MONTGOMERY, AL – Bradley senior RF Dan Bolt capped a perfect night with a thunder bolt, leading the Braves (4-3) to an 18-1 rout at Alabama State (2-9) in the opening game of a weekend series Friday night at Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
Bolt, the preseason Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, reached base safely in all of his seven plate appearances Friday night, capping his 4-for-4 effort with a 3-run home run in the ninth inning to cap the night's scoring. Bolt's seven plate appearances Friday: walk in the first inning, hit by pitch in the second, single in the fourth, RBI single in the fifth, walk in the sixth, single in the eighth, 3-run home run in the ninth.