The Beloit College baseball team bounced back from a 13-7 loss to top St. Norbert College 10-9 in a shortened contest to split the series with the Green Knights Monday. Lightning cut the Buccaneers' nightcap short ending the game in the bottom of the seventh.
A five-run top of the ninth led to the SNC win in game one. Mitch Campbell continues his hot streak at the plate going 2-for-4 including a double and homerun, his third in as many games, with two runs scored and two RBI.
Five Bucs saw the mound in the game with AJ Parnell suffering the loss in relief to fall to 0-1 this season.
Beloit put the pressure on in game two posting seven runs in the first two innings. The Green Knights plated the first two runs of the game in the top of the first but the Bucs had the response. James Wicker singled to left center to bring in Garrison Ferone and Jalen Davis to knot the game 2-2. Bronson Balholm followed with a sacrifice fly to left field that was deep enough for Ethan Conley to get home to claim the lead 3-2. Campbell extended the advantage with an RBI double to right field.
SNC added one in the top of the second but the Beloit bats were on fire. Ferone knocked in the first run of the bottom of the second on a triple to right center. Davis followed with a double to left field for the RBI and Conley made it three straight extra base hits with an RBI double to right center.
The Green Knights battled their way back into the game eventually reclaiming the lead in the fifth 9-7. In the bottom of the inning Matthew Celentano beat out an infield single for an RBI. A wild pitch allowed Campbell to score to tie the game 9-9 and another SNC miscue plated Celentano to give Beloit the 10-9 lead that held until lightning caused the stoppage in the seventh.
Four Bucs tagged multiple hits in the game including Nick Schmidt, Ferone, Wicker and Campbell. Wicker added two RBI and two runs scored in the game. Davis was a perfect 1-for-1 adding three walks, two runs scored and an RBI.
Logan Long picked up the win in relief for Beloit allowing just two hits and no runs in two innings of work.
Up Next: The Bucs will head to Madison to take on Edgewood in a single game tomorrow at 3 p.m.