QUINCY, Ill. — The Bellarmine University baseball team had its lowest scoring output in Great Lakes Valley Conference play in Friday's opener, but the Knights were back to form in the tail end.

Senior right-hander Kyle Beach tossed his second straight complete game, and the visiting Knights pounded out 15 hits in a 12-5 victory over No. 8 Quincy that followed the Hawks' 5-2 win.

Bellarmine (24-17, 15-11 GLVC) has won five of its last six games after regrouping in the second contest against the GLVC-leading Hawks (28-9, 20-6).

Game 1: Quincy 5, Bellarmine 2
Bellarmine and Quincy are the GLVC's top two home run-hitting teams, and the long ball accounted for nearly all of the game's scoring.

In the bottom of the first inning, Quincy's first two hitters, Chandler Purcell and Cody Birdsong, launched back-to-back homers. Purcell then delivered a two-run drive in the fifth for a 4-0 lead. The Hawks tacked on an unearned run in the seventh for a 5-0 advantage.

Senior right fielder Zac Wiley broke up the shutout in the eighth, cranking a two-run tape-measure shot to right center to cut the deficit to 5-2, but the Knights could get no closer. Wiley and sophomore left fielder Matt Higgins tallied two hits apiece. Wiley's homer was his 12th of the season.

Quincy starting pitcher Riley Martin remained unbeaten, moving to 8-0 on the season after throwing 7.0 scoreless innings and striking out seven while allowing five hits. Behind Martin, the Hawks held the Knights to their lowest scoring total in league play.

Game 2: Bellarmine 12, Quincy 5
Beach (4-1) continued to give the starting staff a lift after recently being inserted into the weekend rotation. The righty registered a complete game last weekend against Truman State and did so again versus Quincy, allowing three earned runs on 10 hits with eight strikeouts in 9.0 innings.

Bellarmine had a three-run third, fourth and ninth. Everybody in the lineup collected at least one hit. Higgins led the way with a 4-for-5 outing that included two doubles and two RBIs. Senior center fielder Alex Phillips went 3 for 5 with five runs scored and two RBIs, while senior first baseman Tyler Neeley swatted two doubles.

Wiley jumpstarted the run production with a sacrifice fly in the first and a two-run double in the third. Sophomore third baseman Jacob Mulcahy chipped in an RBI single in the latter inning as Bellarmine led 4-0.

Phillips had an RBI double in the fourth, as did Higgins in the eighth and Neeley in the ninth. The Knights led 7-2 after four and 9-3 after eight. Quincy cut its deficit to 9-5 in the bottom of the eighth, but Bellarmine responded with three more runs in the ninth.

The teams will play the final game in the series Saturday, with first pitch at 1 p.m. (ET).

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GAME 1 BOX SCORE (HTM)
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