Bowling Green State University
INDIANA STATE
Ryan's Two Homers Pace Falcons, 10-7
March 11, 2000 | Baseball
March 11, 2000
FRESNO, Calif. - Sean Ryan homered twice as the Bowling Green baseball team defeated Indiana State by a 10-7 score Saturday (March 11). The game was played at Pete Beiden Field in Fresno, Calif., as part of the Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic.
With the win, BG's third consecutive victory, the Falcons finish third in the tournament. BGSU is now 3-5-1 on the season after an 0-5-1 start.
The Falcons got on the board first, with a five-run third inning. Shaun Rice singled, stole second and scored on a Len Elias double. Corey Loomis singled, Alan Gilhousen doubled, and Ryan singled to chase ISU starting pitcher Weylen Clary. Kenny Burdine greeted reliever Mitch Stetter with a single, scoring Gilhousen, and BG scored one more run in the inning on a Matt Marcum fielder's choice.
The Falcons added to the lead on Ryan's solo homer in the fifth inning, and, after ISU scored twice in the sixth, built the margin to 10-2 with four runs in the bottom of the frame. That inning, the first two BG batters went out before the next four reached base.
Matt Best doubled down the right-field line, and scored on a Loomis single. Loomis advanced to second on the throw home, then stole third before Gilhousen walked. Ryan followed with a three-run shot, his third of the year.
ISU made things interesting with a five-run eighth, but the Falcons would not allow them to get any closer.
Tony Fontana got the win with five innings of shutout ball. He gave up six hits, struck out four and did not walk a batter. Four BG relievers -- Brian Thacker, Deryck Griffith, Kevin Stock and Ryan Streb -- also saw work in the game. Five of ISU's seven runs were unearned.
BGSU outhit ISU, 13-12. Ryan was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBI, while Loomis also had three hits in four trips. He scored two runs and drove two home. Elias was 2-of-3 in the game.
