Series Secured in Show-Me State

Sunday, March 6

Springfield, Mo.

1 P.M.

Indiana University

4-6

Missouri State

5-6

Indiana

Missouri State

3/6/2022 4:00:00 PM | Baseball

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – For the third straight day, the Indiana baseball program got a good showing from the offense and senior Bradley Brehmer held the Missouri State offense at bay in a 10-4 victory on Sunday (March 6) at Hammons Field.

The victory gave Indiana (4-6) its first series victory of the season, as IU jumped out to an early 9-0 lead after three innings. Missouri State (5-6) scored two in the fourth, one in the sixth and one in the seventh. The Hoosiers added the 10th run of the game with a single run in the sixth.

Five Hoosiers posted multi-hit games and seven of the nine starters collected hits in the contest. Redshirt-junior Matthew Ellis posted his second straight multi-RBI game with a game-high three RBIs on a 2-for-4 day at the plate. The trio of graduate student Tyler Doanes, senior Phillip Glasser and redshirt-sophomore Bobby Whalen each posted two hits in the game and scored two runs.

Freshman Carter Mathison logged his second multi-RBI game of the season and scored twice in a 2-for-4 day at the plate. Mathison hit his second home run of the weekend to cap a six-run first inning. Freshman Brock Tibbitts produced the third multi-RBI game of the day with a pair of RBIs to go along with one base hit and one walk.

In his first start for the Cream and Crimson, Bradley Brehmer (1-0) delivered the second straight quality start for the pitching staff. The right-hander tossed six inning and allowed three runs on four hits to earn his first win in an IU uniform. Freshman Ryan Kraft allowed one run in one inning of work and senior Braydon Tucker finished the game with two scoreless frames.

Missouri State starting pitcher Dan Merrill (1-2) allowed six runs on four hits in just one inning of work. The Bear offense was led by Mason Greer's two-hit day. Four different MSU hitters drove in RBIs, with Mason Hull hitting a solo home run to highlight the offense.

Scoring Recap
Top First
A wild pitch allowed the first run to cross the plate, before four big swings helped IU build an early lead for the third straight game. After Tyler Doanes singled and eventually scored on a wild pitch, Matthew Ellis drove in the second run of the game with a double. Brock Tibbitts drove in a pair of runs with a single and Carter Mathison followed with a two-run home run to stake IU to the early lead.
Indiana 6, Missouri State 0

Top Second
Doanes singled and came around to score on a misplay by MSU and Ellis then drove in the second run of the frame with a ground out.
Indiana 8, Missouri State 0

Top Third
Mathison tripled to left field and came in to score on an errant throw.
Indiana 9, Missouri State 0

Bottom Fourth
Dakota Kotowski drove in the first run of the game with a two-out base hit and Mason Greer followed with a run scoring base hit in the next at bat.
Indiana 9, Missouri State 2

Top Sixth
Phillip Glasser singled with one out and eventually came in to score on an Ellis base hit.
Indiana 10, Missouri State 2

Bottom Sixth
Mason Hull hit a solo home run.
Indiana 10, Missouri State 3

Bottom Seventh
The first two batters reached against reliever Ryan Kraft, before a flyout to center field put runners on the corner with one out. Drake Baldwin then pushed the final run of the game across with a fielder's choice.
Indiana 10, Missouri State 4

Up Next
Indiana will host a pair of midweek games with 4 p.m. first pitches against Cincinnati (March 8) and Purdue Fort Wayne (March 9) before heading to Alabama for a three-game series with Troy on the weekend.