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Bifano Keaffaber skncksdn vs IU
2
Indiana State INS 24-23, 10-8 MVC
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Winner Missouri State MSU 36-14, 17-0 MVC
Indiana State INS
24-23, 10-8 MVC
2
Final
5
Missouri State MSU
36-14, 17-0 MVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Indiana State INS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 7 0
Missouri State MSU 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 X 5 14 0

W: Still,Doug (7-1) L: Keaffaber, Ryan (3-5) S: Young,Bryan (7)

Game Recap: Baseball | | By Tim McCaughan | GoSycamores.com

Big Inning Pushes No. 13 Bears to Series Sweep of Indiana State

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Indiana State baseball dropped its series finale with No. 13 Missouri State, 5-2, Sunday afternoon at Hammons Field in Springfield as the Bears secured the series sweep. With the loss, the Sycamores fell to 24-23 overall and 10-8 in Missouri Valley Conference play. MSU moves to 36-14 overall while remaining perfect in MVC play at 17-0.
 
Sycamore starting pitcher Ryan Keaffaber (3-5) put together a strong outing in his ninth start, going 5.1 innings and allowing the high-powered Bears' offense just three runs in that time. The southpaw struck out four batters and did not allow a walk.
 
After the Bears scored a run on a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning, Indiana State came out in the sixth with the first two runners in Ryan Toliver and Tyler Friis reaching on back-to-back singles. The Sycamores moved both runners over on a sac bunt before Missouri State picked up a strikeout and groundout to end the threat.
 
Missouri State took that momentum in the field and turned it into four runs in the sixth starting with a leadoff home run from Blake Graham. MSU followed the home run with a double, three singles and a hit-by-pitch en route to the four-run frame.
 
That was all Missouri State needed to hold off the Sycamores who showed a little life late in the game after Toliver singled in Kyle Moore from second and Dane Giesler hit his 14th home run of the season on a leadoff homer in the eighth.
 
MSU starter Doug Still moved to 7-1 on the year after going 6.2 innings and striking out 10 ISU batters.
 
The Sycamores were outhit for the third straight game, 14-7. Over the last 24 innings, ISU went for just eight hits.
 
The Sycamores return to Bob Warn Field for the finale four games of the regular season Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET when Ball State comes to town for a midweek contest. The team will host Wichita State later in the week to close out the regular season.
 
For the latest information on the Sycamore Baseball team, be sure to visit GoSycamores.com. You can also find the team on social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
 
 
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