bradley associates madrid spain, ISU takes series finale at Bradley

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Updated: Sunday, 15 Apr 2012, 5:36 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 15 Apr 2012, 5:36 PM EDT

PEORIA, Ill. (WTHI) - The Indiana State baseball team broke out the bats in their series finale against the Bradley Braves on Sunday, scoring 12 runs in the first three innings to cruise to a seven-inning, 14-3 victory at O’Brien Field.

ISU (28-9, 8-4 MVC) won their fourth straight MVC series, their longest string since winning five in a row to start the 1998 campaign. Bradley falls to 18-14-1 on the season and 4-5 in league play.

Indiana State scored in the first inning for the second straight game, as redshirt junior Koby Kraemer tallied a one-out single, moving to third on a wild pitch before scoring on a sacrifice fly to center by junior Robby Ort.

The Sycamores broke the game open in the second inning, plating eight runs on four hits, their highest single-inning output in MVC play this season. The big hits in the inning came in the form of a two-run double to right by junior Jeremy Lucas and a three-run home run to left by senior Jon Hedges. The home run was the sixth of the season for Hedges.

After the Braves hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the second inning, ISU responded with three runs of their own in the top half of the third, as Lucas hit his team-leading eighth home run of the season during the inning as ISU went up 12-2.

ISU scored their final runs of the day in the fifth inning, as Ort grounded into a fielder’s choice to plate senior Lucas Hileman and Hedges picked up his fourth RBI of the game with a single to shallow right.