Posted: May 13, 2011
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PADUCAH, Ky. -- Southern Poly State University held the Bruins to just two hits as the Runnin' Hornets ended Bellevue's season with a 5-1 win at the NAIA National Championship Opening Round Friday afternoon. Bellevue finishes the season with a 31-22 overall mark.
SPSU will face William Jewell in an elimination game at 6:30 p.m. tonight.
Brandon Thompson drove in the Bruins' only run of the day. Mike Andrick (9-5) took the loss, scattering nine hits while striking out seven batters.
An RBI double down the right field line by Thompson drove in Francisco Rosario to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning.
Southern Poly responded in the top of the third with triples by Edmond Sparks and Demarcus Tidwell, tying the game at 1-1.
The Runnin' Hornets gained their first lead of the game on a two-run double down the left field line by Ryan Danbury that gave SPSU a 3-1 advantage in the top of the fifth inning.
Brandon Zimmerman made it 4-1 in the top of the eighth with an RBI triple to left center that scored Jon White. A bases-loaded walk extended the lead to 5-1.
Brad Hutson shut down the Bruins, throwing 4.1 hittless innings while striking out four batters to improve to 6-1 on the season.
Line Score
Southern Poly...001 020 020 - 5 9 0
Bellevue.............010 000 000 - 1 2 1
WP: Hutson (6-1)
LP: Andrick (9-5)
2B: BU - Thompson; SP - Danbury, Boyd,
3B: SP - Sparks, Tidwell, Zimmerman
