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LeTourneau 18LETUBS 17-13, 9-7 ASC
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Winner Belhaven BU 10-20, 6-12 ASC
LeTourneau 18LETUBS
17-13, 9-7 ASC
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Final
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Belhaven BU
10-20, 6-12 ASC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
LeTourneau 18LETUBS 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 8 9 1
Belhaven BU 0 0 0 7 3 0 X 10 15 2

W: H. Sanford (3-5) L: Ludwig, Luke (4-2) S: T. Dowdy (1)

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Winner LeTourneau 18LETUBS 18-13, 10-7 ASC
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Belhaven BU 10-21, 6-13 ASC
Winner
LeTourneau 18LETUBS
18-13, 10-7 ASC
9
Final
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Belhaven BU
10-21, 6-13 ASC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LeTourneau 18LETUBS 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 9 0
Belhaven BU 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 5 5

W: Harlan, Andrew (2-4) L: D. Hall (3-5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Contact: Matt Kinney, Sports Information Director, mattkinney@letu.edu

LeTourneau Baseball Takes One Of Two From Belhaven

JACKSON, Miss. - A seven-run fourth-inning broke game one open for host Belhaven University in a 10-8 defeat before the LeTourneau University baseball team bounced back to take a 9-4 win in game two to earn a doubleheader split at Smith Wills Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi on Friday, April 13th. 

The split leaves LETU at 18-13 overall and 10-7 in the American Southwest Conference while the Blazers now sit at 10-21 overall and 6-13 in the ASC. 

Game One How It Happened:
  • LeTourneau appeared to be in full control of the game early on, scoring two runs on a Bubba Valdez two-RBI single in the top of the first before adding two more runs in the top of the fourth on an Eli Birriel two-RBI single to make the score 4-0 in favor of the YellowJackets. 
  • Four of the first five batters for Belhaven would reach base in the bottom of the fourth, leading to a seven-run inning for the Blazers on eight hits and one LETU error after sending 11 batters to the plate. 
  • A three-run home run for Belhaven in the bottom of the fifth made the score 10-4 in favor of the Blazers, capping off the 10-straight runs scored by the home team. 
  • LeTourneau would fight their way back into the game by scoring four runs on three hits in the top of the sixth, with Will Bradshaw delivering with a two-RBI single. 
  • The four-run sixth for the YellowJackets would not be enough however, as the Blazers shut down LeTourneau the rest of the way to hang on and claim the series opener. 
Game One Key Stats:
  • LeTourneau stranded five base runners in the game, striking out a total of five times and not collecting a single extra-base hit. 
  • Belhaven's 15-hit performance included three extra-base hits while limiting their strikeouts to just three in the game. 
  • Despite taking the loss, LETU stole six bases in the game, and saw three players collect two hits with Bradshaw, Brandon Ramirez, and Birriel all going two-for-three at the plate. 
     
Game Two How It Happened:
  • Belhaven took a 1-0 lead on a solo home run in the bottom of the first before seeing the YellowJackets take a 4-1 lead in the top of the second thanks in part to three hits and one Blazer error. 
  • The score would remain 4-1 in favor of LeTourneau until the top of the fifth when the YellowJackets used a walk and hit-by-pitch to put two runners on before a Gonzalo Sosa RBI single brought junior Lee Hosie home to put the score at 5-1 in favor of LETU. 
  • A two-run fifth inning for Belhaven cut the LeTourneau lead down to 5-3 as back-to-back two out RBI doubles drove in a run each as the Blazers did all of their damage with two outs in the inning. 
  • Four runs for LeTourneau in the top of the eighth proved to be the big inning for the YellowJackets with Bradshaw delivering a two-out, two RBI single to score Birriel and Jacob Jones before Sosa hit another RBI single to make the score 9-3. 
  • Belhaven would only score one more run in the game, using a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh to bring home the final run of the game. 
Game Two Key Stats:
  • An efficient YellowJacket offensive output saw the nine runs scored of nine hits, taking advantage of three hit batters and five walks issued by Belhaven. 
  • Only one YellowJacket collected multiple hits in the game, with Sosa going two-for-four with two RBI and two walks while Valdez had the only extra-base hit of the afternoon with a double. 
  •  Three LeTourneau pitchers combined to allow a total of just five hits to the Blazers, with starter Andrew Harlan earning his second win of the year after throwing 6.1 innings and allowing four runs on four hits while striking out five batters. 
What's Next?
As of now, the series finale between the YellowJackets and Blazers is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 14th. Saturday's forecast in Jackson calls for thunderstorms and rain likely, which could push back the final game of the series to Sunday depending on when the weather system makes it's way into the area. 
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