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7
Winner Indiana State INS 4-8
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Southeast Missouri SEMO 4-10
Winner
Indiana State INS
4-8
7
Final
4
Southeast Missouri SEMO
4-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Indiana State INS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 7 9 1
Southeast Missouri SEMO 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 1

W: Spencer, Jared (1-1) L: KATEN, Logan (0-1)

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

Diaz’s three-run home run powers Sycamores past SEMO in midweek sweep

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Randal Diaz connected on the go-ahead three-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to power Indiana State to the midweek sweep over Southeast Missouri State on Wednesday afternoon, 7-4.
 
Diaz worked a 2-1 count against SEMO (4-10) reliever Logan Katen (0-1) before turning on a fastball and cranking it over the left field wall for his first home run of the 2023 campaign. The three-run blast scored Adam Pottinger and Keegan Watson and erased the Redhawk lead to put Indiana State (4-8) ahead in the eighth.
 
Seth Gergely added an RBI double in the top of the ninth inning to provide insurance and Jared Spencer (1-1) struck out the final three Redhawk hitters on his way to closing out his first win of the year.
 
Josue Urdaneta and Gergely both posted multi-hit games in Wednesday's win, while five Sycamores connected on extra-base hits. Gergely added two more stolen bases to give him four steals over the two-game series to highlight the ISU offense.
 
Cameron Holycross went 3.0 innings allowing three hits and one unearned run in his first collegiate start at ISU. Jacob Pruitt, Kyle Cortner, and Aaron Moss bridged the gap to Spencer before the sophomore lefty went the final three innings posting five strikeouts in the win.
 
Josh Cameron and Lincoln Andrews both posted multi-hit games for the Redhawks with Andrews driving in two runs in the loss.
 
Katen took the loss after going one inning allowing three hits and three runs while striking out two. SEMO put seven different pitchers on the mound on the day.
 
How They Scored
  • Indiana State took the early 2-0 lead in the top of the first as Parker Stinson connected on a sacrifice fly to left field scoring Josue Urdaneta and Luis Hernandez scored on a wild pitch to highlight the two-run frame.
  • SEMO cut the ISU lead in half as Ty Stauss reached on a two-out infield error allowing Josh Cameron to score to put the score at 2-1 after the bottom of the first.
  • Mike Sears put ISU ahead 3-1 in the top of the third with a two-out RBI single to left field scoring Josue Urdaneta.
  • SEMO took their first lead of the series in the bottom of the seventh as Cameron drew a bases-loaded walk scoring Chance Resetich and Lincoln Andrews connected on a two-run single up the middle to put the Redhawks ahead 4-3.
  • Randal Diaz put Indiana State back in the lead in the top of the eighth as the sophomore connected on a one-out three-run home run over the left field wall scoring Adam Pottinger and Keegan Watson to put the Sycamores ahead 6-4.
  • Seth Gergely drove in the final run of the game with an RBI double to left center scoring Stinson to give ISU the 7-4 margin.
 
News & Notes
  • Josue Urdaneta and Seth Gergely stretched their season-opening on-base streaks to 12 consecutive games as the duo both reached safely on Wednesday afternoon.
  • Gergely's 19-game on-base streak dating back to the end of the 2022 season is a new career-high for the redshirt senior.
  • Mike Sears continues his career-best hitting streak as the redshirt junior's RBI single in the third extended his stretch to eight consecutive games.
  • Randal Diaz became the seventh Sycamore to homer in the 2023 season with his three-run shot in the eighth inning. Diaz led ISU with seven home runs in 2022.
  • Indiana State's four doubles in the game marked the fourth game this season the Sycamores have recorded three or more doubles in a single contest.
  • Two more Sycamores were hit by pitches on Wednesday afternoon running ISU's streak to 16 consecutive games with an HBP.
  • The Sycamores defense turned three double plays in Wednesday's game marking a new season-high. ISU turned three double plays twice in 2022 (Apr. 9 at Valparaiso, Apr. 29 vs. Missouri State).
  • Cameron Holycross made his first start on the mound in the Sycamore Blue & White on Wednesday.
  • Seth Gergely posted his second multi-steal game in as many days on Wednesday afternoon giving him a team leading five steals on the year. He has stolen his last 11 bases successfully dating back to the 2021 season. 
Up Next
Indiana State heads to FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field for a three-game series at the University of Memphis on March 10-12 in Memphis, Tenn. Friday's game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with first pitch set for 7 p.m. ET.
 
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