TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The regular season finale between Indiana State and Dallas Baptist will go into the scorebooks as a 2-2 tie as lighting and inclement weather forced the teams to clear Bob Warn Field on Saturday afternoon in the bottom of the 10th inning.
 
Dallas Baptist (33-20-1, 11-9-1 MVC) had connected on the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning on George Specht's solo home run to give the Patriots their first lead of the ballgame. The Sycamores (25-20-1, 10-10-1 MVC) were rallying back with runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the 10th when lightning struck close enough to the facility to send the teams to the dugout and the fans to their vehicles.
 
After brief discussion on the field, the game was called due to the expected continual lighting strikes and inclement weather expected in the Wabash Valley and all scores and stats reverted back to the final completed inning leaving the teams in a 2-2 tie.
 
Randall Diaz and Seth Gergely both doubled for the Sycamores, while Josue Urdaneta added an RBI single to highlight a nine-hit game from Indiana State at the plate. Jordan Schaffer, Urdaneta, and Gergely all finished with multi-hit efforts in the tie.
 
Luke Patzner provided the ISU bullpen some much-needed rest with a 7.1-inning quality start on Saturday afternoon. The redshirts sophomore allowed just four hits and two runs (one earned), while striking out six in the no-decision. Jack Parisi added three strikeouts over 1.2 innings of no-hit relief work.
 
George Specht connected on DBU's lone extra base hit among the four-hit outing from the Patriots on Saturday. Cole Moore and Luke Heefner provided the RBI for DBU in the tie game.
 
Ryan Johnson went 6.2 innings out of the bullpen for the Patriots and limited the Sycamores at the plate throughout the game. The freshman right-hander scattered five hits while striking out two in relief of Luke Eldred. Zane Russell went the final two innings in scoreless relief in the final completed innings of the game.
 
How They Scored

• The first four Indiana State batters recorded hits with Randall Diaz's RBI double and Josue Urdaneta's run-scoring single putting the Sycamores ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the first.
• DBU rallied back with two runs in the top of the fourth as Cole Moore and Luke Heefner both connected on sacrifice flies scoring Jace Grady and Ryan Wrobleski to tie the game up at 2-2. 

News & Notes

• Indiana State's last tie came back on March 9, 2000, when the Sycamores tied the contest with Temple at the Pepsi Johnny Quick Classic in Fresno, Calif. The game between ISU and Temple was called with the score tied 4-4.
• Saturday's contest also marked the Sycamores' 15th tie game in program history.
• Jordan Schaffer recorded his 18th multi-hit game of the season and 43rd of his collegiate career following his two-hit game on Saturday.
• Josue Urdaneta added his third multi-hit game of the weekend and team-leading 22nd of the 2022 season with his two-hit afternoon.
• Seth Gergely added his 12th multi-hit game of the season after collecting hits in his second and third at-bats of the day.
• Luke Patzner recorded his second quality start of the season after going the first 7.1-innings allowing just four hits and two runs (one earned) on Saturday.
• Jack Parisi finished the regular season with a team-high 72 strikeouts after his three-strikeout day on Saturday.
• Indiana State recognized its 2022 senior class on Saturday prior to the first pitch of the game as Jordan Schaffer, Aaron Beck, Jack Parisi, Jake Ridgway, Raine Richter, and Sean Ross all suited up at home for the Sycamores for the final time in their collegiate careers.

Up Next
Indiana State is expected to draw the No. 5 seed and play in Tuesday night's elimination game against No. 8 Valparaiso when the conference releases the official bracket later this afternoon. All MVC Baseball Championship games will be held at Hammons Field in Springfield, Mo. running from May 24-28. Game time between the Sycamores and the Beacons is projected for 6:30 p.m. ET. All tournament games will be carried live on ESPN+.
 
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