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Team vs OK
8
Illinois St Redbirds ILS 3-6
26
Winner ULM Warhawks ULM 8-2
Illinois St Redbirds ILS
3-6
8
Final
26
ULM Warhawks ULM
8-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Illinois St Redbirds ILS 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8 14 3
ULM Warhawks ULM 2 2 4 1 4 11 2 0 X 26 25 2

W: Barton, Justin (2-0) L: Sebby, Michael (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Blaine Lewallen

Offense Ignites Warhawks to 26-8 Win Over Redbirds

MONROE, La. – Louisiana-Monroe (8-2) erupted for 26 runs on 25 hits to capture a 26-8 victory over Illinois State (3-6) in game two of a three-game set Saturday afternoon.

Top Hitters:

Joe Butler: 2 for 3, 2 RBI, 1 R

Jordan Libman: 1 for 5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R

Braedon Blackford: 2 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 R

Pitching Breakdown:

Brett Wicklund: 1.1 IP, 6 hits, 4 runs, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K

Michael Sebby: 0.2 IP, 3 hits, 4 runs, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Jacob Gilmore: 2.0 IP, 3 hits, 1 runs, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

Austin Dickey: 0.2 IP, 1 hit, 4 runs, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K

Jackson Bronke: 0.1 IP, 6 hits, 8 runs, 7 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Bailey Cantu: 0.1 IP, 2 hits, 3 runs, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Jordan Libman: 1.2 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Tanner Peterson: 1.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring Breakdown:

  • A Joe Butler RBI single followed by a two-run home run by Jordan Libman gave Illinois State a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
  • The Warhawks responded with two runs in the bottom half to narrow the deficit to 3-2.
  • Run-scoring singles by Braedon Blackford and Aidan Huggins made it 5-2 in the second inning.
  • ULM added two runs of its own in the bottom half of the frame.
  • The Warhawks scored four more runs in the third inning to take an 8-5 lead.
  • Ryan Humenuik hit a solo home run in the fourth inning to extend the advantage to 9-5.
  • Butler pulled the Redbirds closer with his second RBI single of the afternoon to score Huggins in the fifth.
  • ULM continued the scoring onslaught with four runs in the fifth, 11 more runs in the sixth and another two runs in the seventh.
  • The Redbirds concluded the scoring with two runs on four hits in the eighth inning.

Up Next:

The Redbirds and Warhawks will conclude the series at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon in Monroe.

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