KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Southwest Baptist (Mo.) parlayed consecutive second-inning walks into four runs en route to a 6-5 over Truman State Friday.
 
The Bulldogs plated three runs in the bottom of the eighth to pull within one, but a bases-loaded threat saw the tying run stranded ninety feet away. 
 
Rawlins Brant singled to lead off the Truman State first and scored on a Tyler Tieman sacrifice fly to stake starter Danny Lindsey t0 a 1-0 lead. Three Bearcat RBI singles contributed to the four runs for a 4-1 Southwest Baptist advantage. The lead extended to 5-1 after the Bearcats got one in the third on a sac fly with Dakota Joggerst scoring on a Gavin Schieffer fielder's choice to narrow the gap to 5-2.
 
The three-run eighth started with another Brant single who then scored on Oliver Degenhardt's RBI double, one of two on the day for the Bulldog shortstop. Tieman picked up another sac fly RBI to score Degenhardt with Schieffer driving in Joggerst with an RBI single to finish scoring for Truman State.
 
The top of the order in Brant and Degenhardt with 4-5 and 3-5, respectively, scoring three runs combined, while Tieman and Schieffer led the squad in RBI with two. Lindsey pitched six innings giving up five runs on eight hits with three strikeouts and the two walks. 
 
The weekend series continues at 1 p.m. Saturday with a double dip between the 4-20, 1-8 GLVC Bulldogs and 12-15, 5-4 Bearcats.