An 8-5 defeat to Indiana in Bloomington on Sunday sealed another road series loss for the Long Beach State baseball team.
The Dirtbags (25-22, 8-10) slugged seven home runs in the three-game series. Junior catcher Eric Hutting hit three against the Hoosiers (28-20, 9-10), including two on Sunday. The homers were Hutting’s third and fourth of the season.
Hutting joined freshman first baseman Luke Rasmussen in the multi-homer category; Rasmussen hit a pair in the Dirtbags’ 12-5 win on Friday.
Indiana won games one and two after LBSU took the series opener. The Hoosiers scored four runs against Dirtbags right-hander Chris Mathewson in Saturday’s 7-2 win. Sophomore outfielder Craig Dedelow went 2-4, including his fourth home run of the season.
Junior right-hander Scott Effross pitched four shutout innings of relief, striking out five Dirtbags while only allowing a hit.
The Hoosiers’ offense success against LBSU’s pitching continued in Sunday’s 8-5 win. Head coach Troy Buckley pulled starter Tanner Brown in the fifth after the right-hander gave up three earned runs on four hits.
The Dirtbags will return to Blair Field on Tuesday for their final home series of the season. LBSU will host San Diego before taking UC Davis for a three-game series starting on Friday at 6 p.m.