The Belmont Abbey baseball team rapped out ten hits and three Crusader pitchers held Wingate to just six hits in a combined shutout as the Crusaders earned an 8-0 win at Wingate this evening. The win moves the Abbey's record to 18-9, while Wingate, which was shutout for the first time this season, falls to 14-14. It is the Abbey's fifth shutout of the year.

Abbey second baseman Gabby Amor had a homer and three RBI to lead the Crusader attack. Stephen Mullis added a homer and two RBI for the Crusaders, while Dan Brion was two-for-three with two runs scored. Caleb Shore went two-for-four with two RBI and a run scored for the Crusaders.

After three scoreless innings, the Crusaders got on the board in the fourth. Mullis started the offense with a two-run homer to right. Shore added an RBI single to make it 3-0.

Belmont Abbey added three more runs in the sixth when Amor connected on a three-run homer to left center, pushing the lead to six. An RBI single from Shore in the eighth made it 7-0. He would score the final run of the night on a passed ball, making the final margin 8-0.

Sophomore lefthander Cody Stull got the win for the Crusaders, throwing 5 and two-thirds shutout innings, striking out five while allowing four hits, improving to 3-2 on the year. Redshirt junior righthander Blake Parsley took the loss, falling to 1-1. He allowed three runs on four hits in one inning of work, striking out one.