VALPARAISO, Ind. – Junior Tyrelle Chadwick shined in the Sunday start as Illinois State dropped a heartbreaking walk-off to Valparaiso, 3-2, on Sunday at Emory G. Bauer Field.
Chadwick recorded 8.1 innings, striking out five Beacons (8-19 overall, 3-6 MVC), as the junior allowed a run and seven hits across 118 pitches.
The Redbirds (14-16 overall, 6-3 MVC) finished with six hits on the afternoon.
Two Redbirds tallied multiple hits while freshman Brayden Bakes finished with a pair of RBIs Sunday.
Top Hitters:
Pitching Breakdown:
- Tyrelle Chadwick: 8.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's
- Tresdon Rybarczyk (L, 1-1): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Matthew Donnison: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER
Scoring Breakdown:
- Illinois State got on the board with a two-run home run by Brayden Bakes in the 4th inning
- Valparaiso rallied to score two runs in the bottom of the 9th to force extras
- The Beacons walked it off in the 10th with a flare single to right field
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Pacella moves his on-base streak to 22 straight
- Brayden Bakes records his sixth home run of 2025
- Gibson records his 13th multi-hit game in 2025
- Stulga now has six multi-hit games this year
UP NEXT
Illinois State will start a four-game homestand with a midweek against Illinois on Tuesday. First pitch is set at 5 PM from Duffy Bass Field.
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