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Photo by: Bobby Ellis (Ball State Creative Services)
Baseball Splits Doubleheader with Toledo, Goes for Series Win Sunday
March 27, 2021 | Baseball
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Chayce McDermott matched a career-high with 13 strikeouts to lead the Ball State baseball team to a 7-1 victory in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader at First Merchants Ballpark Complex. But Toledo found the hits when it needed them in game two for a 6-3 victory to earn a split of the day's action.
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"I thought both games were very competitive," BSU head coach Rich Maloney said. "We got the big hits, the timely hits in the first game, and they got timely hits in the second game. That was really the story of the day. I thought both pitchers for both teams pitched well. Tomorrow we have to really battle and find a way to win the series."
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The Cardinals (11-9, 5-2 MAC) and Rockets (4-16, 2-5 MAC) will close out their four-game set Sunday with a 1 p.m. first pitch. Ball State leads the series 2-1 and will aim for a second straight series victory to open conference play.
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Based on guidance surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, general public attendance is not permitted at First Merchants Ballpark Complex this season.
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Game 1 | BSU 7, TOL 1
McDermott struck out nine consecutive Toledo hitters at one point on his way to 13 in a seven-inning complete game. He fanned 11 last week in just five innings against Western Michigan.
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On Saturday, McDermott allowed only a first-inning run on Chris Meyers' third homer of the weekend for Toledo and then shut down the Rockets the rest of the way. He scattered three hits and did not walk a single batter.
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Ryan Peltier's two-run homer in the bottom of the second put the Cardinals on top, and they never surrendered the lead. BSU put the game out of reach with a four spot in the fifth inning, highlighted by a two-RBI triple from Trenton Quartermaine. Noah Powell added a solo shot in the sixth for good measure.
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Game 2 | TOL 6, BSU 3
Lukas Jaksich was out there matching McDermott strikeout for strikeout as the BSU starter in the second game. The left-hander fanned 11 Toledo batters in 5.2 innings.
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Jaksich breezed through the first four innings without allowing a hit. Then Toledo broke through with three runs in the fifth. Nicky Winterstein, who drove in five of Toledo's six runs in the game, plated two with a double in the fifth. The Rockets then hung three more in the sixth on a bases-clearing triple from Winterstein to stretch the lead to 6-1.
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Ball State, which managed just one run through six innings against Toledo starter Layne Schnitz-Paxton, tried to rally in the seventh. Decker Scheffler's pinch-hit, two-RBI double with two outs cut the lead to three, but Schnitz-Paxton got the out he needed to finish out the seven-inning complete game.
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"I thought both games were very competitive," BSU head coach Rich Maloney said. "We got the big hits, the timely hits in the first game, and they got timely hits in the second game. That was really the story of the day. I thought both pitchers for both teams pitched well. Tomorrow we have to really battle and find a way to win the series."
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The Cardinals (11-9, 5-2 MAC) and Rockets (4-16, 2-5 MAC) will close out their four-game set Sunday with a 1 p.m. first pitch. Ball State leads the series 2-1 and will aim for a second straight series victory to open conference play.
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Based on guidance surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, general public attendance is not permitted at First Merchants Ballpark Complex this season.
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Game 1 | BSU 7, TOL 1
McDermott struck out nine consecutive Toledo hitters at one point on his way to 13 in a seven-inning complete game. He fanned 11 last week in just five innings against Western Michigan.
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On Saturday, McDermott allowed only a first-inning run on Chris Meyers' third homer of the weekend for Toledo and then shut down the Rockets the rest of the way. He scattered three hits and did not walk a single batter.
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Ryan Peltier's two-run homer in the bottom of the second put the Cardinals on top, and they never surrendered the lead. BSU put the game out of reach with a four spot in the fifth inning, highlighted by a two-RBI triple from Trenton Quartermaine. Noah Powell added a solo shot in the sixth for good measure.
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Game 2 | TOL 6, BSU 3
Lukas Jaksich was out there matching McDermott strikeout for strikeout as the BSU starter in the second game. The left-hander fanned 11 Toledo batters in 5.2 innings.
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Jaksich breezed through the first four innings without allowing a hit. Then Toledo broke through with three runs in the fifth. Nicky Winterstein, who drove in five of Toledo's six runs in the game, plated two with a double in the fifth. The Rockets then hung three more in the sixth on a bases-clearing triple from Winterstein to stretch the lead to 6-1.
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Ball State, which managed just one run through six innings against Toledo starter Layne Schnitz-Paxton, tried to rally in the seventh. Decker Scheffler's pinch-hit, two-RBI double with two outs cut the lead to three, but Schnitz-Paxton got the out he needed to finish out the seven-inning complete game.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: McDermott, Chayce (3-1)
L: JONES, Kyle (0-4)
Batting:
HR: MEYERS, Chris 1
RBI: MEYERS, Chris 1
SH: THOMPSON, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MEYERS, Chris 1
Batting:
2B: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 1
3B: Quartermaine, Trenton 1
HR: Powell, Nick 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 1
RBI: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Quartermaine, Trenton 2 ; Powell, Nick 1 ; Peltier, Ryan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Tellier, Adam 1 ; Navarro, Noah 1 ; Powell, Nick 2 ; Peltier, Ryan 1 ; Conant, Justin 1 ; Simpson, Aaron 1
SB: Navarro, Noah 1
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