THE RUNDOWN
The Patriots fell in the series finale to No. 19 Indiana State, 7-5, after giving up five runs in the ninth inning. Despite the loss, DBU (22-10) still took the series, three games to one, and hold first place in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Patriots opened the scoring in the second inning, scoring twice behind a Christian Boulware RBI double and a George Specht RBI single. DBU owned the lead until the middle frames when the Sycamores scored a run in back-to-back innings. In the fifth, a wild pitch plated the first ISU run, while they relied on a sacrifice fly to tie the game in the sixth.

Andrew Benefield would break the tie in the bottom of the seventh, blasting his first hit of the weekend over the left field wall. DBU would take the 3-2 lead into the ninth, but the wheels would fall off there. The Patriots gave up five runs on four hits. Cole Moore belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, but the comeback fell shy and DBU dropped the fourth game of the series, 7-5.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- DBU is 7-1 in Valley play, their best start to the MVC conference slate in program history.
- The five runs given up in the ninth inning today marks the most surrendered by the Patriots in the final frame this season.
- Luke Eldred was phenomenal again today, throwing four more scoreless innings and striking out four Sycamores.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
6 – DBU's pitching staff struggled to find the strike zone when it mattered, issuing six walks in the finale.
8 – Including Eldred, who started the game, the Pats used a season high eight pitchers on Sunday.
92 – Kragen Kechely continues to ascend towards 100 career appearances, making his 92nd trip to the mound today for the Pats.

UP NEXT
DBU travels to Evansville, Indiana to face the Evansville Purple Aces in a Missouri Valley Conference series.. The series runs from April 30-May 2.