Brendon Smith (1-1) suffered the loss for the Sycamores, after he allowed two earned runs on a hit and a walk in relief of ISU starter Eric Valdez.  Valdez battled on the mound all day and left the game at a 3-3 tie after allowing three earned runs on six hits and four walks in 5.1 innings of work.  Creighton reliever Bob Lackovic (1-0) picked up the win in 3.1 scoreless innings of relief for the Jays.  Lackovic allowed no hits and struck out four batters in his time on the mound.

The Jays picked up a run in the top of the first inning on a RBI ground out by Vicente Cafaro to take a 1-0 lead.  They later extended that lead to 2-0 in the top of the third inning on a RBI single by T.J. Roemmich and then tacked on a run in the top of the fourth inning on a RBI double by Robbie Night to extend their lead to 3-0.

However, the Sycamores answered back with three runs in the bottom of the inning to knot the score at 3-3.  Luke Fieser led off the inning and was hit by a pitch and Tyler Graham followed with a walk to give the Sycamores a couple of base runners.  Bronco Lafrenz was up next and hit a long fly ball to right field that continued to carry in the wind over the right field wall for a three-run home run.  The home run was the fifth of the season for Lafrenz, which leads ISU.

From there it was all Bluejays, as the bullpen shut down the ISU offense and did not allow them to get back into the game.  Creighton snapped the tie in the top of the seventh inning with four runs on two hits to put the game out of reach at 7-3.  Elliot Soto struck the big blow in the inning with his two-run single to center field off David Gurbach.

Lafrenz's three-run home run would be the only runs of the day for the Sycamores, while four other players each added a hit in the game. 

The Sycamores and Bluejays resume the series on Saturday at 1 p.m. EST at Sycamore Field.  Jake Petricka (2-0) will take the mound for ISU against Creighton's Jonas Dufek.