The Sycamores enter the competition with an overall season record of 26-7 and 6-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The Hoosiers enter the competition with an overall record of 14-18 and 5-4 in the Big Ten Conference.
This is the second meeting between these two teams this season with ISU coming away wth a 13-8 victory at Bob Warn Field.
The Sycamores enter the competition off a MVC series win against the Creighton Bluejays.
ISU vs. Creighton
Game One
The Indiana State Sycamores baseball team defeated the Creighton Bluejays, 6-3, in the series opener Friday night at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
Junior Dakota Bacus started on the mound for the Sycamores and gave up three runs on seven hits in eight innings pitched. Senior Jon Hedges led the Sycamores at the plate with three hits while junior Koby Kraemer and freshman Landon Curry added two hits apiece.
With the win, the Sycamores improve their record to 25-6 overall and 5-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bluejays, meanwhile, fall to 13-14 on the season and 1-6 in the conference.
Creighton jumped out to an early lead, tallying four hits and a sacrifice fly in their first six at-bats to plate two runs in the bottom of the first to take a 2-0 lead.
Indiana State senior Ryan Walterhouse led off the top of the third inning with a hit-by-pitch before advancing to second on a sac-bunt. With two outs, Curry hit an RBI single to left-center field, bringing Walterhouse around to score from second. The Bluejays took advantage of an error from the Sycamores in the bottom half to extend their lead back out to two runs.
Senior Lucas Hileman reached on a hit-by-pitch and Walterhouse drew a walk to give the Sycamores runners on first and second with one out in the top of the fourth. Kraemer hit a two-run RBI double down the third-base line to bring the runners around to score and advanced to third on a throw to the plate. Sophomore Tyler Wampler successfully executed a squeeze bunt to score Kraemer from third and give the Sycamores a 4-3 lead; their first of the contest.
After taking the lead, Indiana State never looked back, adding single runs in the seventh and eighth innings and holding the Bluejays scoreless for the remainder of the game to secure the three-run victory.
Game Two
The Indiana State Sycamores baseball team defeated the Creighton Bluejays, 2-0, in game two of the three-game series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska Saturday afternoon in a 12-inning game.
Sophomore Sean Manaea got the start for the Sycamores and gave up five hits in nine innings pitched while not giving up a run. Seniors Brandon Dorsett and Reggie Hochstedler closed out the extra innings and held the Bluejays scoreless. Hedges led the Sycamores at the plate with two hits and two RBIs.
With the win, the Sycamores improve to 26-6 on the season and 6-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bluejays fall to 13-15 on the season and 1-7 in the conference with the loss.
The Bluejays managed to load the bases with no outs in the bottom of the first. The Sycamores, however, were able to work out of the jam behind the arm of Manaea, who fielded a ball hit sharply back to the mound and cut down the runner heading home prior to striking out the next two batters.
Junior Jeremy Lucas reached on a hit-by-pitch in the first inning and junior Koby Kraemer reached on an error in the third for the Sycamores only two base runners throughout the first nine innings.
Creighton, meanwhile, was held hitless in innings five through eight, but had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the ninth after putting a runner in scoring position on a one-out double to left field from junior Alex Staehely. After a single through the infield, Staehely rounded third and headed home but was thrown out at the plate by Indiana State senior Lucas Hileman from center field.
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