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Stinson
3
Indiana State INS 27-8, 10-3 MVC
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Winner Illinois State ILS 20-15, 8-5 MVC
Indiana State INS
27-8, 10-3 MVC
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Final
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Illinois State ILS
20-15, 8-5 MVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Indiana State INS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
Illinois State ILS 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 8 0

W: Husak, Joe (3-2) L: Edmonson, Cam (5-1)

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

Redbirds walk-off Sycamores to take Friday night opener

NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State's Daniel Pacella hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning as Indiana State fell in the Friday game at Duffy Bass Field, 4-3, to open the Missouri Valley weekend series against the Redbirds.
 
Indiana State (27-8, 10-3) took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning following Dominic Listi, Parker Stinson, and Mike Sears solo home runs in the frame as the Sycamores utilized the long ball to take control of the game early.
 
Illinois State (20-15, 8-5) rallied back late with Shaydon Kubo's pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning tying the contest, before Pacella connected on the game-winning solo home run in the bottom of the ninth.
 
Six different Sycamores finished with hits in the game led by the trio of home runs in the contest, while Grant Magill recorded a stolen base.
 
Jared Spencer went the first 5.1 innings in the game allowing three hits and a run while walking six and striking out seven. Cameron Holycross allowed a run over a brief stint, while Cam Edmonson (5-1) went the final 3.0 innings allowing four hits and two runs while striking out five.
 
Pacella led the Redbird going 3-for-5 from the plate with a home run, while Tyler Herron added an RBI double among his two hits on the day.
 
Cameron Mabee went the first 6.0 innings allowing six hits and three runs while striking out three in the no-decision. Joe Husak (3-2) highlighted four relievers on the mound for the Redbirds throwing a scoreless top of the ninth to take the win.
 
How They Scored
  • Auggie Rasmussen's RBI groundout in the bottom of the first inning scored Luke Lawrence from third base ahead of the tag to give Illinois State the early 1-0 lead.
  • Dominic Listi, Parker Stinson, and Mike Sears all homered for the Sycamores in the top of the fourth inning to stake Indiana State to the 3-1 lead. Listi led off the inning with a solo shot, while Stinson and Sears went back-to-back with two outs in the inning to give ISU the lead.
  • ILS's Tyler Herron doubled home Luke Stulga in the bottom of the sixth inning to cut the Sycamores lead down to 3-2.
  • The Redbirds tied the game up at 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth on Shaydon Kubo's pinch-hit RBI single scoring Stulga to even the contest.
  • Daniel Pacella connected on the walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to secure the 4-3 win for Illinois State. 
News & Notes
  • Indiana State hit back-to-back home runs for the third consecutive game and fourth time overall in the 2024 season in Friday night's game. Parker Stinson and Mike Sears went back-to-back in the fourth inning joining Adam Pottinger & Mike Sears (Apr. 13 & 14 vs. Bradley), and Luis Hernandez & Parker Stinson (Mar. 19 vs. Indiana) to achieve the feat.
  • Friday also marked the second consecutive game the Sycamores connected on three home runs in the same inning after Dominic Listi, Parker Stinson, and Mike Sears all homered in the fourth frame against the Redbirds. Adam Pottinger, Mike Searson, and Joe Kido went back-to-back-to-back in the bottom of the first inning on April 14 against Bradley.
  • Indiana State connected on three home runs on Friday night marking the 16th game of the 2024 season with multiple homers on the year and ninth game with three or more this season.
  • Josue Urdaneta ran his on-base streak to 24 consecutive games on Friday night as the second baseman drew a seventh inning walk.
  • Since the start of the final series of the 2022 season, Indiana State has posted a 36-6-1 record in MVC play. All six losses have come in the opening game of the series.
  • Jared Spencer went a career-long 5.1 innings allowing three hits and a run while striking out seven.
  • ISU opened up its second road MVC series in the same fashion as its first – surrendering a walk-off home run. The Sycamores dropped a 5-4 decision at Murray State back on April 5 on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 12th inning against the Racers.
Up Next
Indiana State continued the weekend series against the Redbirds at Duffy Bass Field tomorrow afternoon. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET with the game to be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
 
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