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Baseball Loses Series Finale to Indiana State, 8-3
3/22/2009 3:45:00 PM | Baseball
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Creighton baseball team lost the finale of its three-game series with Indiana State, falling 8-3 in Terre Haute, Ind., Sunday at Sycamore field.
The Bluejays started off well as they got on the board in the first inning for the fourth game in a row. With a two outs, Darin Ruf started things off with a single to left. Vicente Cafaro followed with a hit in his 14th straight game, this time a single to left as well. T.J. Roemmich then drove in the first run of the day for the Jays, hitting a single to center that brought in Ruf that gave the team a 1-0 lead.
Indiana State tied the game in the bottom of the first, as Ryan Strausborger drew a lead off walk. After advancing to second on a Kyle Burnam sacrifice, Strausborger scored on Brady Shoemaker's single to center.
The Sycamores took the lead in the bottom of the third as Joe Meggs led off the inning with a single. He advanced to second off a Pascual del Real bunt, and went to third on a Jonas Dufek wild pitch. Meggs would score when Burnam singled to center.
ISU put a rally together in the fifth as del Real tripled to left center with one out. The lead became 4-1 as Strausborger hit a two-run home run to left field.
In the seventh the Sycamores added even more insurance, as runners were on the corners with just one out. Burnam then sent a double down the left field line, scoring both runners, and putting the lead at 6-1.
The Jays put a late inning rally together as Roemmich doubled down the left field line putting runners at second and third with no one out in the top of the eighth. After Nick Becker grounded out to the pitcher, Jimmy Swift walked to load the bases. Scott Thornburg followed with single to bring home Cafaro. Ian Dike then came in as a pinch hitter and lifted a sacrifice fly to left, bringing in Roemmich. At the end of eight it was 6-3 in favor of Indiana State.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Sycamores got their two runs back courtesy of two passed balls and a wild pitch, and made it 8-3. The highlight of the inning was del Real's double to left, plating Meggs for the final run of the day.
CU will return home on Tuesday, March 24, as it takes on North Dakota at the CU Sports Complex at 4:00 p.m., in the first of two midweek games.
NOTES: Bob Lackovic's two runs surrendered in the bottom of the seventh snapped a 10.0 inning scoreless streak, spanning seven appearances...He had not surrendered a run since March 3 against Kansas State...It is the first time in the last 13 games Creighton has lost to Indiana State...Indiana State moved to 13-0 on the season when scoring seven runs or more.
