JOLIET, Ill. – The fourth-seeded Indiana University South Bend baseball team's ninth-inning rally came up short in an 5-4 defeat against the seven seed in Roosevelt University Monday, May 10, ending its unforgettable season in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament at DuPage Medical Group Field.
The Titans conclude the season with an overall record of 24-24 and 19-11 in CCAC play.
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The Titans finished with six hits, led by a 2-for-5 game from senior
TJ DeHerrera who also blasted his 12th home run of the season in his final game donning the Crimson and Cream. Sophomore
Logan Smith finished with two runs driven in after going 1-for-3. Freshman
Taj Abdur-Rahman added an RBI and scored in a 1-for-4 showing.
On the mound, junior transfer
Bryson Taylor threw 5.2 innings as the starter, with
Matt Smith,
Cal Whitaker, and
Nolan Lorenz combining for the final few frames.
Indiana University South Bend scored first with two runs in the second. Abdur-Rahman ripped an RBI double to left and eventually scored after Smith hit a single through the left side.
After two scoreless innings, Roosevelt broke through Taylor in the fifth to even the score at 2-2. DeHerrera responded in the bottom half of the inning, blasting his bomb to right center helping the Titans take a two-run lead, 4-2.
The Lakers pushed two runs across in the sixth off three hits and took control with a run in the ninth to flip the script, 5-4, heading into the bottom half of the final frame.
Down to its final at bats, senior
Jordan Moore singled to right as the leadoff. Junior transfer
Scott Stetz followed, laying down a sacrifice bunt. After
Jake Vanderwoude's walk put runners on first and second with one out, a strike out and a fielder's choice ended the IUSB rally.
The game marked the final in the careers of
TJ DeHerrera,
Kyle Hallberg,
Jordan Moore,
Jack Schaffer,
Matt Smith and
Logan Young.
