Ball State University
25-15-1
Indiana
22-18-1
Ball State Ties IU after 12 Innings
April 24, 2024 | Baseball
Game Called Due to Darkness
The Cardinals (25-15-1) plated three in the first on an RBI single by Hunter Dobbins and run-scoring doubles from Blake Bevis and Nick Husovsky for the early edge. Husovsky came through again in the third inning with an RBI single to increase the host's lead to four runs.
Indiana (22-18-1) responded with a single tally in the fourth, but Ball State got RBI singles by Husovsky and Dylan Grego in the fifth and a Bevis RBI double in the seventh inning for the 7-1 advantage. The visiting Hoosiers scored three runs each in the eighth and ninth innings to tie the game, and neither team could push a run across in extras to finish in a stalemate.
Bevis went 3-for-5 with three doubles, a walk, two RBI and a run scored while tossing 2.1 shutout innings and striking out three after going to the mound in relief in the ninth to force extra baseball. Husovsky also produced a trio of hits while driving in three.
Jacob Hartlaub started for the Cardinals, striking out two and allowing two hits and a run in 4.0 innings. Logan Schulfer followed that up with three strikeouts in 2.1 shutout innings. Brady Owens struck out the side in a scoreless twelfth inning for a Ball State pitching staff that used nine hurlers.
The game was originally scheduled to be played on Tuesday night at Victory Field in Indianapolis but was postponed to Wednesday at Ball Diamond due to rain.
Ball State hits the road to face NC State in a three-game set scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Friday in Raleigh, N.C.
Team Stats
Batting:
2B: Pyne, Josh 1 ; Cerny, Tyler 1 ; Stadler, Jake 1 ; Oliver, Jasen 1
RBI: Mitchell, Nick 2 ; Brenczewski, Joey 2 ; Stadler, Jake 2
SF: Mitchell, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pyne, Josh 1 ; Taylor, Devin 3 ; Cerny, Tyler 2 ; Brenczewski, Joey 1
SB: Cerny, Tyler 1
HBP: Mitchell, Nick 1
Batting:
2B: Hallquist, Michael 2 ; Bevis, Blake 3 ; Husovsky, Nick 1
RBI: Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Bevis, Blake 2 ; Husovsky, Nick 3 ; Grego, Dylan 1
SH: Kamins, Matthew 1 ; Grego, Dylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hallquist, Michael 2 ; Dobbins, Hunter 3 ; Bevis, Blake 1 ; Husovsky, Nick 1
SB: Dobbins, Hunter 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 1
CS: Gregory, Nick 1
HBP: Grego, Dylan 1 ; Jacobs, Clay 1
