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McEwen
2
Winner Indiana State INS 22-7
1
Murray State MUR 20-11
Winner
Indiana State INS
22-7
2
Final
1
Murray State MUR
20-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Indiana State INS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2
Murray State MUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0

W: Edmonson, Cam (4-0) L: Valero, Bryce (1-3) S: Gregersen, Simon (5)

6
Winner Indiana State INS 23-7
4
Murray State MUR 20-12
Winner
Indiana State INS
23-7
6
Final
4
Murray State MUR
20-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Indiana State INS 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 13 0
Murray State MUR 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 0

W: McEwen, Max (1-0) L: McNabb, Thomas (2-1)

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

Sycamores sweep the Saturday doubleheader to claim series win at Murray State

MURRAY, Ky. – Indiana State swept the Saturday doubleheader against Murray State to secure their 13th consecutive Missouri Valley Conference series win as the Sycamores topped the Racers 2-1 (10) and 6-4 at Johnny Reagan Field.
 
Adam Pottinger homered in the top of the 10th inning to provide the winning margin in the first game against the Racers (20-12, 4-5), while Luis Hernandez connected on a three-run double in the eighth inning as a part of a four-RBI game to propel the Sycamores (23-7, 7-2) to the series win.
 
Simon Gregersen and Max McEwen highlighted Indiana State's late-inning pitching efforts on the day with Gregersen shutting the door in the opener to record his fifth save of the season. McEwen retired all nine batters he faced and struck out six in a dominant relief effort to pick up his first collegiate win in the series finale.
 
Game One: Indiana State 2, Murray State 1 (10 inn.)
Adam Pottinger connected on the go-ahead solo home run in the top of the 10th inning and Simon Gregersen silenced the Murray State bats for the second consecutive day as Indiana State topped Murray State, 2-1, in extra innings to even the series.
 
The Sycamores led for a majority of the game courtesy of Parker Stinson's second-inning leadoff solo home run off the batter's eye in center field to give ISU the early 1-0 lead.
 
The run support was all Sycamore starter Brennyn Cutts needed to get through a career-long 7.0 inning start as the junior right-hander scattered two hits while striking out seven. Cam Edmonson (4-0) entered the game in the bottom of the eighth inning striking out two, before running into trouble in the ninth against the Murray State lineup.
 
The Racers took advantage of a fly ball dropping in the infield to load the bases with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Ethan Krizen worked the count to draw a bases-loaded walk allowing Dustin Mercer to score and tying the game up at 1-1. Edmonson rebounded to strike out Parker Estes on a full-count to send the game into extra-innings.
 
Pottinger connected on the two-out, go-ahead solo home run off Murray State reliever Bryce Valero (1-3) to swing the advantage back to the Sycamores in the game.
 
Gregersen (S, 5), after throwing 3.0 innings of scoreless relief on Friday night, came back onto the mound in the save situation in the 10th inning against the top of the Murray State lineup. The redshirt junior right-hander pitched around a single and a walk in the frame to get the final out on a grounder to Mike Sears to secure his fifth save of the season.
 
Dom Krupinski added a double for the Sycamore offense as hits were at a premium in the opening contest. Randal Diaz and Josue Urdaneta also singled among ISU's five hits in the win.
 
Murray State's Jacob Pennington went 9.0 innings in the start for the Racers allowing three hits and three walks while striking out six in taking the no-decision.
 
The Racers were limited to four singles in the loss.
 
 
How They Scored
  • Parker Stinson connected on a solo home run in the top of the second inning to give Indiana State the early 1-0 lead.
  • Murray State evened the score in the bottom of the ninth inning as Ethan Krizen drew a bases-loaded walk scoring Dustin Mercer to tie the game up at 1-1.
  • Adam Pottinger connected on the go-ahead solo home run in the top of the 10th inning driving the ball over the wall in right center to provide the final 2-1 margin.
 
Game Two: Indiana State 6, Murray State 4
Luis Hernandez connected on the go-ahead three-run double in the top of the eighth inning and Max McEwen went three scoreless innings out of the bullpen as Indiana State secured the series win over Murray State with the 6-4 win in game two of Saturday's doubleheader.
 
Trailing 4-3 heading into the top of the eighth, the Sycamores loaded the bases with two outs against Murray State reliever Thomas McNabb (2-1). Grant Magill singled and Josue Urdaneta was hit by a pitch to put two on base. Two batters later, Dominic Listi drew a walk to set the stage for Hernandez and the junior first baseman delivered.
 
