NORMAL — Dallas Baptist blasted four home runs to salvage the final game of a Missouri Valley Conference baseball series with Illinois State, defeating the Redbirds 14-5 Sunday at Duffy Bass Field.
ISU, which had taken the first two games, dropped to 17-22 and 5-7 in MVC play.
"We put our backs against the wall a little bit there. This weekend will help us," ISU coach Steve Holm said. "Hopefully we can build from there. We caught a couple breaks early on and our guys got confident as you do catch those breaks.
"In college baseball, you need to catch some of those breaks, and we certainly haven't caught any in a while.