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SEMO SEMO 13-2
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Winner Indiana State INS 8-6
SEMO SEMO
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Indiana State INS
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SEMO SEMO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
Indiana State INS 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 X 10 14 1

W: Ridgway, Jake (1-0) L: OSBORNE, Ethan (0-1) S: Patzner, Luke (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Seth Montgomery | GoSycamores.com

Sycamores overpower SEMO in home opening win

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Diego Gines and Josue Urdaneta both homered in support of strong pitching performances by Jake Ridgway and Luke Patzner as Indiana State topped Southeast Missouri State in the Sycamores 2022 home opener on Tuesday afternoon, 10-1.
 
Gines connected on his first grand slam to stake Indiana State (8-6) to an early 5-0 lead, while Urdaneta drilled a pair of two-run home runs late in the game to provide all the offense the Sycamores would need to snap SEMO's (13-2) 11-game winning streak. Ridgway (1-0) went five one-hit innings in his third start of the season to secure the win, while Luke Patzner (S, 1) struck out seven Redhawks over the final four frame to close out the ISU win.
 
Gines finished the contest 4-for-4 with a season-high five RBI in the contest, while Urdaneta extended his hitting streak with his pair of home runs in addition to a career-high four RBI as the Sycamores offense connected on 14 hits in the contest. Jordan Schaffer, Randall Diaz, and Tyler Nelson added multi-hit games on the afternoon with Schaffer and Nelson both doubling in the win.
 
Ridgway took advantage of the early Sycamore lead to carry a perfect game into the fifth inning on the way to his first win of the 2022 season. The redshirt senior walked two and struck out a season-high seven batters shutting down the SEMO offense that entered the game hitting .312 from the plate as a team.
 
Patzner closed out the contest in an extended relief situation as the redshirt sophomore surrendered three hits and one run while striking out seven in his first save of the year.
 
SEMO was paced by Peyton Leeper's RBI double in the contest, while Andrew Keck added a double to highlight the Redhawks offense in the game.
 
Ethan Osborne (0-1) took the loss after going the first two innings allowing four runs while striking out four. Matt Perego, Jeb Callaghan, Joseph Karrall, Fischer Rausch, and Noah Stone went the final seven innings in relief.
 
How They Scored
  • Jordan Schaffer scored on Sean Ross' infield single in the bottom of the first as the Sycamores utilized a three-hit inning to take the early 1-0 lead.
  • Diego Gines connected on his first big fly of the 2022 season with a bases-clearing grand slam in the bottom of the third to give the Sycamores the 5-0 lead. Gines brought home Schaffer, Randall Diaz, and Josue Urdaneta with the blast.
  • Gines added to the Sycamores totals in the bottom of the fourth with a sacrifice fly to centerfield scoring Schaffer to put ISU up 6-0.
  • Josue Urdaneta put the Sycamores up 8-0 with a two-run home run over the right field fence in the bottom of the sixth inning scoring Randall Diaz.
  • Peyton Leeper put SEMO's first run of the game across the plate in the top of the eighth with a RBI double scoring Ty Stauss to put the score at 8-1.
  • Josue Urdaneta connected on his second home run of the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, this time driving in Randall Diaz, to put ISU ahead 10-1.
News & Notes
  • Jordan Schaffer's on-base streak hit 26 consecutive games as the redshirt senior infielder singled to open the bottom of the first inning.
  • Sean Ross' RBI infield single in the bottom of the first inning ran his hitting streak to seven consecutive games following his 1-for-4 performance from the plate on Tuesday afternoon.
  • Jordan Schaffer was hit by pitches in both the third and fourth innings to run his Missouri Valley-leading total to 10 HBPs on the season.
  • Josue Urdaneta's on-base streak ran to 14 consecutive games after drawing a walk in the bottom of the third inning. He continued his 14-game hitting streak in the bottom of the sixth inning with his first home run of the day.
  • Diego Gines became the eighth Sycamore to connect on a home run in the 2022 season as the redshirt sophomore drilled the 1-2 pitch over the left field wall in the third inning for ISU's first grand slam of the year.
  • Urdaneta became the ninth Sycamore to leave the yard in the bottom of the sixth inning with a two-run shot scoring Randall Diaz. He added his second home run of the contest with a two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth scoring Jordan Schaffer.
  • Gines and Urdaneta's homers marked the second time multiple Indiana State hitters connected on home runs in the same game in 2022 and first since February 25 against Merrimack.
  • Urdaneta's multi-home run game was Indiana State's first of the 2022 season and first since Jordan Schaffer connected on two home runs on May 28, 2021 against Evansville.
  • Urdaneta recorded his third stolen base of the 2022 season in the bottom of the fourth inning, tying him up with Tyler Nelson for the team lead. His steal marked ISU's first stolen base since March 5 against Maryland.
  • Jake Ridgway recorded his season-longest appearance on the mound on Tuesday as the redshirt senior went 5.0 innings in picking up the win. He previously worked 4.0 innings in each of his previous two starts prior to today's game.
  • Luke Patzner went the final 4.0 innings for his first save in a Sycamore uniform.
  • Diego Gines went 4-for-4 for his third multi-hit game of the 2022 season.
  • Randall Diaz went 2-for-4 for his fifth multi-hit game of the 2022 season.
  • Tyler Nelson went 2-for-4 for his fourth multi-hit game of the 2022 season.
  • Jordan Schaffer went 2-for-3 for his fifth multi-hit game of the 2022 season and 30th of his career.
  • Urdaneta posted his team-leading ninth multi-hit game of the 2022 season.
  • Indiana State's 14 hits in the contest marked the fifth consecutive double-digit hitting effort by the Sycamores, ninth in the last 10, and 10th in the last 12 contests.
  • Indiana State's pitching staff hit double-digit strikeouts for the fifth time in the 2022 season and first since March 5 against Maryland as the combination of Ridgway and Patzner struck out 14 SEMO batters in the contest.
  • Indiana State improves to 6-0 against SEMO all-time in the series.
  • The Sycamores snapped SEMO's 11-game winning streak in the 2022 season with the win.
Up Next
Indiana State closes out the two-game midweek series against SEMO tomorrow afternoon with first pitch set for 3 p.m. at Bob Warn Field. The game will be carried live on ESPN+, while live stats will be provided via GoSycamores.com.
 
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