Ball State University Athletics
Ball State University
12-11
Southern Indiana
16-9
Baseball Suffers Setback in Tuesday Road Game at USI
March 24, 2026 | Baseball
The Cardinals (12-11) got the scoring started in the top of the first on a Brady Davidson RBI single to plate Brayden Huebner. After USI (16-9) tallied three runs in the bottom half of the opening frame,
Huebner brought home John Colligan and Gavin Balius with a double to knot the score at 3-3. The hosts scored three runs each in the third and fourth innings and four in the seventh to secure the win.
Ball State got hits from Huebner, Davidson, Colligan, Balius, Jacob Gillis and Kenskey Thomas on the night. Gillis and Huebner both had a double and a walk.
The Screaming Eagles got hits from nine different student-athletes and 5.0 shutout innings from its relief pitchers. Levin East (3-2) struck out five in 3.0 frames of two-hit ball to be credited with the win.
Alex Burden (1-1) started for the Cardinals and allowed five runs (three earned) in 2.0 innings to suffer the loss.
Next up for Ball State is a three-game series at home against Ohio starting Friday at 3 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Levin East (3-2)
L: Burden, Alex (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Huebner, Brayden 1 ; Gillis, Jacob 1
RBI: Huebner, Brayden 2 ; Davidson, Brady 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Huebner, Brayden 1 ; Colligan, John 1 ; Balius, Gavin 1
SB: Thomas, Kenskey 1 ; Balius, Gavin 1
Batting:
2B: Noah Foster 1 ; Drue Saenz 1
RBI: Patrick McLellan 1 ; Clayton Slack 1 ; Micajah Wall 3 ; Noah Foster 1 ; Jesse Velders 1 ; Drue Saenz 2
SH: Khi Holiday 1 ; Micajah Wall 1
SF: Micajah Wall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Parker Martin 1 ; Khi Holiday 2 ; Patrick McLellan 3 ; Clayton Slack 2 ; Micajah Wall 1 ; Noah Foster 1 ; Hunter Miller 1 ; Drue Saenz 1 ; Charlie Marisca 1
SB: Clayton Slack 3
HBP: Khi Holiday 1 ; Zion Stephens 1
