TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State baseball walked away with a 6-4 series finale win over Missouri State Saturday afternoon at a windy Bob Warn Field -- snapping the Bears' eight-game winning streak. The Sycamores improved to 15-8 on the year and 1-2 in Missouri Valley Conference play while the Bears moved to 19-7 and 2-1 in MVC action.
 
After combining for just nine hits during Friday's doubleheader with the Bears, Indiana State's bats woke up to the tune of 10 hits in the finale, including three extra-base hits. Dane Giesler led the charge offensively with a 3-for-4 day at the plate while scoring a pair of runs.
 
CJ Huntley and Luke Fegen drove in two runs each for the Sycamores while Roberto Enriquez singled in a run in the fourth.
 
Apart from the offensive explosion the team saw, it was the work by the Sycamore pitching staff that would not go unnoticed following the work of Tristan Weaver, Donnie Ames and Tyler Grauer.
 
Donnie Ames (2-0) shined on the mound in relief, as he has for much of the season. The sophomore from Terre Haute allowed just four hits to a powerful Missouri State offense in a career long five innings on the mound. The lone error by the right-hander came in the seventh when MSU leadoff man Hunter Steinmetz homered to center to cut the Sycamore lead in half at 6-4.
 
Ames would settle down though and retire the next six batters he would face to allow Grauer to pick up his first save of the season after the lefty retired MSU in order in the ninth. Weaver left after three innings of work, allowing two runs on one hit and striking out four in the no decision.
 
After Missouri State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second, Indiana State would rally back to take the lead on a pair of RBI singles from Chris Ayers and CJ Huntley. The Bears regained the lead in the fourth following a double down the line in left.
 
It was a four-run fourth inning that proved to be the difference in the game though as the Sycamores sent eight batters to the plate. Dane Giesler kicked off the rally with his second consecutive single to right field. The redshirt senior would be followed by a single to center off the bat of Chris Ayers that setup runners and second and third.
 
CJ Huntley's RBI groundout would put the Sycamores on top 3-2 but insurance came in the form of an RBI single to right field from Roberto Enriquez and a two-RBI single to center from Luke Fegen.
 
The Bears were led by John Privitera at the plate, as the nine-hole hitter went 3-for-4 on the day. Logan Wiley went four innings and allowed six earned runs in the loss, falling to 3-3 on the season.
 
The Sycamores wrap up an eight-game homestand Wednesday when they welcome Eastern Illinois to Bob Warn Field at 3 p.m. ET.  
 
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