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Diaz
12
Winner Indiana State INS 7-0
5
Marshall MAR 1-7
Winner
Indiana State INS
7-0
12
Final
5
Marshall MAR
1-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Indiana State INS 0 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 12 10 3
Marshall MAR 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 13 1

W: Cortner, Kyle (1-0) L: Chad Heiner (0-1)

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

Diaz, Stinson homer as Sycamores score season-high 12 runs in win over Marshall

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Indiana State's offense exploded for 11 runs over the fourth and fifth innings and Parker Stinson and Randal Diaz both homered as the Sycamores closed out their season-opening Florida road trip with a 12-5 win over Marshall on Sunday afternoon.
 
The Sycamores (7-0) remained undefeated in the 2024 season as ISU posted season-highs in runs, RBIs, home runs, and hit-by-pitches against the Marshall (1-7) pitching staff in their second win over the Thundering Herd on the weekend.
 
The seven-game win streak to open the year marks ISU's third-longest winning streak to open a season according to current records on hand and the longest the Sycamores went 7-0 to open the 2019 season.
 
Stinson put the Sycamores on the board first in the top of the third inning with his team-leading third home run of the year (second in as many days) to give ISU the 1-0 lead. After Marshall took advantage of a pair of Sycamore errors to plate three runs in the bottom of the third, Indiana State's offense woke up in the fourth.
 
Henry Brown, Stinson, and Grant Magill all drove in runs in the top of the fourth inning to give the Sycamores the 4-3 lead setting the stage for an eight-run explosion in the top of the fifth to give Indiana State control of the game. The eight-run frame was highlighted by Diaz's first grand slam of the season as ISU sent 11 batters to the plate in the decisive frame.
 
Kyle Cortner (1-0) picked up the win on the mound for the Sycamores as the junior left-hander went 3.1-innings in relief of starter Luke Hayden. Cortner allowed six hits and one run while striking out five in his first appearance of the 2024 season.
 
Hayden went the first 4.2 innings allowing five hits and four unearned runs, while striking out five in his second start of the season. The Sycamore right-hander retired six of the first seven batters faced to highlight his afternoon. Redshirt freshman Max McEwen entered the game in the ninth inning and pitched around a pair of singles while striking out two in his ISU debut.
 
All nine Sycamores in the starting lineup scored runs in the game with seven hitting safely in a balanced offensive attack. Pottinger, Stinson, and Magill all posted multi-hit games, while Diaz (4), Stinson (3), Brown (2), and Magill (2) all had multi-RBI contests.
 
Chad Heiner (0-1) took the loss on the mound for Marshall allowing five hits and four runs while walking two over 4.0 innings of work. Eddie Leon, Alex McKay, and Lenny Washington closed out the game on the mound for the Herd.
 
Caden Kaiser and Kebler Peralta had three this apiece for the Marshall offense with Kaiser and Calin Smith both doubling in the loss.
 
How They Scored
  • Parker Stinson opened the scoring in the game with a solo home run to centerfield putting the Sycamores ahead 1-0 in the top of the third.
  • Caden Kaiser singled home Tre Hondras and Kebler Peralta, while Gio Ferraro brought home Kaiser as Marshall took advantage of a pair of Indiana State errors in the bottom of the third inning to go up 3-1.
  • The Sycamores rallied with three runs in the top of the fourth inning to take the 4-3 lead. Henry Brown connected on a sacrifice fly to center scoring Luis Hernandez, while Stinson and Grant Magill both recorded RBI singles in the inning to swing the advantage back to ISU.
  • Indiana State sent 11 batters to the plate and scored eight runs to break the game wide open in the top of the fifth. Adam Pottinger (RBI single), Brown (RBI hit-by-pitch), Stinson (RBI sac fly), and Magill (RBI single) all drove in runs before Randal Diaz connected on the bases-clearing grand slam to give Indiana State the 12-3 lead at the midway point of the game.
  • Marshall cut into the lead on Ferraro's RBI groundout scoring Kaiser in the bottom of the fifth to make it a 12-4 game.
  • The Thundering Herd scored the final run of the game in the bottom of the eighth as Ethan Murdoch's sacrifice fly scored Calin Smith to provide the final 12-5 margin.
News & Notes
  • Randal Diaz (27) extended his on-base streak on Sunday afternoon drawing a walk, in addition to his grand slam.
  • Parker Stinson homered for the second consecutive game and his team-leading third of the season with his third-inning solo shot. He remains the lone Sycamore with multiple home runs on the year.
  • Dominic Listi continued his hot streak to start the 2024 season as the redshirt senior outfielder reached base for the seventh consecutive game to start his ISU career after singling and drawing two walks over his first three plate appearances on the day.
  • Kyle Cortner became the seventh different Indiana State pitcher to record a win in the 2024 season as the junior left-hander recorded his first win in the Sycamore Blue & White on Sunday afternoon.
  • The Sycamore pitching staff ran their double-digit strikeout game streak to four consecutive games as Luke Hayden (5), Cortner (5), and Max McEwen (2) combined for 12 on Sunday.
  • Indiana State's Sunday lineup featured the 2024 starting debuts of Joe Kido (2B) and Connor Hicks (DH), while Cortner and McEwen also made their first appearances on the mound. Jordan Austin also made his Sycamore debut coming in as a pinch-hitter late in the game.
  • Indiana State's seven game winning streak to open the 2024 season ties ISU's third longest win streak to open a year in program history equaling the marks set in 1972, 1990, and 2019. The Sycamores' longest streak of 11 came back in 1924, while their eight-game winning streak to open the year came in 1958 according to current records on hand.
Up Next
Indiana State heads back north on Tuesday evening as the Sycamores travel to Nashville, Tenn. to take on Vanderbilt in midweek action. First pitch between the Sycamores and the Commodores at Hawkins Field is set for 5:30 p.m. ET. The game will be carried live on SECN+.
 
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