March 23, 2007
Baseball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDIANA STATE DROPS MVC OPENER AT WICHITA STATE

WICHITA, Kan. – Indiana State entered its Missouri Valley Conference opener at Wichita State riding a four-game winning steak, but fell to the nation’s No. 11 team, the Shockers, by a score of 7-1 at Eck Stadium, The Home of Tyler Field. ISU falls to 9-8, 0-1 MVC while WSU is now 19-5, 1-0 MVC.

Senior Ryan Hayes took the loss for the Sycamores, dropping him to 2-2 on the season. Hayes pitched six innings, allowing eight hits and five runs, all earned. He walked five Shockers as well. Andrew Strange worked two thirds of an inning in relief, allowing two hits and a run. Brian Gass finished the game with 1.1 innings of work, giving up just one Shocker hit.

Indiana State got on the board for its lone score of the game in the top of the seventh inning when Chris Schmidt reached on a throwing error by the Wichita shortstop. He came around to score on a Shocker miscue in the outfield which allowed Brett Siegmund to reach base.

Wichita posted four runs through four innings before the Sycamores made it 4-1 with Schmidt’s score in the seventh. The Shockers added a pair in the bottom of the seventh frame as well as one more in the eighth for the 7-1 victory.

Offensively, Indiana State received his from Ryan Bond, Schmidt, Marcus Artner, Dave Brumagin and Sean Osborne.

WSU’s Travis Banwart pitched seven innings and struck out 10 Sycamores, while allowing four hits.

The Sycamores return to action on Saturday, March 24 with the second game of the series versus Wichita State. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m. (ET) and can be heard locally on WISU-FM (89.7).

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