ATLANTA, Ga. – The Indiana State baseball team dropped their fourth contest in a row on Sunday afternoon. The Sycamores lost a 7-1 to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Russ Chandler Stadium on Georgia Tech's campus. ISU falls to 3-6 on the season, while Georgia Tech improves to 8-3. The four-game losing streak is the longest regular season streak since April 17-24, 2013 when the Sycamores dropped five in a row.
The Yellow Jackets scored three runs in the fourth inning. They were helped out with three walks by Sycamore pitching in the inning. Connor Justus delivered a two-RBI single, and A.J. Murray slugged another double, his third of the weekend to plate the final run of the inning.
Georgia Tech didn't slow down entering the fifth inning as they scored four more runs, highlighted by a pair of two-RBI singles by Daniel Spingola and Murray.
The Sycamores got on the board in the top of the eighth inning. Andy DeJesus delivered the second ISU hit of the game and took second base on a ball in the dirt. Taylor Steen drove a single to left field to score DeJesus and get the Sycamores on the board.
Jeremy McKinney suffered the loss in his first start of the season. McKinney tossed 3.2 innings, allowed three hits, three runs, all earned, struck out three and walked six. Michael Eberle came on in relief of McKinney and went 1.0 innings, giving up four hits, four runs, one earned, walked four and struck out one.
Austin Conway, Trent Lunsford and Ryan Keaffaber combined to throw 3.1 innings, facing the minimum. Lunsford struck out the side in the seventh inning.
At the plate, the Sycamores were held without a hit until the seventh inning when Andy Young singled to center field. Young, DeJesus and Steen recorded the three hits for ISU.
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