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March 9, 2007 INDIANA STATE DOWNED AT LOUISVILLE, 7-3 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Indiana State Sycamores, who took three of four on their most recent home stand, fell 7-3 against the University of Louisville in a road contest on Friday afternoon (March 9). ISU fell to 5-3 on the season while the Cardinals improved to 8-5. ISU is competing in the University of Louisville Cardinal Baseball Classic. Taking the loss for the Sycamores was senior left-hander Ryan Hayes, who fell to 1-1 on the season. Hayes tossed seven innings, striking out three, allowing 11 hits and six earned runs. The Cardinal’s Zach Pitts improved to 3-1 for Louisville with an eight-inning, five-hit effort. Pitts struck out five Sycamores on the day. Senior first baseman Marcus Artner led the way for Indiana State with a 2-for-4 performance at the plate with a RBI. Josh Abercrombie and Chris Schmidt also each picked up a hit, with one RBI a piece. The Cardinals jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, before Sean Osborne and Strausborger occupied first base with no outs in the top of the third. After a Ryan Bond groundout, the runners moved to second and third with just one out. Abercrombie groundout out to first to plate ISU’s first run and cut the lead down to 3-1. Chris Schmidt followed that up with a two-out double with plated Strausborger to make it 3-2 and get ISU back in the game.
The Sycamores would surrender three more runs in the bottom of the third frame to make the score, 6-2.
After falling behind 7-2 in the bottom of the fifth, ISU made it 7-3 in the top of the sixth with off a bases loaded single by Artner which scored Abercrombie.
ISU’s Matt Shelton pitched the eighth for the Sycamores, allowing just one hit.
Indiana State returns to action on Saturday, March 10 when they face off against Kent State at 11:00 a.m. in the second day of the Louisville Cardinal Baseball Classic.
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