LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jacksonville State defeated the Bellarmine University baseball team 10-0 in an ASUN series finale Sunday at Knights Field.
Jacksonville State (13-11, 6-0 ASUN) remained perfect in conference play after completing a three-game sweep of Bellarmine (7-17, 2-4). JSU left-hander Eli Zielinski moved to 5-0 after tossing 6.0 scoreless innings while Jake Peppers sealed the shutout with a scoreless seventh.
Jacksonville State set the tone with five runs on five hits in the first inning. The Gamecocks bracketed one run each in the fourth and sixth around a three-run fifth.
Five different players accounted for Bellarmine's five hits. Senior right-hander
Matt Craven tossed 1.0 scoreless inning of relief.
Bellarmine will host Northern Kentucky at 2 p.m. (ET) Tuesday.
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