ATCHISON, Kan. – Senior Aaron Brasher (Vallejo, Calif.) hit two home runs to lead the Bellevue University baseball team to a 13-0 victory over Benedictine College in non-conference action on Sunday afternoon. Bellevue, ranked 14th nationally, improves to 18-4 with their sixth straight win while Benedictine falls to 5-15 with their fifth loss in their last seven games.
Senior Osvaldo Gonzalez (Miami, Fla.) set a tone with his first inning home run as Bellevue scored early an often, building a 3-0 lead before Benedictine came to bat in the game on the strength of a two-run homer by Gonzalez and an RBI-double by Brasher.
Junior Ross Feeley (Tehachapi, Calif.) went deep with a solo shot an inning later and Brasher clubbed a two-run dinger in the top of the third to put BU up 6-0 at that point. Bellevue added four insurance runs in the fifth on RBI-singles by Brasher and freshman Dan Greco (Papillion, Neb.), a wild pitch to score junior Miles Campbell (New Cumberland, Pa.), and a run-scoring double by Feeley to put the Bruins up 10-0.
The pitching for the Bruins was lights out as Drew Ferguson six innings without allowing a run and scattering five hits while striking out eight. Ferguson (3-0) picked up his second win of the week, after a win against Morningside on Tuesday. Ferguson has now won his last three starts while throwing 21 innings with a 1.29 ERA during that stretch and registering 19 strikeouts.
Junior Aaron Bain (Cambridge, Ont.) allowed just one hit in two innings of relief while striking three batters out.
Junior Tony Monroy (Los Angeles, Calif.) came in to close out the game, pitching a perfect ninth and striking out two to preserve the BU victory.
Brasher went deep for the second time in the game, with a two-run shot in the eighth to score junior Justin Burns (Auburn, Wash.) who led off the inning with a walk. A sac fly by junior Elijah Dickerson (Vancouver, Wash.) scored junior Edwin Rodriguez (Ponce, P.R.) for a 13-0 BU edge.
Bellevue will be back on the diamond on Tuesday with a 3:00 p.m. match-up at Briar Cliff in Sioux City, Iowa.
