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 Webster jumped out to a 3-0 lead after five innings of play, but the
Redbirds took advantage of three errors by the Gorloks in the
five-run sixth. Illinois State added seven runs in the seventh, all
with two outs, before Jared Hendren hit a run-scoring, walk-off
double in the eighth to give the Redbirds the run-ruled win.
Webster (24-10) scored all three of its runs before the Redbirds put
a run on the scoreboard. The Gorloks plated a pair of runs in the
top of the first, courtesy of a Jeff Kammer two-run double. They
added another run in the fifth with a run-scoring single from Kammer,
who was 4-for-4 from the plate Wednesday.
Illinois State (20-18) scored its first runs of the game in the
sixth inning, which started with a triple from Ryan Koziol. Mason
Snyder singled in Koziol, before scoring himself when Blake Molitor
doubled and Webster committed the first of three errors in the
inning. Logan Leverett walked and moved into scoring position on the
Gorloks’ second error, and both he and Molitor scored on Webster’s
third miscue. Paul DeJong singled in the Redbirds’ fifth run in the
inning.
The Redbirds scored seven runs in the seventh inning, thanks to
three hits and six walks. Joe Kelch scored the first run in the
inning on a balk, before consecutive bases-loaded walks were issued
to DeJong, Hendren and Koziol. Snyder followed with a bases-clearing
double to left-center field.
Hendren’s double to right field in the eighth gave the Redbirds a
10-run lead and sealed their second victory in as many days.
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Redbird starter Jack Czeszewski allowed two runs on six hits and two
walks, over four innings, in his first collegiate start Wednesday.
Alec Altmyer allowed just one unearned run in one inning of work,
before Craig Larkin, Jake Sale and Jack Landwehr pitched one
scoreless inning each to finish out the game.
Snyder, Kelch and Molitor tallied three hits apiece in the win,
while Snyder drove in a game-high four runs.
The Redbirds are off Thursday before beginning a three-game Missouri
Valley Conference series against league-leading, No. 15 Missouri
State on Friday. The series opener is set for a 4:30 p.m. start.
[Matt Wing, Illinois State
University]
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