Indiana State led 2-0 in the top of the sixth head when Eastern coach Jim Schmitz said he called the team in for a talk to get things straight.

“The wind was bad and they had a guy on the mound that was pitching well,” Schmitz said. “We knew it wasn’t going to be high scoring and that we just needed to do little things to get on base.”

That is just what the Panthers did in the sixth. They loaded the bases with a walk from left fielder Mark Chagnon, a single from first baseman Erik Huber, and catcher Kory Peppenhorst was hit by a pitch.

Bases were loaded when designated hitter Jason Cobb hit a squeeze play bunt to bring in Chagnon. Second baseman Richie Derbak hit a sacrifice fly to center field to bring in Huber to tie the game.

ISU took the lead in the seventh on an RBI single down the left field line from Ryan Strausborger.

The Panthers answered again in the eighth when Derbak hit a two-RBI single to take a 4-3 lead.

“Everyone came out and answered the calls ISU put up for them,” Schmitz said. “For a coach it was a perfect game because they did exactly what needed to be done.”

The Panthers scored in the ninth inning on an RBI double from Huber that brought in Chagnon.

ISU’s Nick Ciolli hit an RBI triple to bring the Sycamore’s within one run. Derbak set up the double play with a throw to shortstop Adam Varrassi. Varrassi threw to Huber to end the game.

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