Box Score PEORIA, Ill. -- The Bradley Braves Baseball team defeated the Belmont Bruins, 4-3.
The Braves entered the top of the third trailing 2-0, as the Bruins hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first. Sophomore
Beau Durbin answered first, cutting the Belmont lead in half on a solo home run. In the top of the fourth inning, Senior
Logan Delgado did the same, this time tying things up at two.
Both of the offenses were quiet until the bottom of the sixth, when the Bruins stole home to give them the lead once more, 3-2.
The Braves answered, taking the lead the next inning on a two-RBI double by Redshirt-Sophomore
Jack Lincoln. The Braves defense held the Bruins to no runs in the last three innings, earning the one-run win.
Delgado was the only Brave with two hits, as Lincoln was the only one to earn two RBI.
Redshirt-Sophomore
Noah Edders had a strong outing, pitching the first eight innings and recording 10 strikeouts. Edders reached a personal milestone today, recording his 100th strikeout! Junior
Anthony Potthoff pitched the ninth inning, earning his third save of the season.
COMING UP...
The grudge match against Belmont is on Sunday, April 28. The final game of the series will begin at 1 p.m. CT. at E.S. Rose Park in Nashville, TN.