Hernandez connected on a double in the right center gap deep enough to allow all three runners to score without a throw as the Sycamores bounced back from the deficit to take the 6-4 lead.
 
McEwen (1-0) took over from there as the redshirt freshman put together the most dominant outing of his collegiate career retiring all nine batters he faced, including striking out the side in the bottom of the eighth, in his first collegiate win. The Sellersburg, Ind. native struck out five of the final six he faced to secure the series win for the Sycamores.
 
ISU took the lead early on RBI singles from Grant Magill and Hernandez, but the Racers answered every run to take the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Drew Vogel drove in a pair of runs, including the go-ahead RBI sacrifice fly in the sixth inning before Indiana State's late rally swung the contest back to the Sycamores.
 
Magill finished 3-for-5 from the plate to pace a 13-hit Indiana State effort at the plate in the series finale. Diaz, Hernandez, Stinson, and Pottinger also recorded multi-hit games in the win.
 
Luke Hayden went the first 5.1 innings in the finale allowing five hits and four runs while striking out seven in the no-decision. Cole Gilley and Brayden Lybarger closed out the sixth inning before McEwen took over in the seventh.
 
The Racers were limited to five hits in the contest highlighted by a Dan Tauken double.
 
Ethan Lyke went the first 4.0-innings for Murray State allowing eight hits and three runs while striking out four. Jacob Hustedde, McNabb, Alex Elsing, and Nathan Holler closed out the game on the mound.
 
How They Scored
  • Indiana State took the early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning as Grant Magill singled in Parker Stinson.
  • The Sycamores added a run in the top of the third on Luis Hernandez's infield single scoring Josue Urdaneta to go up 2-0.
  • The Racers tied the game up in the bottom of the third inning with Jonathan Hogart connecting on a bases-loaded, two-run single scoring Drew Vogel and Logan Bland to even the score at 2-2.
  • Randal Diaz put ISU back in the lead in the top of the fourth with an RBI single up the middle scoring Adam Pottinger to give the Sycamores the 3-2 lead.
  • Drew Vogel tied the game up in the bottom of the frame with an RBI single to right field scoring Dan Tauken to knot the score at 3-3.
  • Vogel gave the Racers the 4-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI sacrifice fly scoring Parker Estes.
  • The Sycamores took the lead back in the top of the eighth inning as Luis Hernandez connected on a three-run double to the right center gap scoring Dominic Listi, Josue Urdaneta, and Grant Magill to provide the final 6-4 score.
News & Notes
  • Dominic Listi's 28-game on base streak came to an end in Saturday's first game as the redshirt senior failed to reach base for the first time in the 2024 season. He was back on base in game two drawing a walk in the eighth inning before coming around to score on Hernandez's go-ahead double.
  • Josue Urdaneta extended his on-base streak to a career-best 19 consecutive games on Saturday after reaching base in both games.
  • An Indiana State batter was not hit by a pitch in the first game on Saturday snapping a streak of 32 consecutive games with at least one Sycamore getting plunked dating back to the end of the 2023 season.
  • Indiana State's relief pitchers combined to strike out 26 Murray State batters over 14 innings over the weekend. Max McEwen (6) and Zach Davidson (6) both highlighted the strikeout efforts, while Simon Gregersen added five on Friday night in a 3.0-inning stint.
  • The ISU pitching staff combined to allow just nine hits (one extra-base) over Saturday's doubleheader against the Racers, and just 19 hits over the 31.0 innings played.
  • Entering the weekend with a Valley-best ERA and opponent batting average in conference games, the Sycamores combined to post a 2.32 ERA while allowing Murray State to hit .179 from the plate (19/106).
  • The Sycamores improved to 33-5-1 in Missouri Valley action since the end of the 2022 regular season as Indiana State continued a program-record 13-series winning streak in conference competition. All five losses over the stretch have come in the series opener.
  • Indiana State played in back-to-back extra-inning games for the second time in the 2024 season after going past regulation in both of the first two games of the series against Murray State. The Sycamores previously went into extra-innings against both Michigan State and Marshall on February 23 & 24 down in Port Charlotte. 
Up Next
Indiana State remains on the road for the midweek as the Sycamores travel to West Lafayette, Ind. and Alexander Field to take on Purdue University on Tuesday night. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. with the game to be carried live on BIG+ and 105.5 The Legend.
 
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