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Sycamores shut down Redhawks to take 8-3 win on Tuesday afternoon

Parker Stinson and Seth Gergely had three hits apiece and Zach Davidson went three effective innings in relief as Indiana State topped SEMO on Tuesday afternoon at Capaha Field, 8-3.

 

Leading 4-3 and needing insurance late, the Sycamore (3-8) bats delivered with a three-run eighth inning to break the game open. Gergely connected on a sacrifice fly scoring Stinson and Joe Kido added a two-out, two-run single scoring Adam Pottinger and Mike Sears to put ISU ahead 7-3. Mike Sears added a solo home run in the ninth and Brennyn Cutts was able to get SEMO (4-9) to ground into the game-ending double play to close out the ISU win.

 

Stinson and Gergely powered the ISU offense on the day, while Luis Hernandez and Mike Sears added multi-hit games as the Sycamore offense connected on 11 hits in the contest. Sears added his fourth home run of the season and Joe Kido posted two RBI in the win.

 

Davidson (1-1) went three scoreless innings to silence the SEMO (4-9) bats as the junior left-hander allowed two hits and struck out two in his first win in the Sycamore Blue & White. Cam Edmonson went 3.2 innings in his first start of the year, while Cutts closed out the game with scoreless innings in both the eighth and ninth frames to end the contest.

 

Josh Cameron had two of SEMO's six hits in the contest and Caleb Rodgers homered to highlight the Redhawk offense on the day.

 

Jonah Sarabia (0-1) took the loss allowing four hits and four runs over 2.2 innings, while Esteban Hernandez, Eddie White, and Kyle Miller went the rest of the way on the mound.

 

How They Scored

•    Indiana State took the lead in the top of the first inning as Parker Stinson followed Luis Hernandez's two-out single with a triple to right center to put the Sycamores ahead 1-0.

•    Peyton Leeper tied the game up in the bottom of the second drawing a two-out bases loaded walk scoring Lincoln Andrews to knot the game up at 1-1.

•    Stinson and Seth Gergely put ISU ahead 4-1 in the top of the third as Stinson singled home Josue Urdaneta, while Gergely added a two-RBI base hit scoring Hernandez and Stinson as the Sycamores scored three in the frame.

•    Caleb Rodgers took two back for SEMO in the bottom of the fourth with a two-out two-run home run to left field scoring Chance Resetich to put the score at 4-3.

•    The Sycamores added to their lead in the eighth as Gergely connected on a sacrifice fly scoring Stinson, while Joe Kido added a two-run single bringing home Adam Pottinger and Mike Sears to put the score at 7-3.

•    Mike Sears added the final run of the game with a solo home run to left in the top of the ninth inning to cap the scoring in the Sycamore win. 

News & Notes

•    Josue Urdaneta and Seth Gergely stretched their season-opening on-base streaks to 11 consecutive games as the duo both reached safely on Tuesday afternoon.

•    Gergely's streak sits at 18 games tying his career-high in the category.

•    Mike Sears added to his team-leading hitting streak as the redshirt junior has connected safely in each of the last seven games.

•    Sears' fourth home run leads the Indiana State roster. He is the only Sycamore to post multiple home runs in 2023 so far.

•    Parker Stinson added his first triple of the season becoming the third ISU player with a three-bagger on the year joining Randal Diaz (2) and Adam Pottinger (1).

•    Two more Sycamores were hit by pitches on Tuesday running ISU's total to 24 in 11 games.

•    The Sycamores have had at least one batter hit by a pitch in 15 consecutive games dating back to the end of the 2022 season.

•    Zach Davidson picked up his first win as a Sycamore making him the third ISU pitcher to earn their first win in the Blue & White this season.

•    Cam Edmonson made his first start on the mound since March 8, 2020, when he made the start against Kansas.

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