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Jacob Crum has four hits, including a double and a triple, to lead CMU at the plate on Saturday in its doubleheader at Illinois State.
Chippewas Drop 2 At Illinois State
3/16/2019 8:59:00 PM | Baseball
Teams close three-game series on Sunday
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State scored in the late innings in both games on Saturday in sweeping a nonconference doubleheader from Central Michigan at the Redbirds' Duffy Bass Field.
The Redbirds scored five runs in the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie in taking the opener, 7-2, and then scored the go-ahead run in the seventh for a 5-4 victory in the nightcap.
The teams close their three-game series on Sunday (2 p.m.). The Chippewas are 12-6. Illinois State is 12-5.
"We simply did not come out as prepared to play in game one as we needed to be," CMU coach Jordan Bischel said. "It's my responsibility to make sure we come out more prepared.
"We competed well in game two, but just allowed a couple of costly extra-base hits and had a couple of breaks go the other way."
CMU finished with 23 hits on the day, but left a total of 19 runners on base.
"Illinois State is a very good team with a talented pitching staff that make some great pitches with guys on base," Bischel said. "At times I thought we tried to do a little too much."
GAME 1
The Chippewas collected 11 hits and stranded 11 baserunners in the opener.
Illinois State used six hits, three of them doubles, in pushing across five runs off losing pitcher Zach Kohn (2-3) in the eighth.
Zach Heeke, Griffin Lockwood-Powell, Jacob Crum and Blake Cleveland had two hits apiece for CMU. Lockwood-Powell scored on a wild pitch in the second and Heeke drove in a run with an infield single in the fifth to put CMU up, 2-1.
Illinois State tied the game in the fifth on a two-out Jordan Libman RBI double. Libman finished with four of Illinois State's 12 hits.
Senior Pat Leatherman started and went five innings for CMU. He allowed two runs on six hits, walked two, and struck out four.
GAME 2
CMU led, 4-1, before the Redbirds got two runs in the fourth, one in the fifth, and then scored the go-ahead run, unearned, in the sixth.
CMU outhit the Redbirds, 12-10. Heeke, Zach Gilles, Crum and Gaoshua Williams collected two hits each for the Chippewas. Crum drove in two runs.
Cameron Miller (0-1) took the loss in relief of starter Cameron Brown. Miller allowed one run – unearned – on four hits while striking out five over 2 2/3 innings. Brown went 5 1/3 innings, surrendering four runs on six hits, while walking three and striking out three.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Johnson, Colton (3-0)
L: Kohn, Zach (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Lockwood-Powell, Griffin 1 ; Crum, Jacob 1
RBI: Heeke, Zach 1
SH: Rollin, Chase 1 ; Cleveland, Blake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lockwood-Powell, Griffin 1 ; Rollin, Chase 1
SB: Rollin, Chase 1
CS: Heeke, Zach 1
Batting:
2B: Libman, Jordan 1 ; Hays, Tyson 1 ; Peterson, Gunner 1 ; Butler, Jack 1 ; Huggins, Aidan 1
RBI: Libman, Jordan 3 ; Aeilts, Joe 1 ; Peterson, Gunner 2 ; Huggins, Aidan 1
SH: Butler, Jack 1
SF: Aeilts, Joe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rave, John 1 ; Parola, Derek 1 ; Butler, Joe 1 ; Hays, Tyson 1 ; Peterson, Gunner 1 ; Butler, Jack 1 ; Huggins, Aidan 1
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