TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State (8-6) pounded out 13 hits and used an early grand slam by Diego Gines to beat Southeast Missouri (13-2), 10-1, Tuesday afternoon at Bob Warn Field.
INS ended SEMO's 11-game winning streak.
Jake Ridgway threw a no-hitter through four innings before
Andrew Keck spoiled the bid with a leadoff double in the top of the fifth.
SEMO went scoreless for seven innings before scoring its only run in the top of the eighth on a double by reigning Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week
Peyton Leeper.
The Sycamores struck first with a single off the bat of right fielder Sean Ross, that plated Jordan Schaffer to make it a 1-0 game in the first inning.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the third inning,
Matt Perego entered the game in relief and the Sycamores scored four runs on Gines' long ball to take a 5-0 lead.
A sixth inning two-run home run by Josue Urdaneta pushed the Sycamores lead to 8-0.
Urdaneta hit his second homer of the day in the bottom of the eighth inning to end the scoring.
The top four hitters in INS' lineup combined for six hits and nine runs. Gines went 3-for-3 with a run scored and five RBI to lead the way.
Leeper, Keck and
Ty Stauss each had a hit for the Redhawks.
Ethan Osborne (0-1) suffered the loss for SEMO after giving up four hits and four runs in two innings. Osborne struck out four and walked one, as well.
The Redhawks fell to 8-2 against Missouri Valley Conference schools this season.
SEMO and INS close out their two-game midweek series at 2 p.m., CT Wednesday.