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Pottinger
7
Winner Evansville UE 29-22, 15-9 MVC
6
Indiana State INS 36-11, 19-5 MVC
Winner
Evansville UE
29-22, 15-9 MVC
7
Final
6
Indiana State INS
36-11, 19-5 MVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Evansville UE 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 11 0
Indiana State INS 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 10 1

W: Shane Harris (6-6) L: Hayden, Luke (6-2) S: Jakob Meyer (4)

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

Sycamores’ late-inning rally falls short on Senior Day

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State's late-inning rally fell just short on Sunday afternoon as the Sycamores were unable to complete the sweep over Evansville falling in the series finale, 7-6.
 
Indiana State (36-11, 19-5) trailed 6-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning before the bats started to roll against the Evansville (29-22, 15-9) bullpen. Randal Diaz started the comeback with a leadoff solo home run in the sixth and Mike Sears added a two-run shot in the bottom of the seventh against UE reliever Jakob Meyer (S, 4) to cut the deficit down to 6-5.
 
Evansville rallied back to provide insurance in the top of the ninth inning as Brent Widder's hard grounder down the third baseline was ruled fair resulting in an RBI double scoring Mark Shallenberger to put UE back ahead 7-5. Kip Fougerousse was thrown out at the plate on the relay from Diaz to Grant Magill to keep the game within two runs.
 
The Sycamores rallied in their final at-bats as Mike Sears was hit by a pitch to put a runner on base and Magill connected on a two-out, RBI double that one-hopped the wall in left center allowing Dom Krupinski to socre from first to narrow the deficit to 7-6. However, Meyer was able to retired the final batter on strikes to close out the contest as Indiana State was unable to complete the sweep over the Aces at Bob Warn Field.
 
ISU struck early in the bottom of the first on Luis Hernandez's 17th home run of the season, second of the weekend, while Adam Pottinger connected on a double to the right center gap scoring Parker Stinson to take the early 2-0 lead.
 
Evansville responded in a big way in the top of the third as Ty Rumsey, Harrison Taubert, and Fougerousse all homered off ISU starter Luke Hayden (6-2) to take the 6-2 lead.
 
Cameron Holycross quelled the Evansville bats through the middle portion of the game as the redshirt senior went 4.2 innings on the mound for the Sycamores posting four strikeouts while surrendering two hits. Cam Edmonson struck out three batters over 2.0 innings of work and added several fielding plays off the mound to keep Indiana State within striking distance.
 
Diaz, Hernandez, Pottinger, and Sears all posted multi-hit games on Sunday afternoon as the Sycamores connected on 10 hits in the loss. Pottinger doubled twice, while Diaz, Hernandez, and Sears all homered.
 
Hayden took his second loss of the season allowing six runs on six hits over 2.1 innings of work.
 
Fougerousse, Cal McGinnis, Rumsey, and Taubert all posted multi-hit games for Evansville as the Aces posted 11 hits in the win.
 
Nick Smith went the first 2.1 innings allowing three hits and two runs in the start. Shane Harris (6-6) went 3.2 innings in relief allowing four hits and the Diaz home run, while Meyer went the final 3.0 innings for the extended save.
 
How They Scored
  • Indiana State took the early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning as Luis Hernandez connected on a two-out solo home run over the right center wall and Adam Pottinger connected on a double to the right center gap scoring Parker Stinson.
  • Evansville answered in the top of the second inning to take the 6-2 lead as Ty Rumsey (three-run), Harrison Taubert (solo), and Kip Fougerousse (two-run) all homered in the frame.
  • Randal Diaz continued Indiana State's two-out hitting with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to cut the Evansville lead down to 6-3.
  • Adam Pottinger led off the bottom of the seventh with a double down the right field line and Mike Sears followed with a two-run shot over the left center wall as the Sycamores plated two runs to cut the deficit down to 6-5.
  • Brent Widder put a ball down the third base line that was called fair for an RBI double scoring Mark Shallenberger to put Evansville ahead 7-5 in the top of the ninth inning.
  • Grant Magill extended the game with a one-hop RBI double to the wall in left center scoring Dom Krupinski to keep the Sycamore at-bats alive in the bottom of the ninth before the rally stopped short with ISU falling 7-6.
 
News & Notes
  • With UIC's loss on Sunday afternoon at Illinois State, Indiana State clinched their second consecutive Missouri Valley outright regular season title as the Sycamores (19-5) lead both UIC (15-9) and Evansville (15-9) by four games in the Valley standings with three contests to play next weekend.
  • It marks the first time Indiana State has claimed the outright Valley regular season title in back-to-back seasons in program history. ISU won the East Division in both the 1982 and 1983 seasons.
  • Indiana State recognized the 2024 ISU Baseball Senior Class in the pregame as the Sycamores honored Josue Urdaneta, Joe Kido, Grant Magill, Adam Pottinger, Mike Sears, Cam Edmonson, Kyle Cortner, Zach Davidson, and Cameron Holycross prior to first pitch.
  • Adam Pottinger extended his on-base streak to 19 consecutive games on Sunday following his RBI double in the bottom of the first inning. He finished the day 2-for-5 with a double, RBI, and run scored.
  • Randal Diaz extended his hitting streak to 20 consecutive games and on-base streak to 26 games following his two-out in the bottom of the second inning. He finished the day 2-for-5 with a solo home run.
  • Diaz is the second Sycamore to post a 24-game hitting streak in the 2024 season joining Luis Hernandez (26 games – Feb. 17-Mar. 30) to reach the mark this season.
  • Josue Urdaneta extended his on-base streak to 36 consecutive games after drawing a leadoff walk in the bottom of the fourth. He finished the day 0-for-4 with a walk.
  • The Sycamores dropped the final game of a series for the first time since May 15, 2022, snapping a span of 17 consecutive series finales. The loss snapped a stretch where ISU went 16-0-1 in the final game of the series, including a 7-0 stretch in the 2024 season.
  • Cameron Holycross went 4.2-innings out of the bullpen allowing two hits while striking out four in a dominant relief outing.
  • Indiana State wrapped up the home portion of the 2024 regular season with a 16-2 record at Bob Warn Field.
  • The Sycamores are 45-8-1 over their last 54 Missouri Valley conference games. 
Up Next
Indiana State heads back to the road on Tuesday afternoon as the Sycamores travel to Muncie, Ind. to take on Ball State to start a four-game road trip to wrap up the 2024 regular season. First pitch at Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex is set for 3 p.m. ET with the game to be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
 
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