St. Louis –  The Maryville baseball team fell behind early in both games of a doubleheader against Bellarmine and could not battle back as the Knights swept the Saints in a brief two-game series at Weber Field Saturday afternoon. The Knights jumped out to an 11-0 lead en route to a 14-6 win in game one and then limited the Saints to five hits in the second game of the day to sweep the series with an 13-2 win.
 
Game One:
After the Knights scored three runs in the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead, they proceeded to score three more runs in the fifth inning and five runs in the sixth inning to take a commanding 11 -0 lead. The Saints showed some life in the seventh inning as Austin Tapella drew a walk and moved to second after Tyler Catlett was hit by a pitch. Tapella scored as Drake Lubin singled through the left side to make the score 11-1. Dalton Schumer stepped in and lifted a three-run blast to left center to cut the Knight lead to 11-4. Maryville added a run in the eighth inning as Connor Markell launched a solo shot down the right field line to put the score at 11-5. Bellarmine added three insurance runs in the top of the ninth to extend the lead to 14-5, but the Schumer drove in another run in the bottom of the inning to make the score 14-6.
 
Winning Pitcher: Mathis (3-1)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Alec Harris (3-3)
Hitting leaders: Schumer – 2-for-5, HR (8), 4 RBIs, run scored
                           Lubin – 3-for-4, 2B, RBI, two runs scored
                           Markell – 1-for-2, HR (1), RBI, run scored
 
Game Two:
The Knights used the long ball in the top of the first inning as Bellarmine scored four runs in the frame, with three coming on a home run to right field. Maryville answered with a run of their own in the home half of the frame as Lubin reached base on a bunt single and moved to second on a stolen base. Lubin scored on a Schumer single to cut the Knights lead to 4-1. After Bellarmine hit a two-run homer in the top of the second, Cody Klotz drilled a homer of his own to right center to put the score at 6-2. That is as close as Maryville would get as Bellarmine closed out the game by scoring seven runs over the next five innings to earn the double header sweep.
 
Winning Pitcher: Nagel (2-1)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Louis Niemerg (0-2)
Hitting leaders: Klotz – 1-for-2, HR (2), RBI, run scored
                           Lubin – 1-for-3, run scored
                           Schumer – 1-for-1, RBI
                           
Records:
Maryville – 8-13
Bellarmine – 11-5
 
Up Next – Maryville hits the road to open up Great Lakes Valley Conference play next Saturday as the Saints hear to Rolla, Mo. to take on Missouri S&T.  First pitch of the doubleheader is slated for noon.