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Celebration Missouri State
5
Missouri State MOST 10-12, 1-2 MVC
8
Winner Indiana State INS 17-5, 2-1 MVC
Missouri State MOST
10-12, 1-2 MVC
5
Final
8
Indiana State INS
17-5, 2-1 MVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Missouri State MOST 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 0
Indiana State INS 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 8 10 0

W: Edmonson, Cam (3-0) L: Charlton,Tyler (0-2) S: Gregersen, Simon (3)

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

Sycamores secure series win with 8-5 Sunday victory over Missouri State

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Luis Hernandez and Randal Diaz both homered in support of strong bullpen appearances from Cam Edmonson and Zach Davidson as Indiana State claimed the series win over Missouri State with Sunday's 8-5 victory at Bob Warn Field.
 
Hernandez connected on a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning and Diaz highlighted the six-run second frame with a line drive two-run shot over the left field wall to provide ISU (17-5, 2-1) the early lead over the Bears. Edmonson (3-0) went 3.0 innings in relief striking out seven batters, while Davidson posted 3.0 shutout frames to keep the Missouri State (10-12, 1-2 MVC) bats quiet, before Simon Gregersen (S, 3) closed out the contest with the tying run at the plate in the ninth inning.
 
The Sycamores trailed 2-0 early before Hernandez connected on a two-out solo home run over the tree line in left field to put Indiana State on the scoreboard. After ISU starter Luke Hayden shut down the Bears in the second inning, the Sycamores sent 11 batters to the plate with Josue Urdaneta (RBI double), Grant Magill (two-RBI triple), Randal Diaz (two-run HR), and Mike Sears (RBI single) all driving in runs to give the Sycamores a 7-2 lead after two innings.
 
Missouri State battled back on Caden Bogenpohl's two-run home run in the top of the third and Tyler Epstein's sacrifice fly in the fifth to cut the ISU lead down to 7-5 midway through the game.
 
The Sycamores added insurance in the bottom of the sixth as Parker Stinson narrowly missed out on his sixth home run of the season, driving the ball off the top of the center field wall scoring Hernandez from first to provide the final ISU run in the contest.
 
Edmonson took over on the mound for ISU following Bogenpohl's home run in the third inning and proceeded to strike out five of the next seven batters he faced to quell the Missouri State momentum in the middle frames. He finished allowing two hits and an unearned run while walking three in his second victory of the week.
 
Davidson took over in the top of the sixth inning with one runner on base and proceeded to retire nine consecutive batters before allowing the first two to reach base in the top of the ninth with ISU leading 8-5.
 
Gregersen took over from there striking out Bogenpohl and Carter Bergman in recording his team-leading third save of the 2023 season.
 
Diaz, Hernandez, Stinson, and Sears all posted multi-hit games for Indiana State as the Sycamore offense connected on 10 hits on a windy day at Bob Warn Field. Diaz and Hernandez both homered, while Magill and Stinson tripled on the day.
 
Luke Hayden went the first 2.0-innings in the no-decision on Sunday afternoon. The Sycamore right-hander allowed five hits and four runs while striking out two in his sixth start of the season.
 
Zack Stewart and Dylan Leach both had multi-hit games on Sunday, while Jake McCutcheon and Leach both doubled in the loss.
 
Tyler Charlton (0-2) took the loss allowing five hits and seven runs over 1.2-innings in the start. Tyler Tscherter, Eric Loomis, Reed Metz, and Garrett Ferguson went the final frames to close out the game.
 
How They Scored
  • Missouri State took the early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning courtesy of Zack Stewart's RBI double scoring Jake McCutcheon and Logan Chambers drawing a bases-loaded walk scoring Stewart.
  • Luis Hernandez put the Sycamores on the board in the bottom of the first inning as the junior first baseman connected on the solo home run over the left field wall to cut the MSU lead down to 2-1.
  • Indiana State scored six runs in the bottom of the second inning sending 11 batters to the plate highlighted by Randal Diaz's two-run home run and Grant Magill's two-run triple to go ahead 7-2. Josue Urdaneta (RBI double) and Mike Sears (RBI single) also drove in runs in the frame.
  • Caden Bogenpohl put two more in the Missouri State run column in the top of the third inning with a home run over the left field wall scoring Dylan Leach to cut the Indiana State lead down to 7-4.
  • Missouri State added another run in the top of the fifth inning as Tyler Epstein connected on a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Leach to cut the ISU lead down to 7-5.
  • Parker Stinson put the Sycamores back in the run column in the bottom of the sixth with a triple off the top of the center field wall scoring Hernandez to give ISU the 8-5 lead.
News & Notes
  • Luis Hernandez extended his hitting streak to 21 consecutive games following solo home run over the left field wall in the bottom of the first inning. He continues the longest hitting streak in the Mitch Hannahs coaching era dating back to the 2014 season and finished the day 2-for-4 from the plate with three runs scored.
  • Dominic Listi extended his on-base streak to 22 games on Sunday afternoon after drawing a walk in the bottom of the third inning.
  • Hernandez and Listi are the first ISU teammates with concurrent 20-game on-base streaks since both Hernandez (26 games – 2023) and Mike Sears (23 games – 2023) overlapped last season.
  • Indiana State improved to 10-0-1 in Missouri Valley series finales dating back to the end of the 2022 season following Sunday's win over Missouri State.
  • The Sycamores won back-to-back regular season series against Missouri State for the first time in program history dating back to the Bears' entrance into the Valley in 1991. ISU swept the series last year in Springfield before taking two of the three games this season at Bob Warn Field.
  • Cam Edmonson became the first ISU pitcher to record multiple wins in the same week since Lane Miller accomplished the feat last season. Edmonson went 4.0-innings on Tuesday in ISU's 15-7 win over Indiana. Miller accomplished the feat last year recording the wins against Purdue (Mar. 28) and UIC (Apr. 2).
  • Parker Stinson and Grant Magill became the first ISU teammates to triple in the same game since Tyler Nelson and Seth Gergely accomplished the feat back on April 6, 2022, at Purdue.
  • The Indiana State bullpen combined to post a 1.23 ERA over 14.2 innings against the Bears with 20 strikeouts and a .143 opponent batting average over the three-game series.
Up Next
Indiana State remains at Bob Warn Field on Tuesday afternoon as the Sycamores welcome Purdue University for midweek non-conference action. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. with the game to be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend. Two for Tuesday's is back at the ballpark with two hot dogs on sale for $5 at the game.
 
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