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Beck
11
Winner Illinois State ILS 26-25, 14-11 MVC
4
Indiana State INS 23-29, 11-14 MVC
Winner
Illinois State ILS
26-25, 14-11 MVC
11
Final
4
Indiana State INS
23-29, 11-14 MVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Illinois State ILS 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 14 3
Indiana State INS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 1

W: Chadwick, Tyrelle (5-3) L: Suriel, Breyllin (0-6)

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

Redbirds power past Sycamores in Thursday night series opener

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Illinois State's Daniel Pacella and Judah Morris both homered twice over the first four innings to offset a Carter Beck home run as Indiana State fell to the visiting Redbirds on Thursday night at Bob Warn Field, 11-4.
 
The Redbirds (26-25, 14-11) jumped on Indiana State (23-29, 11-14) starting pitcher Breyllin Suriel (0-6) early with Pacella and Morris home runs in the top of the first inning to give the Redbirds the early 3-0 lead. The Illinois State duo would both homer again and Luke Stulga added a two-run shot in the third inning to stake the visitors to an early 9-2 lead.
 
Indiana State had its chances to rally in the game, but a pair of double play balls limited the Sycamores' chances in falling in the series opener on Thursday evening.
 
Carlos Pena and Jorge Cartagena both had multi-hit games for Indiana State as the Sycamores connected on eight hits overall in the contest. Beck homered to power the offense, while John Curl added a late RBI in the loss.
 
Suriel went 4.0 innings in the start allowing seven hits and 10 runs while walking three and striking out two. Jacob Spencer shined in the long relief outing allowing seven hits and one run while striking out two over a career-best 5.0 innings of work.
 
Pacella finished 3-for-5 from the plate with four RBIs as Illinois State connected on 14 hits overall in the win. Noah Smith, Pacella, Brayden Bakes, and Daniel Contreras added doubles to highlight a Redbird offense that had nine extra-base hits in the game.
 
Tyrelle Chadwick (5-3) went 5.0 innings allowing six hits and two runs while striking out one in picking up the win. Michael Addari added 3.0 innings of one-run, one-hit relief, while MacCallan Conklin worked the final frame to close out the contest.
 
How They Scored
  • Daniel Pacella (two-run) and Judah Morris (solo) both homered in the top of the first inning to give Illinois State the early 3-0 lead.
  • Carter Beck took two back for the Sycamores in the bottom of the first as the sophomore center fielder connected on a two-run home run scoring Carlos Pena to make it a 3-2 game.
  • The Redbirds added three more in the top of the second inning as Noah Smith doubled home Kyle Gibson, before Pacella connected on his second home run of the game with a two-run shot to left field to make it a 6-2 ballgame.
  • Illinois State made it 9-2 in the top of the third as Brayden Bakes scored on Daniel Contreras' RBI ground out, before Luke Stulga connected on a line drive two-run home run over the left field wall to add to the Redbird lead.
  • Morris made it a 10-2 lead in the top of the fourth with a two-out solo home run to left field to extend the Redbird lead.
  • Indiana State loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth with Alex Nevils crossing the plate on a double play ball to cut the deficit down to 10-3.
  • Illinois State made it 11-3 in the top of the ninth as Josh Outlaw connected on a sacrifice fly to center field scoring Shai Robinson.
  • Indiana State cut it to 11-4 in the bottom of the ninth as Jorge Cartagena scored on a catcher's interference call on John Curl's at-bat to provide the final scoring margin. 
News & Notes
  • Jorge Cartagena ran his hitting streak to six consecutive games with his two-hit outing on Thursday evening.
  • Indiana State (11-14) is tied with Bradley (11-14) for the seventh spot in the MVC standings with two games to play. Evansville (9-16) remains two games back of both for the final spot in the MVC Baseball Championship field. 
Up Next
Indiana State and Illinois State continue the weekend series tomorrow night at Bob Warn Field with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. ET. The game will be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
 
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