Missouri State University
5-4
Indiana
2-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Missouri State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 | 9 | 3 |
Bears Rally to Take Series Opener from Indiana
March 04, 2022 | Baseball
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State overcome a five-run deficit for the second time this season in Friday's home-opening win against Indiana, scoring seven runs in the fifth inning and getting a two-run homer in the eighth from Dakota Kotowski for a 9-7 victory over the Hoosiers at Hammons Field.
Trailing 5-0 in the fifth, Mason Hull kick-started the MSU (5-4) offense with a one-out double, Kotowski followed with a single and Mason Greer launched a three-run homer that landed on the roof of the Bill Rowe Training Facility beyond the right-center field wall for a 5-3 score.
The Bears then loaded the bases with two out in the frame and got an RBI single from Grant Wood and a bases-loaded walk from Cam Cratic before Hull's two-out single for a 7-5 lead. It was the second time this season that Hull recorded two hits in the same inning.
Indiana (2-6) got solo home runs in the seventh and eighth frames to pull even before Kotowski launched his Missouri Valley Conference-leading sixth home run of the season off the scoreboard in left-center for the 9-7 final.
Riyan Rodriguez steadied the game on the mound by tossing 3.2 innings in relief of Adam Link, striking out six and giving up a run on two hits. Trey Ziegenbein (2-1) pitched the last two innings and was credited with the win.
Missouri State's other five-run comeback this season was Feb. 27 against Cal Poly, when Bears trailed the Mustangs 5-0 in the sixth inning of an 8-5 win.
Game two of the series is set for 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ziegenbein, Trey (2-1)
L: Sharp, Reese (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Tibbitts, Brock 1
HR: Colopy, Morgan 1 ; Mathison, Carter 1
RBI: Doanes, Tyler 1 ; Colopy, Morgan 1 ; Mathison, Carter 1 ; Pyne, Josh 2
SH: Serruto, Peter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Whalen, Bobby 1 ; Colopy, Morgan 2 ; Tibbitts, Brock 1 ; Mathison, Carter 3
SB: Doanes, Tyler 1
HBP: Mathison, Carter 1
Batting:
2B: Hull, Mason 1
HR: Kotowski, Dakota 1 ; Greer, Mason 1
RBI: Wood, Grant 1 ; Cratic, Cam 1 ; Hull, Mason 2 ; Kotowski, Dakota 2 ; Greer, Mason 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Baldwin, Drake 1 ; Nivens, Spencer 1 ; Wood, Grant 1 ; Moore, Hayden 1 ; Hull, Mason 1 ; Kotowski, Dakota 2 ; Greer, Mason 1 ; Rolffs, Jaden 1
CS: Duff, Will 1
HBP: Duff, Will 1 ; Baldwin, Drake 1
