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Kansas KU 7-9
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Winner Indiana State INS 10-6
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Kansas KU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 1
Indiana State INS 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 X 6 9 1

W: Jachec, Matt (4-1) L: Larsen, Cole (0-3) S: Hurth, Joey (2)

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

Jachec dominates as Sycamores take series opener against Kansas

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Matt Jachec pitched into the ninth inning while three Sycamores homered as Indiana State topped visiting Kansas on the first game of the weekend series at Bob Warn Field on Saturday afternoon, 6-2.
 
Jachec (4-1) went one batter into the ninth inning in his longest outing of the 2022 season as the Hampshire, Ill. native surrendered just five hits and one run while striking out nine in his team-leading fourth win of the season. The right-hander appeared to get stronger as the game continued picking up eight of his nine strikeouts over his final four innings, including picking up a trio of strikeouts in the top of the eighth when Kansas was threatening to rally back.
 
Josue Urdaneta, Diego Gines, and Grant Magill all homered in support of Jachec's outing on the mound as the Sycamores (10-6) improved to 3-0 at Bob Warn Field early in the 2022 season. Urdaneta's solo shot in the sixth made it a two-run game, while Gines and Magill both homered in the three-run eighth inning to help Indiana State put the game away.
 
Saturday's win marked head coach Mitch Hannahs' 250th career win inside the Indiana State dugout. The ISU Hall of Famer is in his ninth season at the helm of the program and is the second ISU baseball coach to achieve the mark joining Bob Warn (1,070-745-5, 1976-2006).
 
Urdaneta and Magill both posted multi-hit games to highlight the ISU offense on the day, while Aaron Beck added a pinch-hit double and Seth Gergely had a second inning triple to keep the Sycamores offense moving on a wet and windy day.
 
Joey Hurth (S, 2) picked up his second save of the 2022 season as the Sycamore right-hander needed just one pitch before Grant Magill threw out KU's Tom Lichty attempting to steal second to end the game.
 
Kansas (7-9) was paced by multi-hit games from both Tavian Josenberger and Lichty in taking the loss. Nolan Metcalf connected on the Jayhawks' lone extra-base hit of the game, a leadoff double, in the top of the ninth inning.
 
Cole Larson (0-3) took the loss after going 7.1 innings allowing eight hits and five runs (three earned), while striking out seven. The Kansas right-hander nearly matched Jachec pitch-for-pitch in the game before turning the ball over to the bullpen late.
 
How They Scored
  • Indiana State plated the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning as Randall Diaz crossed the plate on a bases-loaded passed ball to give the Sycamores the early 1-0 lead.
  • Josue Urdaneta homered and Aaron Beck scored on a Kansas error in the bottom of the sixth as Indiana State pushed across two more runs to take the 3-0 lead.
  • Diego Gines and Grant Magill added to the Indiana State lead in the bottom of the eighth as Gines connected on a leadoff home run, while Magill drilled a two-run home run off KU reliever Daniel Hegarty to put the Sycamores ahead 6-0.
  • Kansas added two runs in the top of the ninth in a comeback attempt with Metcalf scoring on a Reyce Curnane groundout and Dylan Ditzenberger scoring on Lichty's single, before Magill threw out his first runner of the 2022 season to close out the contest.
News & Notes
  • Josue Urdaneta's hitting streak reached 16 games in the bottom of the first inning as the redshirt sophomore drilled a one-out single to right field. He's hit safely in all 16 contests in the 2022 season.
  • Seth Gergely connected on Indiana State's fourth triple of the 2022 season as the redshirt junior connected on a two-out triple in the bottom of the second inning. The three-bagger marked his first of the year and ISU's first since March 11 against Wright State.
  • Mitch Hannahs reached 250 career wins at the helm of the Indiana State baseball program with today's win.
  • Hannahs, in his ninth season as ISU's head coach, becomes just the second Indiana State baseball coach to achieve the mark joining Sycamore legend Bob Warn (1,070-745-5).
  • Urdaneta connected on his third home run of the week as the redshirt sophomore drilled a leadoff solo shot down the right field line to open the bottom of the sixth inning. Urdaneta took over the team home run lead on the year with the blast.
  • Grant Magill recorded his fourth multi-hit game of the season with his 3-for-4 performance from the plate.
  • Sean Ross kept his hitting streak alive with an infield single in the bottom of the eighth inning to run the stretch to nine consecutive games.
  • Matt Jachec went a career-long 8.0 innings on Saturday afternoon as the redshirt sophomore utilized 111 pitches in his third quality start of the season.
  • Jachec posted season-highs in innings (8.0), fewest hits allowed (5), and strikeouts (9) in his fifth start of the year.
  • Indiana State improves to 4-2 in the all-time series against Kansas with the win.
  • ISU was limited to nine hits in the game snapping a six-game double-digit hit streak.
  • Jordan Schaffer failed to reach base in the contest snapping a streak of 27 consecutive games on base.
Congrats to Coach Hannahs
Up Next
Indiana State and Kansas close out the three-game series tomorrow morning with first pitch in Sunday's doubleheader set for 11 a.m. Both games will be carried live on ESPN+, while live stats will be provided via GoSycamores.com.
 
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