BABSON PARK, Fla. -- Colton Walker allowed just two hits over seven inning and Blake Berry broke a 2-2 tie with a grand slam in the fifth as the No. 7 Bellevue University baseball team picked up a 7-3 win over No. 16 Webber International University in non-conference action at Heart of Florida Field on Monday evening.
The Bruins (7-7) have now won four-straight to move their overall mark back to .500 while Webber International falls to 12-9.
Andrew Ishii staked Bellevue to a 1-0 lead with a first inning single to plate Cody Banks who had doubled earlier in the frame.
Webber International took the lead in the bottom of the second, scoring twice on a two-out error. Bryan Eusebio registered a lead-off double but BU starter Colton Walker had a chance to escape the inning unscathed until the miscue.
The score remained 2-1 in favor of the Warriors until the fifth when Bellevue exploded for five runs, highlighted by a grand slam from Blake Berry, to go ahead 6-2.
Webber threated a big inning in the bottom of the fifth but Walker pitched his way out of a bases loaded jam, getting Matthew Wiseman to fly out to end the inning and preserve the Bruins' four-run lead.
Chaz Lopez came on for the eighth and worked around a one-out walk as he struck out the side in a scoreless frame.
BU tacked on an insurance run in the ninth when Daniel Teasley reached on a fielder's choice that allowed Hunter Jury to come home from third.
In the bottom of the ninth, WIU loaded the bases against Lopez but managed just one run on a wild pitch as Lopez struck out a pair and got Eusebio to end the threat, and the game, with a flyout to center field.
Walker (1-1) earned the win with seven innings of two-hit ball. He struck out nine batters and walked five without surrendering an earned run.
Hunter Morales (2-1) took the loss for Webber, as he worked 4.2 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits.
The Bruins return to the diamond tomorrow when they take on Warner University at 5 p.m. from Royals Field in Lake Wales, Fla.
