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Morris
4
Indiana State INS 24-31
14
Winner Illinois State ILS 28-26
Indiana State INS
24-31
4
Final
14
Illinois State ILS
28-26
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Indiana State INS 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 8 3
Illinois State ILS 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 14 15 1

W: Chadwick, Tyrelle (6-3) L: Brooks, Ty (3-5)

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

Indiana State baseball’s 2025 season comes to an end against No. 5 Illinois State

NORMAL, Ill. – Indiana State's 2025 baseball season came to an end on Tuesday night at Duffy Bass Field as the No. 8 Sycamores fell to the No. 5 Illinois State Redbirds, 14-4, in an elimination game at the Missouri Valley Baseball Championships.
 
On a day plagued by weather delays that pushed the original 2:30 p.m. ET start time back to an 8:30 p.m. ET start, the Sycamores (24-31) jumped on Redbirds' starting pitcher Tyrelle Chadwick (6-3) early as Carlos Pena opened the game with a leadoff solo home run over the right field wall. Weston Fulk followed three batters later with an RBI single scoring Jorge Cartagena to put Indiana State ahead 2-0 early.
 
However, similar to the weekend series this past week in Terre Haute, the Illinois State (28-26) rallied back scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning against Indiana State starter Ty Brooks (3-5) to seize control of the game.
 
Indiana State turned the ball over to All-MVC First Team reliever Gavin Morris in the bottom of the second inning and the Sycamore senior delivered in his longest outing of the 2025 season. Morris worked 5.0 innings and 83 pitches as the Brazil, Ind. native matched Chadwick on the mound over the middle part of the game before fatigue set in late in the contest.
 
The Redbirds rallied late with nine runs over the seventh and eighth innings to secure their second consecutive run-rule win over Indiana State to claim the 14-4 win and advance to the start of Wednesday's double-elimination rounds.
 
Carter Beck went 3-for-3 to pace the Indiana State offense on the evening as the sophomore outfielder reached base in all four plate appearances. Cartagena and Nomar Garcia both doubled, while Pena homered to highlight the Sycamores at the plate.
 
Brooks took the loss after allowing five hits and four runs over 1.2 innings of work on the mound. Morris went 5.0 innings allowing six hits and four runs while striking out four. Jacob Spencer, Breyllin Suriel, and Jack Armstrong closed out the game on the mound.
 
All nine Illinois State players in the lineup hit safely on Tuesday night with Josh Outlaw and Kyle Gibson both posting three-hit games in the win. Daniel Pacella added two runs and three runs scored, while Daniel Contreras added three RBIs in the game.
 
Chadwick went the distance on the mound for Illinois State allowing eight hits and four runs while striking out seven in the complete game effort.
 
How They Scored
  • Carlos Pena connected on a full-count, solo home run to open the game on Tuesday evening as the senior outfielder drove the ball over the right field wall to stake Indiana State to the 1-0 lead.
  • The Sycamores made it 2-0 in the first as Weston Fulk connected on an RBI single through the left side scoring Jorge Cartagena.
  • Brayden Bakes connected on a two-run double scoring Daniel Pacella and Kyle Gibson, while Daniel Contreras singled home Bakes and Shai Robinson in the bottom of the first inning to put Illinois State ahead 4-2.
  • Luke Stulga made it a 5-2 ballgame with an RBI sacrifice fly scoring Robinson in the bottom of the third.
  • The Sycamores cut the deficit to 5-3 in the top of the fourth inning as Nomar Garcia hammered an RBI double down the left field line driving in Jackson Taylor from first base.
  • The Redbirds stretched the lead to 8-3 in the bottom of the seventh as Judah Morris (RBI single), Josh Outlaw (RBI single), and Stulga (RBI single) all drove in runs in the inning.
  • Indiana State cut the lead down to 8-4 in the top of the eighth as Miguel Cantu brought home Beck with an RBI fielder's choice.
  • Illinois State scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to close out the 14-4 run-rule victory. Noah Smith scored on a wild pitch to provide the first run, while Robinson and Daniel Contreras both recorded bases-loaded walks to make it an 11-3 game. Two more runs scored on Outlaw's base hit, before Gibson capped the scoring with the walk-off RBI single to close out the 14-4 win.
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