SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Morningside University snapped Bellevue University 's 10-game series win streak, which dated back to 2012, with a 9-4 non-conference win over the Bruins on Tuesday afternoon.
Morningside improved to 15-7 with their third-straight win while the Bruins fall to 21-8 and see their eight-game winning streak come to an end.
MSIDE 9, BU 4
Kanta Kobayashi, Alec Ackerman, and Mathieu Sirois each had a pair of hits for Bellevue in the loss.
Morningside scored five runs from the fourth through the sixth innings to turn a 2-2 tie game into a 7-3 lead for the host side.
Bellevue jumped on the board in the top of the first. Kobayashi led off with a triple and scored on a ground ball from Ackerman.
A pair of solo home runs in the second by Aiden Bishop and Hunter Hope put the Mustangs ahead 2-1.
The Bruins tied the game on the first of two RBI singles from Sirois in the top of the fourth. He would add another in the sixth.
Trailing 7-3, Conner Barnett hit a solo home run to left to lead off the eighth but BU would get no closer.
Jordan Kyle worked the final 1.1 innings allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out three to earn his third save of the season.
A pair of RBI-singles in the home half of the eighth from Eddie Brancato and Jayson Willers accounted for the final margin.
Caleb Thomson (2-1), the third of five Mustang pitchers, earned the win with three innings of work in which he struck out six and allowed a pair of runs on four Bruin hits.
Four Bruin pitchers featured on the afternoon with none going more than three innings. Easton Brinton made the start and threw 41 pitches over three innings of work, striking out four and allowing a pair of runs on four hits.
Charlie Patterson (5-1) suffered his first defeat of the season in relief.
Up Next:
The Bruins resume conference play this weekend as they make their first-ever trip to Dickinson, N.D. to take on Dickinson State University in a four-game series. Saturday's action begins at 2 p.m. central time and Sunday's first pitch is slated for 1 p.m. central time.
