Belmont used an eighth-inning rally to spoil a dominant starting pitching performance by Matt Brosky and defeat the Youngstown State baseball team 2-0 in the series finale on Sunday at E.S. Rose Park in Nashville, Tenn.

Youngstown State dropped its fourth straight game to fall to 2-5 overall while Belmont won its eighth straight contest to improve to 8-1 on the season. The Bruins completed the four-game weekend sweep with their victory on Sunday.

In a game that was a pitcher's duel throughout, the Bruins broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jack Capobianco reached on an error with one out to give the Bruins their first baserunner off Brosky since the third inning. Eddie Lovell then followed with a single through the left side that pushed pinch runner Austin Ehren to third base. After Nathan Ball came on in relief off Brosky, Guy Lipscomb and John Behrends delivered back-to-back RBI singles to put the Bruins in front 2-0.

Belmont starter Jalen Borders scattered four hits and fanned six batters while walking one over 6.2 scoreless innings. Will Jenkins earned the win after allowing no hits and striking out three in 1.1 innings of relief. Kyle Brennan picked up his fourth save of the season by retiring the Penguins in order in the top of the ninth.

Brosky suffered the hard-luck loss after allowing only one earned run on two hits and striking out eight batters over a career-high 7.1 innings pitched. The Strongsville, Ohio, native retired the side in order in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh frames. He recorded a strikeout in five different innings, and he had multiple punchouts in three different stanzas.

Brosky retired an impressive 14 straight batters between the third and eighth innings. After a two-out walk in the bottom of the third, Belmont did not have a baserunner until Capobianco reached on an error to begin the eighth-inning rally. After allowing a leadoff single to Lipscomb in the top of the first, Brosky did not allow a hit until the one-out single by Lovell in the eighth.

Trey Law went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles to pace the Penguins offensively. Steven D'Eusanio and Dylan Swarmer each added a base hit as each team had four hits in the contest.

YSU's best scoring opportunity came in the top of the second inning when D'Eusanio hit a one-out single and Swarmer drew a two-out walk to put two runners on base. However, Borders got Ian Francis to ground out to end the threat.

The only other time the Penguins got a runner in scoring position was in the top of the third. Law hit a leadoff single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Lucas Nasonti and reached third on a groundout by Dominick Bucko. However, Law was stranded at third as Borders induced a groundout by Braeden O'Shaughnessy.

Youngstown State will continue its early-season road stretch on March 4-6 with a four-game series at UT Rio Grande Valley. First pitch for Friday's series opener in Edinburg, Texas, is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.