Box Score CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois pushed across two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to take the first game of the weekend series as Indiana State fell to the host Salukis at Itchy Jones Stadium, 5-3.
 
The Sycamores (23-18, 8-8 MVC) mounted a ninth inning rally as Randall Diaz singled and Keegan Watson was hit by a pitch, but SIU right-hander Matthew Steidl (5-2) was able to retire the final out to secure the Saluki (36-13, 12-4 MVC) win.
 
Seth Gergely, Luis Hernandez, and Randall Diaz posted multi-hit games for Indiana State as the Sycamores connected on 10 hits in the loss. Josue Urdaneta added an RBI walk while connecting on a single, while Aaron Beck, Grant Magill, and Tyler Nelson also hit safely in the ballgame.
 
Matt Jachec (7-2) went 6.0+ innings in taking the loss on Friday afternoon. The redshirt sophomore allowed 12 hits and five runs (four earned), while striking out two. Jack Parisi entered in the seventh inning and got the double play and strikeout to end the Southern Illinois rally on his way to closing out the Sycamores on the mound on Friday.
 
Pier Olivier-Boucher and Cody Cleveland both doubled, while Nick Hagedorn went 3-for-3 from the plate as SIU connected on 12 hits. Kaeber Rog also added a multi-hit game in the win.
 
Steidl went the final 5.2 innings in scoreless relief in picking up his fifth win of the season for the Salukis. The right-hander allowed four hits while striking out five. Tanner Lewis went the first 3.0 innings in the no-decision on the mound allowing two runs and five hits and four walks before coming out of the contest.
 
How They Scored

• Pier-Olivier Boucher put the Salukis with an RBI double in the bottom of the first inning as the junior connected on the run-scoring hit to center field bringing home J.T. Weber to give SIU the early 1-0 lead.
• The Sycamores strung together three hits in the top of the second inning with Seth Gergely singling home Luis Hernandez to tie the game up at 1-1.
• SIU added two more runs in the bottom of the second to stretch the lead out to 3-1 as Cody Cleveland connected on an RBI double, while Kaeber Rog's infield single scored Cleveland later in the frame to add to the lead.
• Indiana State tied the game up in the top of the fourth as Josue Urdaneta drew a bases-loaded walk, while Randall Diaz connected on a sacrifice fly scoring Tyler Nelson to even it up 3-3.
• Southern Illinois pushed two runs across in the bottom of the seventh inning as Nick Hagedorn scored on a passed ball, while Jack Rigoni scored on a double play ball to give the Salukis the 5-3 lead.

News & Notes

• Josue Urdaneta ran his team-leading hitting streak to six games with a base hit in the top of the sixth.
• Luis Hernandez picked up his sixth multi-hit game of the season with a 2-for-5 game from the plate.
• Seth Gergely added his ninth multi-hit game of the season with a 2-for-4 game from the plate.
• Randall Diaz added his 13th multi-hit game of the season with his 2-for-4 game from the plate.
• The Sycamores had double-digit hits for the 24th time in 2022 and 10th in the last 16 games.
• Matt Jachec went into the seventh inning for the ninth consecutive game and 11th time in the 2022 season after going 6.0+ innings against Southern Illinois on Friday afternoon.
• Grant Magill recorded his third stolen base of the 2022 season in the top of the fifth inning. It marked his second stolen base of the week after previously taking one against Vanderbilt this past Tuesday.
• Joe Kido was involved in six consecutive outs starting from the bottom of the third inning and continuing through the first out of the bottom of the fifth as the redshirt sophomore was pressed into an early defensive appearance due to injury.
• Indiana State turned three double plays in a game for the third time in the 2022 season with the Sycamores equaling their mark set on April 9 at Valparaiso and April 29 against Missouri State.

Up Next
Indiana State and Southern Illinois continue the weekend series in Carbondale tomorrow afternoon at Itchy Jones Stadium with first pitch set for 3 p.m. ET. The contest will be carried live on ESPN3 and 105.5 The Legend.
 
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