacked an RBI double.

Bellarmine used a pitcher-by-committee approach. Neither junior left-hander Willie Poe nor sophomore right-hander Anthony Ethington allowed an earned run in 2.0 innings of work.

Bellarmine will play Friday and Saturday in doubleheaders at Indianapolis. Both start at noon (ET). It's the second GLVC series for the Knights.

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