SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Indiana State baseball team dropped its Missouri Valley Conference opener to Missouri State Friday evening at Hammons Field, 6-5, after the Bears drove in the game-winning run in the 11th. With the loss, Indiana State falls to 20-3 overall and 0-1 in The Valley while the Bears snapped a seven-game losing streak to move to 6-18 and 1-0 in conference action.
After four base hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch, the Sycamores jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third inning of action. CJ Huntley knocked a one-out triple to left-center and would cross the plate two batters later when Jake Means singled to third on a sacrifice bunt attempt.