THE RUNDOWN
No 18 DBU Baseball fell 9-7 at the hands of the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday afternoon at the Frisco Classic. The loss ends the Patriots' program record nine-game winning streak to start the season.
Junior catcher Brock Tibbitts got Indiana off to a quick start with an RBI single in the bottom of the first to put the Hoosiers up 1-0.
DBU struck back in the bottom of the fourth when
Chayton Krauss sent a missile over the left field wall to give the Patriots a 2-1 lead. DBU would add four runs in the fifth, highlighted by three RBI singles from
Nathan Humphreys,
Luke Heefner, and
Chayton Krauss to extend their lead to 6-1.
The Hoosiers scored two in the top of the sixth to cut the DBU lead to 6-3 and used a four-run 7th capped off by a Brock Tibbitts three-run triple to take a 7-6 lead.
Indiana took advantage of a Patriots error on a pickoff attempt and got a clutch RBI single from Josh Pyne to tack on two in the eighth and take a 9-6 lead to the ninth inning.
Down to their last three outs, DBU got a run back on a solo home run from
Miguel Santos to make the score 9-7. The Patriots then put two runners on before a groundball double play off the bat of Humphreys ended the game.Â
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- DBU's 9-1 record is the the best record through 10 games in the program's Division I era dating back to 2004.
- Patriots third baseman Chayton Krauss went 2-4 with a home run and three RBI.
- Freshman right-hander Luke Pettitte struck out three Hoosiers in 2.2 innings of work
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
.417 -Â DBU hit .417 (5-12) with runners on base.
7 - Patriots' shortstop Luke Heefner has 7 hits in his last three games.
6 - Miguel Santos hit his team leading 6th home run of the season.
UP NEXT
DBU will take on No 15 Alabama on Sunday afternoon to wrap up the Frisco Classic. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at Riders Field.
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