TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State continues on the road this week as the Sycamores make the trip to Cape Girardeau, Mo. for a two-game series against Southeast Missouri State on March 7-8.
 
Both games are set to start at 4 p.m. ET at Capaha Field. Live stats will be provided on SEMORedhawks.com.
 
ISU continues its season-opening road trip to start 2023 as the Sycamores first 16 games will occur away from the friendly confines of Bob Warn Field. ISU opened up the year competing at the Snowbird Baseball Classic against Iowa, Quinnipiac, Florida Gulf Coast and Northeastern, while also making a trip to Miami (Fla.) for a midweek contest.
 
The Sycamores enter the midweek series against the Redhawks on a seven-game skid after a competitive series at Kentucky this past weekend. Indiana State fell in all three games at Kentucky Proud Park, 4-2, 5-4, and 7-6.
 
Parker Stinson was the Sycamores' leader at the plate over the weekend series as the redshirt sophomore connected on his first home run of 2023. He posted a .273 batting average and added a two-hit game in the series finale against the Wildcats, while adding two RBI.
 
Mike Sears added his third home run of the season with a three-run shot in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against UK, while Randal Diaz and Luis Hernandez both posted three hits against the Wildcats. Hernandez added a three-RBI contest in the final game against Kentucky to highlight the weekend.
 
ISU's pitching staff posted a 5.84 ERA over the three-game series at UK with the bullpen highlighting the weekend against the Wildcats. The Sycamore relief corps posted a 2.13 ERA and went nine scoreless innings on Saturday in their best performance of the 2023 season to date. Cameron Holycross paced the ISU relievers with 5.0 scoreless innings on Saturday in the longest outing of his collegiate career, while Jared Spencer recorded a pair of two-strikeout games.
 
Indiana State's defense has been strong early in the season with the Sycamores entering the week seventh overall in the NCAA and leading the Missouri Valley Conference with a .989 fielding percentage. The Sycamores posted a four-game errorless streak this season.
 
Scouting the Opposition
SEMO Redhawks
SEMO enters the weekend with a 4-8 overall record on the year after taking the weekend series against Milwaukee this past weekend. The Redhawks dropped the opener against the Panthers 3-1, but responded to win the series after posting 6-5 and 13-7 wins over the final two games. SEMO is 2-2 overall at Capaha Field this season following the weekend series.
 
Josh Cameron (.348) has been SEMO's hitting leader on the year as the junior is the lone Redhawk to hit above .300 this season. Cameron has posted a team-leading 16 hits and 12 runs scored while adding seven extra-base hits (three home runs). Carlos Aranda has a team-high four home runs among his nine hits on the year, while Lincoln Andrews has added three homers and 10 RBI on the season.

SEMO's pitching staff has posted a 6.42 ERA on the season with 16 different pitchers drawing time on the mound. Four different SEMO pitchers have earned wins on the season while the Redhawks have posted a 67:32 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Four different pitchers have made four or more appearances on the season including Hunter Ralls (5), Logan Katen (4), Payton Lawrence (4), and Ethan Osborne (4).
 
SEMO was picked to win the Ohio Valley Conference for the third consecutive season in 2023 after taking the OVC regular-season and tournament titles in each of the last two years. The Redhawks received 128 points and 16 of the 18 first-place votes as selected by the league's head coaches.

Indiana State – SEMO History
Indiana State leads the all-time series between the two schools with the Sycamores boasting a 7-0 mark against the Redhawks dating back to 2005. The first two games of the series were held in Cape Girardeau, while the last five have come at Bob Warn Field in Terre Haute. This includes the midweek series played last year on March 15-16 with ISU winning 10-1 and 5-4.

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