Cardinals Cruise to Wednesday Win vs IU South Bend

Wednesday, April 22

Muncie, Ind.

2:30 PM

Ball State University

20-21

IU South Bend

18-27

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
IU South Bend	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	7	7	0
Ball State	4	1	10	3	7	0	X	25	20	0

Jack Bakus in a white Ball State baseball uniform playing first base.

Photo by: Caden Vincent

April 22, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team scored the first 15 runs of the game and cruised to a 25-7 win in seven innings over IU South Bend on Wednesday afternoon at Shebek Stadium.

The Cardinals (20-21) tallied four runs in the first inning, one in the second and 10 in the third to build the 15-run advantage before tacking on three runs in the fourth and seven in the fifth to put the visiting Titans away.

Brayden Huebner hit a leadoff home run before Brady Davidson blasted a three-run homer to give the hosts a 4-0 edge after the first. The 10-run third inning was highlighted by a three-run shot from Taber Stokes and grand slam by Preston Murphy to put Ball State ahead 15-0.

Huston Dunn hit a solo homer, his first as a collegiate player, in the fourth to go along with RBI knocks from Tommy Landsnes (triple) and John Colligan (single). The seven-run fifth inning featured a two-run double by Jack Bakus.

Six Cardinals produced multiple hits on the afternoon including Huebner, Davidson and Bakus with three each. Davidson, Murphy and Taber Stokes notched four RBI each.

Brady Strawmyer started for Ball State and struck out two in 3.0 shutout innings. Zach Leduc (1-1) was credited with the win thanks to four strikeouts in 2.0 scoreless frames to finish the game for the Cardinals.

IU South Bend starting pitcher Josh Vis(2-2) surrendered four runs without getting an out to be hit with the loss.

Ball State is set to begin a three-game series hosting UMass on Friday afternoon.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Leduc, Zach (1-1)

L: Vis, Josh (2-2)

IU South Bend

Batting:

3B: Estremera, Lenox 1

RBI: Brown, Lucas 2 ; Estremera, Lenox 4 ; Turmero, Luis 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Turner, Nick 1 ; Nelson, Josiah 1 ; Garner, Sam 1 ; Estremera, Lenox 1 ; Goodman, Clint 1 ; Warren, Mason 2

HBP: Turner, Nick 1

Ball State

Batting:

2B: Huebner, Brayden 1 ; Dunn, Huston 1 ; Gillis, Jacob 1 ; Bakus, Jack 2

3B: Landsnes, Tommy 1

HR: Stokes, Taber 1 ; Huebner, Brayden 1 ; Dunn, Huston 1 ; Davidson, Brady 1 ; Murphy, Preston 1

RBI: Perkins, Maalik 1 ; Griffiths, Brett 1 ; Stokes, Taber 4 ; Huebner, Brayden 1 ; Dunn, Huston 1 ; Gillis, Jacob 2 ; Colligan, John 2 ; Bakus, Jack 2 ; Kendall, Brandt 1 ; Davidson, Brady 4 ; Murphy, Preston 4 ; Landsnes, Tommy 1

SF: Perkins, Maalik 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Perkins, Maalik 1 ; Griffiths, Brett 1 ; Stokes, Taber 1 ; Keller, Charlie 1 ; Muizelaar, Ryan 1 ; Huebner, Brayden 3 ; Dunn, Huston 2 ; Gillis, Jacob 2 ; Colligan, John 2 ; Sorgius, Kendric 1 ; Bakus, Jack 3 ; Kendall, Brandt 1 ; Davidson, Brady 2 ; Murphy, Preston 2 ; Landsnes, Tommy 2