Redbirds Rally to Win 156th Horenberger-Bass
Classic
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[April 22, 2015]
NORMAL - The Illinois State baseball
team plated four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to turn a
two-run deficit into a two-run lead and win the 156th Horenberger-Bass
Classic over Illinois Wesleyan Tuesday at Duffy Bass Field. Illinois
State won, 7-5.
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Paul DeJong’s two-run home run to left-center field tied the game in
the bottom of the ninth. Jared Hendren scored on a wild pitch to
give the hosts the lead and Dennis Colon brought home another run
with an RBI single.
Mitch Vogrin pitched two scoreless innings to finish up the game to
earn his first collegiate win.
Illinois State (19-18) scored the game’s first run Tuesday when
Hendren tripled and scored on an error, but Illinois Wesleyan
(20-10) scored three runs in the top of the third with a run-scoring
single from Derek Idstein and a two-run base hit from Pat Mollo. The
Titans added another run in the fifth with a Mollo sacrifice fly.
The Redbirds started to claw their way back into the game with two
runs in the sixth inning, courtesy of a a two-run single from Mason
Snyder. Illinois Wesleyan got one of those back in the seventh,
however, with an RBI double from Mallo, who drove in four of the
Titans’ five runs.
Illinois State completed the comeback in the eighth inning, with
four runs on six hits in the frame.
Redbird starter Matt Lambert surrendered four runs over four innings
of work, with five hits and two walks allowed. Reliever Jeffrey
Barton pitched three strong innings of relief, allowing just one
unearned run on three hits and one walk. Vogrin finished off the
win, with two shutout innings, allowing just one hit against three
strikeouts.
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Dwyer, DeJong, Hendren and Sean Beesley tallied two hits apiece for
the Redbirds, while DeJong and Snyder drove in two runs each.
The Redbirds are back in action Wednesday night, hosting Webster at
6 p.m. at Duffy Bass Field.
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[Matt Wing, Illinois State
University]
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