Box Score Monmouth's eighth inning rally fell just short in a 5-3 loss to Beloit in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader.
 
The Buccaneers took advantage of three Scots errors in the first three innings to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Back-to-back errors in the third opened the door for Beloit before catcher Jesse Brucker gunned down Kam Sallee on a stolen base attempt to end the inning. Beloit added an insurance run in the fifth before Monmouth got on the board in the eighth.
 
The Scots drew three straight walks and plated their first run on Alex Kemmer's fielder's choice. Zach McCrery then raced home on a wild pitch and another fielder's choice from Blake Abbott scored Kemmer to close the gap to 5-3 and end the inning on a tag out.
 
Monmouth threatened in the bottom of the ninth with two on but the Bucs induced a game-ended fly out.
 
Game two was halted in the bottom of the ninth due to darkness. Monmouth trailed 9-3 going into the inning, but plated a pair of runs on RBIs from Brucker and Austin Hardy. Back-to-back hit batsmen loaded the bases with no outs when the game was halted. No resume date has yet been set.