Duval Times

Jacksonville University baseball fell 10-0 in eight innings in the series finale at Lipscomb on Sunday.

The Dolphins (13-8, 1-2) struggled to get baserunners all day, and dropped its season-opening conference series on the road.

Richard Long worked around a pair of two-out walks in the first to keep the Bisons off the board and followed that up by striking out the side in the second.

Lipscomb started the third with a leadoff single. After a failed sacrifice bunt attempt, consecutive walks loaded the bases. A deep fly to left center scored two runs, with the runner at second tagging up and beating any chance at a relay throw on the sacrifice fly to give LU a 2-0 lead after three.

Cam Ridley reached on a throwing error with one-out in the fourth to give JU its first baserunner of the day. Kris Armstrong worked a walk to get the Dolphins into scoring position, but a 5-4-3 double play erased the threat.

The Bisons began the bottom of the fourth with a baserunner via a throwing error. A sacrifice bunt moved the runner up, and odd strikeout, called when the batter ducked out of the way of a high pitch and it grazed his bat and was caught by Hogan McIntosh, got the second out. LU hit a double to plate another run and end Long's day. The next batter homered, and a single, hit batsman and walk loaded the bases. A single plated two more and the Bisons lead 7-0 before the Dolphins could get out of the fourth.

Elias Flowers picked up JU's first hit of the game with one-out in the sixth, but they could not advance him. In the seventh, Armstrong roped a ball into the left field corner, but was held to a single. He advanced to second and third on two wild pitches, but was stranded there.

 A leadoff double in the bottom of the seventh got Lipscomb in business again. An infield single put runners at first and second. A groundball to third set up a potential double-play, but after getting the first out at second, the relay throw was not in time, and the aggressive Bisons kept running, with the runner from second scoring by beating the throw home from first to push the lead to 9-0.

Colin Wetterau hit a double in the eighth, but was left there. After a leadoff walk and a single in the bottom half, JU got an out at third on an attempted sacrifice. A fielder's choice put runners at the corners and a wild pitch brought in the winning run, with LU ending the game due to the 10-run-lead-after-seven-innings rule in effect for ASUN Conference games.

 ON DECK

 JU returns home for five games next week, starting with a two-game set vs. Dartmouth on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m.

 THREE STRIKES

 JU was shutout for the first time since May 4, 2022

Colin Wetterau hit his third double of the season

Cam Ridley swiped his team-high 10th base of the year

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