SIU Shuts Out Baseball Bears in Series Finale

Sunday, May 2

Carbondale, Ill.

12:00 PM

Missouri State University

15-15, 5-7

Southern Illinois

31-12, 10-10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Missouri State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Southern Illinois	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	X	5	7	1

SIU Shuts Out Baseball Bears in Series Finale

May 02, 2021 | Baseball

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By: MSU Athletics Communications

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Missouri State was shut out by Southern Illinois for the second consecutive game Sunday afternoon at Itchy Jones Stadium as the Salukis completed the four-game Missouri Valley Conference sweep of the Bears with a 5-0 victory.

After Southern Illinois (31-12, 10-10 MVC) grabbed a 2-0 lead with a single, double and two RBI ground outs in the second, Missouri State junior right-hander Jared Viertel settled in, tossing a career-high seven innings and yielding two runs on three hits.

Viertel retired the final 14 Salukis he faced and did not allow a hit after the second before giving way to the bullpen after seven innings. The Salukis used two singles, two doubles and a wild pitch to add three insurance runs in the eighth for a 5-0 lead.

The Bears (15-15, 5-7) put runners on the corners in the second, fifth and eighth innings but were unable to capitalize on any of those chances.

Drake Baldwin paced the offense with a pair of doubles, and Cam Cratic's eighth-inning single extended his streak of reaching safely to 16 games.

SIU starter Ben Chapman (6-4) struck out nine and gave up five hits in 7.2 innings.

Missouri State concludes its 10-game road trip Wednesday with a 6 p.m. game at Kansas.

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