The Missouri S&T baseball team split another doubleheader Sunday with the University of Indianapolis at the S&T Baseball Field, holding off a pair of UIndy rally efforts in game one for a 7-5 win in the opener before the Greyhounds' Brandon Braboy blanked S&T on seven hits in a 3-0 win in game two.
The Miners broke on top in the first game with a pair of runs in the third, the first scoring on a wild pitch that allowed Gerad Fox to cross the plate. Later in the inning, Robby Martin delivered an RBI single to bring home Eaf Redden.
S&T extended its lead in the fourth when the Greyhounds committed two errors, the second of which allowed Cody Bass to come home. Indianapolis, however, cut into the lead in the bottom half of the inning when Ben Sondgeroth delivered a two-run single to make it 3-2.
The Miners answered that rally with a two-run fifth as Zac Carter and Bass each singled with two outs and came into score on a double by Drew Davenport.
Indianapolis came back with a pair of runs in the sixth when Seth Paul doubled home a run and later scored on a two-out single by Erik Rieker. Miner reliever Brian Rickert, who entered the game after the Paul double, struck out Dalan Dugger to get out of the inning and keep the Miners in the lead.
S&T tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh when Davenport singled home a run and Thomas McCormick brought in another with a fielder's choice.
David Birkby got the win for the Miners as he allowed just four hits in 5 1/3 innings of work. Rickert got the last five outs -- three on strikeouts -- for the save as he stranded the tying runs on base in the seventh.
In the nightcap, the Greyhounds scored two in the second off Miner starter Matt Campbell and added another run in the seventh, while Braboy kept S&T in check by pitching around three walks and seven hits to record the shutout.
The Miners lost a runner at the plate in the first, had a runner picked off in the second and hit into a double play in the fifth.
Campbell allowed seven hits and struck out four in 6 2/3 innings to take the loss.
The series, which was originally scheduled to be played in Indianapolis, was moved to Rolla due to field conditions in Indiana. Indianapolis served as the home team for all four games of the series.
S&T (7-8) will host Lincoln in a single game Wednesday at the S&T Baseball Field beginning at 2 p.m.
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