TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Interstat) — Belmont’s Charlie Davis homered and drove in three runs, leading the Bruins to a 13-9 victory over Indiana State on Friday afternoon at Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium.

Belmont won for the first time in five games, improving to 20-34 overall and snapping a four-game skid. Indiana State fell to 30-24.

The Bruins jumped ahead early, but the Sycamores answered with four runs in the bottom of the first inning. After Belmont went down in order in the top half, Indiana State’s Carter Beck singled to left field. Caden Miller singled to center, moving Beck to third, and Nick Sutherlin singled to left to drive in Beck for the game’s first run. Jeremy Martinez followed with a three-run homer to left field, scoring Sutherlin and Miller for a 4-0 Sycamores lead.

The score remained 4-0 until the top of the fifth, when Belmont erupted for five runs to take the lead. Gardner Lawrence singled to center and Michael Lareau singled to center, putting runners at the corners. Brody Langlotz singled to center, scoring Lawrence. Davis doubled down the right-field line, scoring Lareau and moving Langlotz to third. Landon Godsey singled to left, driving in Davis and Langlotz, tying the game at 4-4. Brady Holbrook singled, moving Godsey to second. After a pitching change, Mike Sprockett singled to left, scoring Godsey. Jake Maddox singled through the left side, scoring Holbrook for a 6-4 Belmont advantage.

Indiana State cut the lead to 6-5 in the bottom of the fifth when Beck homered to left center.

Belmont answered with three unearned runs in the top of the sixth. Nicholas Stinson singled up the middle as a pinch hitter and was replaced by pinch runner Isaac VanderWoude. Davis reached on a fielding error by the second baseman, allowing VanderWoude to advance to third. Godsey hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring VanderWoude. Holbrook walked, and after a flyout, Sprockett was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Maddox singled to center, driving in Holbrook and Davis for a 9-5 lead.

The Sycamores got a run back in the bottom of the seventh. Nomar Garcia singled, and after a pitching change, Mason Roell singled to left. Beck singled to right center, scoring Garcia. With two outs and runners on first and second, Nick Sutherlin reached on a fielding error by the third baseman, allowing Roell to score unearned and making it 9-7.

Belmont broke the game open in the top of the seventh. Lareau singled and VanderWoude struck out bunting. Davis then homered to left center, scoring Lareau for an 11-7 lead. Godsey bunted for a single and stole second. Holbrook walked, and after another pitching change, Cavan McMeans singled to load the bases. Sprockett singled to right, driving in Holbrook and Godsey for a 13-7 cushion.

Indiana State scored twice in the bottom of the eighth. Caleb Niehaus doubled, and Garcia doubled to left, scoring Niehaus. Roell grounded out, moving Garcia to third, but Beck grounded out to end the inning with the score 13-9.

Belmont reliever Krish Gandhi pitched two innings, allowing one earned run on two hits. Zane Brown started for the Bruins, lasting six-plus innings while giving up seven earned runs on 10 hits and striking out two.

For Belmont, Davis finished 2 for 6 with a home run and three RBIs. Sprockett was 2 for 4 with three RBIs, and Maddox also drove in three runs. Godsey had two hits and three RBIs.

Indiana State’s Martinez had the three-run homer and finished 1 for 5. Beck went 3 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs.

The game featured 16 hits for Belmont and 14 for Indiana State.

The most pivotal stretch came in the top of the fifth, when Belmont turned a four-run deficit into a two-run lead with a five-hit, five-run outburst. That inning changed the momentum and allowed the Bruins to seize control after the Sycamores had dominated the early stages.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Indiana State 6, Belmont 4, and the ELO system gave Indiana State a 75.60 percent probability to win. The teams will meet again Saturday for the second game of the Missouri Valley series.