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Daniel Pacella slugs walk-off homer to lift Illinois State past Indiana State

NORMAL – Illinois State left fielder Daniel Pacella turned in a spectacular diving catch in the eighth inning Friday at Duffy Bass Field.

In the ninth, Pacella smashed a baseball nobody could catch.

Pacella hammered a 1-2 pitch from Indiana State reliever Cam Edmonson over the right-field wall for a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Missouri Valley Conference leading Sycamores.

Daniel Pacella vs. Indiana State
Illinois State's Daniel Pacella (center) is mobbed by teammates after hitting his walk-off home run for the win over Indiana State on Friday at Duffy Bass Field.

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