OXFORD, Ohio \u2013 The Ball State baseball team rallied for four runs in the fourth inning to gain a 5-4 lead and had runners at the corners with two outs in the ninth inning trailing by one but fell 7-6 to Miami on Saturday at McKie Field.<\/p>\n
Brayden Huebner<\/a> hit two home runs for the Cardinals (15-15, 10-5 Mid-American Conference) including a solo shot in the third inning and a go-ahead three-run blast in the fourth, but the RedHawks (20-10, 10-5 MAC) hit a two-run homer in the sixth and a solo in the eighth frame to take the series finale.<\/p>\n Jacob Gillis<\/a> tied the score at 6-6 in the seventh on an RBI single to plate Huebner. After Miami’s Carson Raether hit a home run in the eighth to take the lead, Ryan Muizelaar<\/a> and Gillis hit back-to-back singles with two outs in the ninth to give the visitors runners on first and third base, but a groundout to shortstop stopped the rally attempt.<\/p>\n Muizelaar tallied three hits, and Gillis and Brett Griffiths<\/a> (two doubles) joined Huebner as Cardinals with a pair of hits each.<\/p>\n The hosts got two RBI from Tommy Harrison, Matt Buffington and Diego Cruz. Austin Berggren (2-3) struck out three and got the final three outs for the RedHawks to be credited with the win.<\/p>\n John Chambers<\/a> started on the mound for the Cardinals and struck out six in 5.1 innings of six-run ball. Zander Bretza<\/a> (0-1) followed in relief and allowed one run in 2.2 frames to suffer the loss.<\/p>\n Ball State’s next game is scheduled for Tuesday night at Indiana.
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