UIC Wins Slugfest Against Bears to Even Series

Friday, April 12

Springfield, Mo.

11 a.m.

Missouri State University

15-18, 4-7

UIC

21-11, 6-5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UIC	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	3	3	16	18	0
Missouri State	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	9	16	3

UIC Wins Slugfest Against Bears to Even Series

April 12, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score

By: MSU Athletics Communications

SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State and UIC combined for 25 runs on 34 hits, including 15 for extra bases, Friday at Hammons Field, with the Flames closing on a 9-0 run to even the series with a 16-9 victory.

The Bears (15-18, 4-7 Missouri Valley Conference) led 2-0 after an inning on RBI singles from Curry Sutherland and Nick Rodriguez, got a sac fly from Caden Bogenpohl in the second to lead 3-1, then Bogenpohl and Dylan Leach launched back-to-back homers for the second time this week in a four-run fourth that also included an RBI double from Rodriguez for a 7-3 lead. MSU's fifth set of consecutive homers this year marked the 11^th of the season for both players.

UIC (21-11, 6-5) scored four in the sixth to tie it before Zack Stewart's 13^th homer of the season and 25^th of his career in the bottom half made it 9-7.

It was all UIC after that, with three unearned runs in the seventh making it 10-9, three more in the eighth including Kendall Ewell's second homer of the game, and another three-spot in the ninth for the final 16-9 margin.

The Bears loaded the bases with none out in the eighth and didn't score.

Both Ewell and Zane Zielenski recorded five-hit days for the Flames.

Taeg Gollert doubled twice and went 3-for-4 for the Bears, Rodriguez went 3-for-5, while Bogenpohl, Sutherland, Jahlani Rogers and Izzy Lopez also netted two-hit games.

The series continues at 11 a.m. Saturday.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: HAWKINS, Colin (2-1)

L: Stewart, Dalen (0-1)

S: SMITH, Ryan (1)

UIC

Batting:

2B: HENKLE, AJ 2 ; NAGELBACH, Ryan 1 ; TAYLOR, AJ 1

3B: ZIELINSKI, Zane 1

HR: EWELL, Kendall 2 ; BESSETTE, Jackson 1

RBI: ZIELINSKI, Zane 1 ; HENKLE, AJ 2 ; EWELL, Kendall 4 ; NAGELBACH, Ryan 1 ; TAYLOR, AJ 1 ; BESSETTE, Jackson 2 ; HARRIS, James 2

SF: NAGELBACH, Ryan 1 ; BESSETTE, Jackson 1

Base Running:

RUNS: ZIELINSKI, Zane 2 ; HENKLE, AJ 2 ; EWELL, Kendall 2 ; NAGELBACH, Ryan 1 ; TAYLOR, AJ 3 ; BESSETTE, Jackson 3 ; HEUSOHN, Marcus 1 ; HARRIS, James 1 ; KAY, Garrett 1