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Blazers BELHAVEN 15-7
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Winner Ozarks (Ark.) OZARKS 10-5
Blazers BELHAVEN
15-7
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Final
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Ozarks (Ark.) OZARKS
10-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Blazers BELHAVEN 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 12 0
Ozarks (Ark.) OZARKS 0 6 0 0 1 0 X 7 9 0

W: D. Kuester (5-0) L: Swift, Will (2-2)

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Blazers BELHAVEN 15-8
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Winner Ozarks (Ark.) OZARKS 11-5
Blazers BELHAVEN
15-8
2
Final
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Ozarks (Ark.) OZARKS
11-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Blazers BELHAVEN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 1
Ozarks (Ark.) OZARKS 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 X 7 12 1

W: R. Valdes (1-0) L: Sanchez, Brett (7-1) S: Z. Brizendin (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Kenneth Nash

Blazers Drop Thursday Doubleheader at Ozarks

CLARKSVILLE, Ark. - The Belhaven baseball team fell in both ends of a doubleheader at University of the Ozarks on Thursday. The Blazers dropped the first game by a final score of 7-6 and the second game by a 7-2 final score. 

GAME ONE

In the first game of the doubleheader the Blazers jumped out to an early lead. Belhaven struck for a run in the first inning and added four more in the top of the second inning to take a 5-0 lead early. The Eagles answered back in the home half of the second though striking for six runs and erasing the Belhaven lead. 

The Blazers would hold the hosts scoreless until the bottom of the fifth when Ozarks struck for an extra insurance run and made it 7-5 in favor of the hosts. In the top of the seventh and final inning, the Blazers looked to rally and scratched across one run. The tying run though was stranded at third and the comeback bid come up short. 

In the first game the Blazers were led at the plate by Nick Lucido who finished 3-4 with a pair of runs scored. Trip Benson ended 2-4 in the game with a pair of RBI. 

Will Swift took the loss and falls to 2-2 on the season. The Blazers starter went four innings and allowed seven runs on seven hits. 

GAME TWO

In the second game of the doubleheader the hosts took a lead in the bottom of the second inning and added on a run in the third to lead 2-0 after three innings. Belhaven would scratch a run back in the top of the sixth inning but a big five run frame in the bottom of the seventh inning would put the Eagles up 7-1. 

In the top of the ninth the Blazers pushed for a late rally but came up short and fell to Ozarks by a final score of 7-2. 

Hunter White finished the second game 3-4 with an RBI and run scored. Trip Benson picked up an RBI triple in the game to go 1-4 and Adam Leonard delivered a pinch hit double in the ninth. 

Brett Sanchez suffered his first defeat of the season and falls to 7-1 on the year. The Belhaven righty went 6.1 innings allowing five earned runs on 10 hits while striking out seven.

The Blazers will look to bounce back on Friday to claim something from the series. First pitch in Clarksville is set for 2 PM. 

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