CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas. - The Belhaven University baseball team was swept by the Ozarks in a doubleheader matchup Friday afternoon falling 15-1 in game one and 10-8 in game two.

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INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final: U-of-Ozarks 15 , Belhaven 1  (Game one)   U-of-Ozarks 10 ,  Belhaven 8 (Game two)

Records: Belhaven 12-26, (7-15, ASC) | U-of-Ozarks 18-18 (13-10, ASC)

Location:  Lonnie R. Qualls Field | Clarksville, Arkansas 

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HOW IT HAPPENED

- Game one

- The Eagles put together a three run bottom of the first inning with the help of two errors to take a quick 3-0 lead.

- Breyden Varner hit a three run home run over the right center field wall in the bottom of the second inning to extend the Ozarks lead to 6-0.

- Another home run in the fourth inning for the eagles paved the way for a four spot on the scoreboard to push the lead to 10-0. 

- Belhaven got one more run back in the fifth inning when Trip Benson scored off of a single through the left side of the field from Reed Bolton. Belhaven cut the lead to 10-1. 

- The Ozarks scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, including a three run homer off of the bat of Josh Wooley to go ahead 15-1. The Eagles went on to claim game one by a final of 15-1.

- Game two

- Belhaven jumped out to a quick 1-0 advantage in the top of the first inning after Will Costinett singled up the middle, scoring Reed Bolton.

- The Eagles quickly bounced back in the bottom half of the first inning when Patrick Clifford hit a three run home run to right field to give the Ozarks a 3-1 lead.

- The Blazers answered in the third inning, scoring two runs by the help of a single from Kreg Garner and later a fielding error that allowed a run to cross. Belhaven even the score up at 3-3 after three innings. 

- The green and gold continued to swing the bat effectively as Reed Bolton doubled to left field, scoring Evan Moore. Bolton later scored on a wild pitch. Kreg Garner smashed his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot to extend the Blazers lead to 6-3.

- In the same inning, Trip Benson hit a two run home run to left field. At the end of four Belhaven led 8-3.

- Josh Woolly flew out to centerfield, scoring a run from third to cut the lead to 8-4.

- Breyden Varner hit a solo home run to right field to bring the Eagles with three runs, 8-5. 

- Two more runs crossed the plate in the seventh inning for the Ozarks, tying the game up at 8-8.

- The eighth inning ended up being a critical inning as the Ozarks took control of the game with two runs across the board by way of a sacrifice fly and a single from Sam Swartz. The Ozarks led 10-8 after eight innings and ultimately went on to claim game two 10-8.

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KEY STATISTICS

- Game one

- Colton Fontana and Evan Moore each went 2-for-2 at the plate in the contest. 

- Reed Bolton had the lone run batted in as he finished 1-for-3 with an RBI. 

- Kreg Garner batted 1-for-2 with a double. 

- Trip Benson was 1-for-2 and scored the only run in game one for Belhaven.

- The Blazers collected seven hits as a team collectively. 

- Game two

- Kreg Garner notched his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot, on his way to finishing 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored and an RBI.

- Trip Benson bolted a two run home run, his second of the season, in the fourth inning and finished 1-for-5 with a run scored and two runs batted in. 

- Reed Bolton drove in one run on three hits (3-for-5) while scoring three runs. 

- Will Costinett registered one hit, one run scored, and an RBI while Evan Moore finished with two hits in four at bats, scoring one run in the game.

- Belhaven had eleven hits total as a team.

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UP NEXT

The Blazers will close out the 2018 season tomorrow afternoon with one final game against the Ozarks beginning at 1:00 p.m. David Hall is the anticipated starting pitcher for Belhaven. 

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