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Harry Deliyannis INS
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Valparaiso VALPO 5-13, 1-1 MVC
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Winner Indiana State INS 10-13, 1-1 MVC
Valparaiso VALPO
5-13, 1-1 MVC
1
Final
2
Indiana State INS
10-13, 1-1 MVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Valparaiso VALPO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Indiana State INS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 6 0

W: Morris, Gavin (3-2) L: Deliyannis, Harry (2-2)

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Valparaiso VALPO 5-14, 1-2 MVC
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Winner Indiana State INS 11-13, 2-1 MVC
Valparaiso VALPO
5-14, 1-2 MVC
5
Final
10
Indiana State INS
11-13, 2-1 MVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Valparaiso VALPO 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 2
Indiana State INS 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 X 10 10 0

W: Armstrong, Jack (1-0) L: Foley, Lucas (0-3) S: Suriel, Breyllin (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Valpo Drops Doubleheader at Indiana State

The Valparaiso University baseball team dropped both games of Saturday's doubleheader, as host Indiana State prevailed in a 2-1 pitchers' duel in the opener and took a higher-scoring nightcap 10-5 at Bob Warn Field in Terre Haute, Ind. The Sycamores battled back to win the series after Valpo opened the weekend in victorious fashion on Friday night.
 
How It Happened – Game 1
  • Valpo took the lead in the top of the second as Kevin Denty (Tinley Park, Ill. / Marian Catholic) led off with a single and eventually crossed the dish on a dribbler to the right side of the infield by Kade Reinertson (Huxley, Iowa / Ballard Community) that went as an infield single.
  • Valpo starter Harry Deliyannis (Bloomington, Ind. / Bloomington North) posted zeros in each of the first three innings including a 1-2-3 third with a pair of strikeouts. Indiana State's Keegan Garis hit a solo homer in the fourth to tie the game at 1. Valpo evaded further damage in that inning as Deliyannis and batterymate Reinertson teamed up for a strike-him-out, throw-him-out double play.
  • Indiana State started the bottom of the sixth with a bunt single, and that runner eventually crossed the plate on a two-out double to give the Sycamores a 2-1 lead.
  • Cottrill worked a scoreless eighth as Indiana State stranded a runner at third base. Center fielder Spencer Warfield (Fullerton, Calif. / Servite) made a shoe-string catch on a line drive to center that was reviewed and stood as a catch rather than a trap to end the inning, keeping the deficit at 2-1. However, the Beacons could not muster up the tying run in the top of the ninth.
Inside the Game – Game 1
  • Deliyannis struck out five and walked just one while allowing two runs on five hits over six strong innings.  
  • Cottrill went two shutout innings, allowing just one run and one walk while striking out two.
  • The Beacons held a 7-6 edge in the hit column, but were on the wrong end of the column that counts. All seven Valpo hits were singles, while four of Indiana State's six went for extra bases.
  • Redshirt freshman Aidan Thaxton (Chicago, Ill. / St. Ignatius College Prep) had a pair of hits, his second multi-hit game of the season.
  • This marked Valpo's second one-run loss of the season and first since a 5-4 defeat at Memphis in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Feb. 22.
  • This was Valpo's first 2-1 loss since May 22, 2021 at Missouri State and first loss when allowing two runs or fewer since falling 2-0 at Bradley on May 15, 2022.
  • The two runs were the fewest allowed by the Beacons in any game this season. The Beacons had allowed double-figure runs in five straight prior to this weekend's series.
 
How It Happened – Game 2
  • Valpo scored twice in the opening inning to start Game 2 in front. Denty spanked a double to right to drive in a run, then redshirt freshman Thomas Cooper (Brentwood, Tenn. / Ravenwood) did his job, hitting a ground ball to the right side that plated the second run of the frame.
  • Indiana State responded with two runs in the bottom of the first to tie the game at two.
  • Valpo had runners at the corners with one out in the top of the second and did not score. Indiana State's Carter Beck hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the second to make it 5-2 Sycamores.
  • The Beacons tied the game with three runs in the fourth including a two-run single by Liam Patton (Barrington, Ill. / Warsaw) and a run-scoring infield knock by Denty that leveled the score at five.
  • Lefty Lucas Foley (Deer Park, Ill. / Lake Zurich) entered the game in the third and put zeros on the board in each of his first two frames before Indiana State manufactured a fifth-inning run on a hit batter, stolen base, sac bunt and sac fly to regain the lead at 6-5.
  • Indiana State added three unearned runs in the sixth innings including a two-run homer. The runs were unearned as the inning should have been over if it weren't for a passed ball on a dropped third strike.
  • Valpo threatened with runners at first and second in the eighth, but did not score as a strikeout and then a double play ended the inning. Indiana State got one more in the bottom of the eighth to account for the game's final.
Inside the Game – Game 2
  • Patton, Denty and Patrick Ilitch (Detroit, Mich. / University Liggett) had two hits apiece.
  • Valpo had nine hits, but Denty doubled for the team's lone extra-base hit of either game.
  • Five of the 10 Indiana State runs were unearned.
Up Next
The Beacons (5-14, 1-2 MVC) will visit Purdue on Tuesday at 3 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. ET in West Lafayette, Ind. The game will air on B1G+ with links to live video and stats available on ValpoAthletics.com.  
 
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