TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Indiana State offense took advantage of a Murray State error to score five runs in the third inning and Max McEwen was dominant once again as the Sycamores evened the weekend series with the Racers with the 11-1 run-rule shortened win on Saturday afternoon at Bob Warn Field.
 
Indiana State (21-21, 9-8) welcomed back and recognized their Sycamore baseball alumni in attendance prior to first pitch and honored the 1995 Missouri Valley Championship team pregame before settling in for the afternoon contest against Murray State (29-10, 11-6).
 
McEwen (6-2) and Murray State starter Isaac Silva (5-2) put on a pitching clinic over the first two innings before the Indiana State offense took control of the game. Carter Beck and Thomas Emerich connected on back-to-back one-out singles, while Carlos Pena drew a walk to load the bases against Silva. The Murray State right-hander was able to retire Jeremy Martinez, before Keegan Garis coaxed a two-out walk scoring Beck for the first run of the game.
 
Silva was able to get the next batter, Mason Roell, to hit a fly ball to left field in attempt to end the Indiana State rally. However, Racers left fielder Dan Tauken was unable to make the play as the ball bounced out of his glove allowing all three runs to score giving Indiana State the 4-0 lead. Jackson Taylor followed with an RBI single plating Roell to provide the early 5-0 advantage.
 
McEwen took over from there as the redshirt sophomore was efficient once again on the mound. The Sellersburg, Ind. native recorded 16 consecutive strikes to open the game and had five strikeouts through three innings. He retired 12 consecutive batters at one point running from Dom Decker's two-out single in the second through Jonathan Hogart's two-out single in the sixth inning, before leaving the game with a 6-0 lead after six innings.
 
The Sycamores offense continued to press in the seventh as Indiana State responded to Carson Garner's solo home run in the top of the frame with a four-run bottom of the inning highlighted by Beck's bases-clearing three-run double to right center to make it a 10-1 game.
 
Beck continued the Indiana State highlights on the day with a diving catch in center in the top of the eighth inning to quell a Murray State rally, before Taylor capped the scoring with a walk-off RBI single down the first base line bringing home Keegan Garis to end the contest.
 
Beck finished 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs to pace the Indiana State offense, while Garis added a three-hit day as the Sycamores connected on 13 hits overall in the win. Jeremy Martinez and Taylor both added two hits apiece on the day.
 
McEwen went 6.0 innings on the mound allowing just two hits while striking out six in his fourth consecutive win on the mound. The redshirt sophomore needed just 71 pitches on the day before turning the ball over to Jack Armstrong in the seventh. Armstrong took it the rest of the way allowing the Garner home run before settling in to strike out two over the final 2.0 innings.
 
Decker and Hogart combined to have four of Murray State's five hits on the day for the Racers' offense.
 
Silva went 3.2 innings allowing eight hits and six runs (two earned) while striking out five in taking the loss. Jack Wajda, Jackson Ugo, Chase Clatur, Harper McLendon, and Preston Chaudoin all saw time on the mound in relief.
 
How They Scored

• Indiana State took the lead in the bottom of the third inning as Keegan Garis coaxed a two-out, bases-loaded walk scoring Carter Beck making it a 1-0 Sycamores lead.
• Mason Roell followed with a fly ball to left field that was dropped by the Murray State outfielder allowing Thomas Emerich, Carlos Pena, and Garis to score on the play making it a 4-0 contest.
• Jackson Taylor made it a 5-0 game in the third inning with an RBI single through the middle bringing home Roell to cap the five-run inning.
• The Indiana State lead reached 6-0 in the fourth as Nomar Garcia and Beck connected on singles, before Emerich scored Garcia with an RBI ground out to add to the Sycamores' advantage.
• Murray State put one on the board in the top of the seventh as Carson Garner greeted Indiana State reliever Jack Armstrong with a solo home run to right field cutting the lead down to 6-1.
• The Sycamores loaded the bases back up again in the bottom of the seventh inning with Garcia bringing a run across after getting hit by a pitch scoring Roell and making it a 7-1 contest.
• Beck followed with a three-run double to the wall in right center scoring Garcia, Jorge Cartagena, and Taylor to put Indiana State ahead 10-1 after seven innings
• Indiana State walked it off in the eighth as Taylor singled down the first base line scoring Garis from third to secure the 11-1, run-rule victory.

News & Notes

• Indiana State secured their second eighth inning walk-off win of the 2025 season after topping Murray State on Saturday afternoon, 11-1. The Sycamores' first walk-off came back on March 16 in the 12-2 win over Pacific as the winning run came across on Mason Roell's infield single.
• Indiana State secured the Saturday win in the series against Murray State for the third consecutive season highlighted by a dominant performance on the mound by Max McEwen.
• McEwen improves to 4-1 in Missouri Valley play with Saturday's win, lowering his ERA to 4.54 with a 39:11 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 33.2 innings.
• McEwen has gone 12.2 consecutive scoreless innings dating back to his 6.2 inning scoreless stint against Evansville last weekend in Indiana State's 2-0 win over the Aces.
• Carter Beck ran his hitting streak to 12 consecutive games following his three-hit game on Saturday afternoon. The sophomore outfielder added his fourth three-hit game of the season and second of the weekend against Murray State.
• Jackson Taylor ran his on-base streak to 23 consecutive games after his third inning single. He finished the game 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI and a walk.

Up Next
Indiana State closes out the home stand tomorrow afternoon as the Sycamores take on Murray State at 1 p.m. The game will be carried live on 105.5 The Legend.
 
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