Ishii's cycle, game two comeback gives Bruins sweep of Saints

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Andrew Ishii hit for the cycle in the opener and the Bruins scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh of the nightcap as the No. 7 Bellevue University baseball team picked up a double-header sweep of Our Lady of the Lake University on Saturday afternoon at Sycamore Park.

Records:

#7 Bellevue: 3-2
Our Lady of the Lake: 7-8

Game One: BU 11, OLLU 3

Andrew Ishii hit for the cycle and drove in four runs to lead Bellevue to a comfortable 11-3 victory in the opener.

Alec Lee staked the Bruins to a 1-0 lead with a two-out, run-scoring single in the top of the first. One batter later, Ishii doubled him in to advance the Bellevue lead to 2-0.

Bellevue chased OLLU started Jonathan Jimenez (2-2) with a five-run second inning after getting to Jimenez for seven runs on seven hits and four walks. Just two of the runs were earned.

Ishii added a two-run triple in the five-run second while Hunter Jury and Payton Higgins each had RBI-singles in the frame.

Ishii singled in the fourth and complete the cycle in the fifth with a two-run homer to left center to push the Bellevue lead to 11-0.

Lee finished 3-for-4 with two RBI in the game. Riley Baasch and Higgins also netted multi-hit games for BU.

Jarrett Poh (1-0) earned the win with the complete game effort. He struck out seven batters and limited the Saints to three runs – two earned – on seven hits.

Game Two: BU 5, OLLU 4

Bellevue erased a 4-2 deficit by scoring three times in the bottom of the seventh to walk off with a 5-4 win over Our Lady of the Lake and secure the sweep.

OLLU struck first on a double from Jacob Mitchell in the first. The Saints doubled their lead in the fourth courtesy of a Xavier Solid double that plated Robert Arrendondo.

Andrew Ishii got Bellevue back in the game with a two-run single in the fifth that scored both Cody Banks and Tommy Hansen to tie things up at 2-2.

Derek Browne (1-0) came out of the bullpen in a tie game in the top of the seventh but surrendered a pair of runs on Jacob Montejano's one-out single as the Saints took a 4-2 lead.

Cody Banks led off the seventh with a double to bring the tying run to the dish. After a ground out advanced Banks to third, Alec Lee reached on an error that allowed Banks to cross the plate. Ishii followed up with an RBI-triple to tie the game and set up the winning squeeze play. Zach Diehl laid down a bunt to third that allowed Ishii to come in with the winning run.

Graham Cahill scattered eight hits over six innings on the hill while allowing just one earned run (two in total) but did not factor in the decision.

Saints starter Tristan Scherer also didn't factor in the decision despite five solid innings of work, limiting BU to two runs on five hits.

Alec Martinez (1-2) took the loss in relief.

Up Next:

Bellevue faces No. 17 Texas Wesleyan University (9-5) in a match-up of Top 25 schools tomorrow in a double-header from Sycamore Park with first pitch scheduled for noon.