BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Bellarmine University baseball team fell in both games of a Sunday doubleheader at Samford, dropping contests of 13-9 and 8-3.
Samford (8-4) completed a four-game sweep of the Knights (1-10).
Game 1: Samford 13, Bellarmine 9
In the seven-inning game, Bellarmine amassed 11 hits, including three home runs. However, Samford scored multiple runs in every inning except for one, including a four-run fifth, and tallied 13 hits.
Senior third baseman
Reed Blaszczyk smacked a pair of solo homers to bump his season total to three for Bellarmine. He also stole a base and scored three runs.
Junior first baseman
Casey Sorg cranked his first homer of the year, a two-run shot in the fifth. Sorg added an RBI double and went 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored.
Junior center fielder
Jake Agarwal collected a pair of hits, including a two-run double, while junior second baseman
Andres Castro had an RBI double among his two hits. Sophomore left fielder
Joey Milto contributed an RBI single.
Sophomore right-hander
Cole McMichael tossed a scoreless inning of relief for Bellarmine, but Samford matched Bellarmine with three homers and also racked up six doubles.
Game 2: Samford 8, Bellarmine 3
Bellarmine had just four hits in the series finale. Castro singled, stole second and third and scored on a throwing error in the second inning.
Bellarmine added two runs in the sixth when Blaszczyk scored on a wild pitch, and junior left fielder
Jackson Case drove in a run on a ground out. The Knights cut their deficit to 5-3 at that point, but Samford scored three runs in the seventh.
Sophomore right-hander
Ben Tedesco retired the side in order in a scoreless inning of relief.
Bellarmine will host Western Kentucky at 2:30 p.m. (ET) Tuesday.
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