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Gonzalo Sosa
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LeTourneau 18LETUBS 18-14, 10-8 ASC
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Winner Belhaven BU 11-21, 7-13 ASC
LeTourneau 18LETUBS
18-14, 10-8 ASC
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Final
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Belhaven BU
11-21, 7-13 ASC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LeTourneau 18LETUBS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 8 5 2
Belhaven BU 1 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 X 10 12 2

W: T. Wolfe (1-6) L: Brueggemeyer, Bryce (4-4) S: A. Douglas (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Contact: Matt Kinney, Sports Information Director, MattKinney@LETU.edu

Late Rally Falls Short For LETU Baseball At Belhaven

JACKSON, Miss. - Scoring five runs in the top of the ninth inning would not be enough for the LeTourneau University baseball team, falling by a final score of 10-8 to Belhaven University at Smith Wills Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi on Saturday, April 14th. 

The defeat drops LETU to 18-14 overall and 10-8 in the American Southwest Conference while the Blazers earned their 11th win of the year to improve to 11-21 overall and 7-13 in the ASC. 

How It Happened:
  • A low-scoring start to the game saw both teams score one run in the first inning, with the YellowJackets using a leadoff single and sacrifice fly while Belhaven took advantage of an LETU error and sacrifice fly to tie the game heading to the second. 
  • Belhaven then took their first lead of the game in the bottom of the third, using back-to-back one-out singles to put runners on the corners before another sacrifice fly put the score at 2-1 in favor of the Blazers. 
  • Belhaven added a single run in the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run to make the socre 3-1, and broke the game open with four runs on four hits and an error in the fifth to take a commanding 7-1 lead over LETU. 
  • Three more runs by Belhaven in the bottom of the sixth put the score at 10-1 in favor of the Blazers after the first four batters of the inning all safely reached based. 
  • After being limited to just two hits through the first seven innings of play, LeTourneau would finally see the bats start to wake up in the top of the eighth with a Jacob Jones solo home run and Gonzalo Sosa RBI single to cut the lead to 10-3. 
  • The seven-run deficit heading to the ninth would be a tall task for LETU, but saw their first six batters of the innings reach base despite collecting just one hit with a Noah Mahoney leadoff double.
  • With the first six batters safely reaching base, LeTourneau brought the game-tying run to the plate with no outs in the inning, but saw a double play put the YellowJackets down to their last out. 
  • Following a walk and error by Belhaven that would bring home another LETU run and make the socre 10-8, a walk and groundout would end the game with the Blazers narrowly holding on to victory. 
Key Stats:
  • The eight runs for LeTourneau came on just five hits, with a majority of the offensive production coming from nine walks and two hit batters. 
  • Of the five hits, no YellowJacket player had more than one hit in the game, with Sosa driving in a team-high two runs. 
  • Only six of the 10 runs allowed by LETU were earned as Belhaven took advantage of two YellowJacket errors which led to four runs. 
  • A combined seven pitchers were used between the two squads, with LeTourneau using three pitchers including Bryce Brueggemeyer (4-4) who took the loss after throwing 4.2 innings. Kolbey Sharpe (0.1 innings) and Ryder Lognion (3.0 innings) also saw action on the mound. 
What's Next?
The final two-week stretch for the YellowJackets begins next Friday, April 20th when LeTourneau travels to Pineville, LA to take on Louisiana College to open a three-game series starting at 6 p.m. 
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