Déjà Vu at The Bart

Friday, March 10

Bloomington, Ind.

4 P.M.

Indiana University

8-6

Bellarmine

5-9

Bellarmine

Indiana

3/10/2023 7:30:00 PM | Baseball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the second straight day, the Indiana baseball program had to rally from an early deficit to earn a victory at Bart Kaufman Field. On Friday (March 10), Bellarmine led 7-2 entering the bottom of the third inning, but the Hoosiers plated seven unanswered runs to close out a 9-7 victory and a third straight win.

Bellarmine (5-9) raced out to an early lead with three runs in the top of the first inning, but Indiana (8-6) got two runs back in the bottom half of the frame. One run in the second and three more in the third pushed the Knights out to a 7-2 lead. The Hoosiers then scored the final seven runs – one in the third, two in the fourth, three in the fifth and one in the eighth – to earn a second straight come-from-behind win.

Freshman Aydan Decker-Petty (1-0) entered the game with one on and one out in the third inning and allowed just one base runner over 2 2/3 innings with three strikeouts to earn his first collegiate victory. He retired six straight batters to start his outing and stranded a runner on second base in his second career appearance.

Redshirt senior Craig Yoho fanned five batters over three innings of work and sophomore Ryan Kraft (4) earned the save with a scoreless ninth inning and three strikeouts. Senior Ben Seiler didn't factor into the decision in his fourth start of the season with four runs allowed on five hits in 1 1/3 innings.

Five IU hitters posted multi-hit games – all the two-hit variety – with redshirt junior Morgan Colopy adding three RBIs to his two-high contest. Senior Phillip Glasser reached base three times with a 2-for-3 might at the plate, two runs scored and one walk. Sophomore Brock Tibbitts walked and reached via hit-by-pitch and scored twice, while freshman Tyler Cerny went 2-for-4 with a walk, one RBI and one run scored.

Glasser moved his reached base streak to 14 games and posted his ninth multi-hit game of the season in the process. Hunter Jessee moved his reached base streak to 32 games dating back to 2022.

Casey Sorg and Colin Bertsch each had two hits for Bellarmine, with Bertsch adding a pair of RBIs. Ryan Johnson (0-1) took the loss with three runs allowed on one hit and two walks over one-third of an inning of relief.

Scoring Recap
Top First
Four straight hits with two outs produced three runs as Peyton Back doubled in front of Casey Sorg's infield single that pushed the first run across. Luke Scales and Dylan Byerly followed with back-to-back RBI doubles.
Bellarmine 3, Indiana 0

Bottom First
Phillip Glasser doubled to start the inning and Bobby Whalen brought him around to score with a one-out double. Whalen moved to third on a ground out and came in to score on a wild pitch.
Bellarmine 3, Indiana 2

Top Second
With one out, Gabe Bratetic walked and moved to third on a Tommy Dilz double. Brady Morse plated one run with a sacrifice fly.
Bellarmine 4, Indiana 2

Top Third
Four of the first five batters reached base with a single and walk starting the inning. Colin Bertsch doubled to drive in both runners and Will Aubel followed with a double to make it a five-run lead for Bellarmine.
Bellarmine 7, Indiana 2

Bottom Third
Glasser singled and moved to third on an error to start the inning and came in to score on a passed ball.
Bellarmine 7, Indiana 3

Bottom Fourth
An error allowed Brock Tibbitts to reach second base with one out and Tyler Cerny put runners on the corners with a single. Morgan Colopy singled through the left side to plate the first run of the inning and a walk to Peter Serruto loaded the bases. Glasser added an RBI with a sacrifice fly to center field.
Bellarmine 7, Indiana 5

Bottom Fifth
Five straight batters reached base after the leadoff hitter was retired and three came in to score. A Josh Pyne walk, Carter Mathison single and Tibbitts hit-by-pitch loaded the bases in front of Cerny's bases loaded walk to score the first run of the frame. Colopy gave IU the lead with a two-RBI single back up the middle.
Indiana 8, Bellarmine 7

Bottom Fifth
Hunter Jessee was hit-by-pitch to start the inning and moved to third on a Whalen double. A ground out was followed by an intentional walk to Carter Mathison to load the bases. Tibbitts worked the bases loaded walk to push an insurance run across.
Indiana 9, Bellarmine 7

Up Next
Indiana and Bellarmine continue the series with a single game on Saturday, March 11. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m. and can be seen on B1G+ and heard on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.