BELLARMINE 11, PARKSIDE 1
Parkside baseball was in it until the bottom of the seventh inning, where Bellarmine had a nine-run inning to take an 11-1 advantage. Parkside, who battled back to add three runs in the ninth, has three more games to finish out the weekend in Nashville, Tenn.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Bellarmine got on the scoreboard early with a run in the bottom of the first and added another in the bottom of the fourth to make it 2-0.
 
Parkside battled back, scoring a run in the top of the sixth inning thanks to a Domenic Esposito RBI single that plated Casey Oliver, who led the inning off with a double.
 
In Bellarmine's big nine-run inning, they had five hits and were helped by a pair of Rangers' errors.
 
Parkside added three runs in the top of the ninth inning thanks to some timely hitting. After Shawn Rigsby led off with a walk and stole second, Esposito drew a walk and Weddel hit an RBI double to plate Rigsby and make it 11-2. Later in the inning, Ricky West hit a sacrifice fly to score Esposito and Justin Bennet also had a sacrifice fly to score Weddel, but the Bellarmine lead was too much to overcome.
 
STATWORTHY
Oliver finished 2-for-5 with two doubles and a run while five other Rangers finished with hits. Weddel went 1-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI while Esposito and Bennett each drove in a run.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Rangers have a doubleheader on Saturday, first battling No. 13 Southern Indiana at 11 a.m. and then taking on Trevecca Nazarene at 6 p.m. They'll battle the Screaming Eagles again on Sunday at Noon.