Saturday, May 14
Springfield, Mo.
11:00 a.m.
Missouri State University
24-23, 7-10
3
vs
1
Illinois State
18-27, 5-12
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Missouri State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Barnes Shuts Down Redbirds in 3-1 Win
May 14, 2022 | Baseball
Season Statistics
SPRINGFIELD – Forrest Barnes took a shutout into the seventh inning Saturday afternoon at Hammons Field and Drake Baldwin hit a two-run home run in the opening frame to lead the baseball Bears to a 3-1 victory over Illinois State.
Barnes (5-3) yielded just two hits in a season-high 6.1 innings, a one-out single in the first and a leadoff double in the seventh that was the first Redbird to reach second base in the game.
He faced two more batters before Trey Ziegenbein got a pair of strikeouts in relief to keep ISU off the scoreboard.
Spencer Nivens led off the game with a single to extend his hitting streak to 11 contests, and Baldwin launched his third homer of the series and 13th of the season two batters later for a 2-0 lead.
Mason Hull drove in Mason Greer with a two-out double in the fifth to make it 3-0, and the score remained there until Illinois State loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth.
Jake McMahill entered and got a sac fly, then a single to load the bases again before the Bears turned a double play to end it and earn McMahill his third save.
Baldwin finished 3-for-5 in the game while Nivens and Cam Cratic had two hits apiece.
Missouri State (24-23, 7-10 Missouri Valley Conference) clinched the series with the Redbirds (18-27, 5-12) with a second consecutive victory. The Bears go for the sweep at 11 a.m. Sunday, with Senior Day festivities set to begin at 10:40.
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SPRINGFIELD – Forrest Barnes took a shutout into the seventh inning Saturday afternoon at Hammons Field and Drake Baldwin hit a two-run home run in the opening frame to lead the baseball Bears to a 3-1 victory over Illinois State.
Barnes (5-3) yielded just two hits in a season-high 6.1 innings, a one-out single in the first and a leadoff double in the seventh that was the first Redbird to reach second base in the game.
He faced two more batters before Trey Ziegenbein got a pair of strikeouts in relief to keep ISU off the scoreboard.
Spencer Nivens led off the game with a single to extend his hitting streak to 11 contests, and Baldwin launched his third homer of the series and 13th of the season two batters later for a 2-0 lead.
Mason Hull drove in Mason Greer with a two-out double in the fifth to make it 3-0, and the score remained there until Illinois State loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth.
Jake McMahill entered and got a sac fly, then a single to load the bases again before the Bears turned a double play to end it and earn McMahill his third save.
Baldwin finished 3-for-5 in the game while Nivens and Cam Cratic had two hits apiece.
Missouri State (24-23, 7-10 Missouri Valley Conference) clinched the series with the Redbirds (18-27, 5-12) with a second consecutive victory. The Bears go for the sweep at 11 a.m. Sunday, with Senior Day festivities set to begin at 10:40.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Barnes, Forrest (5-3)
L: Sinisko, Sean (1-5)
S: McMahill, Jake (3)
Batting:
2B: McCaw, Jake 1
RBI: Olson, Connor 1
SF: Olson, Connor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cermak, Ryan 1
HBP: Olson, Connor 1
Batting:
2B: Hull, Mason 1 ; Cratic, Cam 1
HR: Baldwin, Drake 1
RBI: Baldwin, Drake 2 ; Hull, Mason 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nivens, Spencer 1 ; Greer, Mason 1 ; Baldwin, Drake 1
HBP: Wood, Grant 1 ; Moore, Hayden 1
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