Baseball drops series opener to Owls in well-pitched contest

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kennesaw State held the Bellarmine University baseball team's offense in check in securing a 7-2 win over the Knights in an Atlantic Sun Conference series opener Friday at Knights Field. The mound work for both Kennesaw State (23-17, 13-6 ASUN) and Bellarmine (6-35, 5-14) was sound. The contest was largely a pitchers' duel until the Owls scratched across a few more runs in the late innings. Bellarmine scored both of its runs in the third inning. Junior second baseman Andres Castro doubled and scored on an RBI single by sophomore catcher Charlie Rife , who came home...