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Fenlong Magill
5
Winner ISU INS 7-8
2
Memphis MEM 8-8
Winner
ISU INS
7-8
5
Final
2
Memphis MEM
8-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
ISU INS 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 5 8 0
Memphis MEM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0

W: Fenlong, Connor (1-1) L: GARNER, SETH (1-1)

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

Fenlong dominates, Pottinger homers as Sycamores complete sweep of Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Connor Fenlong went a career-long 8.2 innings in a dominant start and Adam Pottinger homered as Indiana State completed the weekend sweep at Memphis with a 5-2 win on Sunday at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field.
 
Fenlong (1-1) surpassed his previous career-long outing, a 7.0-inning start last season at Bradley, on his way to posting a masterful performance on the mound. The redshirt senior scattered seven singles and struck out eight on the way to nearly posting the first complete game of his career. Jared Spencer closed out the game on the mound getting the final strikeout to end the contest.
 
Memphis took the early lead thanks to an Anthony Hansen RBI single in the bottom of the second, but the Sycamores battled back to take the lead in the fifth on Pottinger's second home run of the season. His two-run shot scored Miguel Rivera and gave ISU the 2-1 lead.
 
Fenlong retired 12 batters in a row from the final out of the second until two outs in the sixth inning in shutting down the Tiger offense. ISU pieced together three insurance runs late and held off a late Memphis rally in securing the win.
 
Luis Hernandez and Mike Sears both posted multi-hit games on Sunday afternoon while Seth Gergely and Sears both doubled in the win. Pottinger was the team RBI leader courtesy of his two-run home run.
 
Cameron Benson posted three of Memphis' eight hits in the loss, while Hansen added a pair of singles for the Tigers' offense.
 
Seth Garner (1-1) took the loss after surrendering five hits and two runs over 6.1 innings. Dalton Kendrick and Carson Stinnett closed out the final 2.2 innings on the mound for Memphis.
 
How They Scored
  • Anthony Hansen connected on an RBI single in the bottom of the second inning to put Memphis ahead as Braden Webb came across to score and take the 1-0 lead.
  • Adam Pottinger gave Indiana State its first lead of the game in the top of the fifth as the junior left fielder connected on a 1-0 pitch and drove it over the left field wall for a two-run home run scoring Miguel Rivera to put ISU ahead 2-1.
  • Luis Hernandez added to the Sycamore lead in the top of the eighth with an RBI single to right field scoring Randal Diaz to put ISU ahead 3-1.
  • The Sycamores plated two more insurance runs in the ninth with Mike Sears doubling home Seth Gergely and Grant Magill bringing Sears home with a sacrifice fly to make it a 5-1 game.
  • Webb scored the final run of the game coming around to score on a throw down to second in the bottom of the ninth to provide the final margin.
News & Notes
  • Seth Gergely has reached base safely in all 15 games in the 2023 season.
  • Adam Pottinger connected on his second home run of 2023 and first since February 25 against Northeastern.
  • Pottinger becomes the third Sycamore to post multiple home runs on the year joining Mike Sears (4) and Randal Diaz (2).
  • ISU's sweep over Memphis marked the Sycamores' first weekend sweep since taking all three games at Valparaiso last year over April 9-11, 2022.
  • The three-game sweep also was Indiana State's first non-conference sweep since the Sycamores took all three games at Florida International back on March 5-7, 2021.
  • Indiana State homered in all five games this week with Mike Sears, Randal Diaz (twice), Adam Pottinger, and Grant Magill all going deep against SEMO and Memphis.
  • The Sycamores' five-game winning streak equals the longest winning streak in 2022 when Indiana State took the final against Illinois State, a midweek at Purdue, and the three-game sweep at Valparaiso from April 6-10.
  • Connor Fenlong's 8.2 inning start was the longest of his Indiana State career and marked his first win as a starting pitcher in the Blue & White.
Up Next
Indiana State closes out its season-opening road trip on Tuesday, March 14, as the Sycamores travel to Champaign-Urbana, Ill. to take on the University of Illinois. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT.
 
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