Missouri State University
10-13, 1-3
Illinois State
12-11, 2-2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois State | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 3 |
| Missouri State | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 3 |
Bears Fall to Redbirds Friday Night Slugfest
March 29, 2024 | Baseball
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The Bears (10-13, 1-3) collected a season-high 18 hits, with Dylan Leach going 4-for-6 and Logan Chambers and Caden Bogenpohl recording three apiece. Bogenpohl reached safely five times, while Tyler Epstein went 2-for-5 with a career-high five RBI.
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Brandt Thompson gave up two runs on three hits in seven innings, but four MSU relievers combined to give up 10 runs, seven of which were unearned.
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Thompson cruised through seven frames, giving up two-run homer in the third before facing the minimum in the final four innings and leaving with a 6-2 lead.
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It was 6-2 Bears after seven following Epstein's two run single, but ISU (12-11, 2-2) tagged the MSU bullpen for six in the eighth, the final five unearned and scoring with two out.
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Nick Rodriguez had a sacrifice fly and Epstein cleared the bases with a three-run triple in the bottom of the eighth for a 10-8 lead, and the Redbirds loaded the bases in the ninth courtesy of two walks and an error.
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ISU's Daniel Pacella clocked a three-run double to give the lead back to the 'Birds, and a two-out single made it 12-10.
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The Bears scored on a two-out error in the ninth for 12-11, and Rodriguez's liner was caught by a leaping ISU left fielder to end the game.
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Game two of the series is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Husak, Joe (2-1)
L: Day, Hunter (1-4)
Batting:
2B: Pacella, Daniel 1
3B: Rabin, Noah 1
HR: Rasmussen, Auggie 1
RBI: Rasmussen, Auggie 2 ; Sokolove, J.T. 1 ; Pacella, Daniel 5 ; Rabin, Noah 3 ; Nichols, Greg 1
SF: Nichols, Greg 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rasmussen, Auggie 2 ; Sokolove, J.T. 2 ; Pacella, Daniel 2 ; Morris, Judah 1 ; Herron, Tyler 1 ; Kubo, Shaydon 1 ; Smith, Noah 2 ; Nichols, Greg 1
PO: Morris, Judah 1
Batting:
3B: Epstein, Tyler 1
HR: Leach, Dylan 1
RBI: Leach, Dylan 1 ; Rodriguez, Nick 2 ; Rogers, Jahlani 2 ; Epstein, Tyler 5
SF: Rodriguez, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stewart, Zack 1 ; Leach, Dylan 3 ; Bogenpohl, Caden 2 ; Chambers, Logan 3 ; Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; Rogers, Jahlani 1
PO: Rogers, Jahlani 1
