DALLAS, Texas. – The Indiana State Sycamores fell 2-1 to the No. 16 Dallas Baptist Patriots on Sunday afternoon at Horner Ballpark. ISU falls to 16-21, and 5-10 in the Missouri Valley. The Patriots improve to 29-8, and 10-5 in the Valley.
The Sycamores drew first blood on a pair of base hits in the top of the first. Landon Curry legged out an infield hit to put the lead-off hitter on. Jacob Hayes drew a walk to move Curry into scoring position when Hunter Owen delivered a single to right to plate Curry and give the Sycamores an early 1-0 advantage.
Dallas Baptist tied it up in the bottom of the second inning. With two outs, Chane Lynch walked and scored on a double down the left field line from David Martinelli. After two innings, the game was knotted up at 1-1.
The Patriots took the lead in the bottom of the third inning. Drew Turbin led off with a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from Camden Duzenack. DBU loaded the bases with a walk and a single with one out in the inning. Tagg Duce plated the lone run of the inning, hitting a ground ball to shortstop and legging out the fielder's choice to score Turbin.
That was all that the Patriots needed to secure the victory as both teams went scoreless over the last five and a half innings.
Ethan Larrison (2-3) suffered the loss on the mound for the Sycamores. Larrison went 2.1 innings, giving up two hits, two runs; both earned, walking three and striking out one. Greg Kuhlman worked in relief, going 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits, walking one and striking out five.
At the plate, ISU was led by Manny Estevez and Andy DeJesus who both finished 2-for-4. Curry, Andy Young, Owen, Kaden Moore and Andrew Gutierrez each added a hit. Curry scored the lone Sycamore run, and Owen the RBI.
The Sycamores return to action on Tuesday, April 21st in West Lafayette, Ind. as they take on the Purdue Boilermakers at 6:00 p.m. Purdue defeated the Sycamores in Terre Haute on April 7th by a score of 10-6.
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