NORMAL, Ill. – Third-year junior Auggie Rasmussen hit two home runs in the Illinois State baseball team's 10-6 win over Lindenwood on Tuesday at Duffy Bass Field.
Rasmussen's 1st inning, two-run blast to right field traveled 414 feet while his 4th-inning, two-run blast to right-center field traveled 440 feet as the Redbirds (14-22 overall) pounded out 14 hits.
Freshman Shai Robinson tallied four hits, scoring three times while freshman Daniel Pacella had three hits and knocked in a run while adding a stolen base.
Lindenwood moves to 9-32 overall.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Rasmussen's two-run shot plated Robinson in the 1st inning.
Robinson singled in the 2nd inning to move ISU's lead to 3-0.
Lindenwood got a pair of runs back in the 3rd inning, but a sacrifice fly by second-year sophomore JP Gauthier and a second RBI single from Robinson pushed the Redbird lead to 5-2 before Rasmussen delivered his second two-run homer of the game.
The Lions homered in the 6th inning to trail 7-3 but sacrifice fly by fourth-year junior Shaydon Kubo and single by Pacella pushed the lead out to 9-3.
Lindenwood plated the game's next three runs before Kubo singled home Gauthier as an insurance in the 8th inning.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Rasmussen's on-base streak moves to 16 games, the longest by a Redbird this season.
- Rasmussen joins Pacella (x2) and fourth-year junior Greg Nichols as 'Birds with multi-HR games in 2023.
- Pacella recorded his team-leading 16th multi-hit game.
- Robinson registered his second four-hit game of the season, matching Kubo for the team lead, in just his 12th start.
UP NEXT
Illinois State is scheduled to host Northern Illinois (Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. CT) before heading to Southern Illinois for a weekend series.
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