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East Tennessee State University

hyde
9
Winner East Tennessee State ETSU 23-12
7
Purdue PUR 24-14
Winner
East Tennessee State ETSU
23-12
9
Final
7
Purdue PUR
24-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
East Tennessee State ETSU 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 1
Purdue PUR 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 7 2

W: Hyde, Jace (4-3) L: MORALES, Jordan (5-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bucs outlast the Boilermakers, 9-7

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (April 19, 2024) – The ETSU baseball team won its third game in a row on Friday as it downed Purdue by a score of 9-7. With Friday's win, the Buccaneers improve to 23-12 on the season.
 
ETSU pounded out 12 hits on the day and six of them went for extra bases. The Bucs totaled four doubles, one triple and one home run in the win over the Boilermakers. Cameron Sisneros slugged his sixth home run in the past five games, while Noah Gent (3-for-5, two runs scored), Nick Iannantone (2-for-5, one RBI, one run scored), Jackson Green (2-for-5, two RBI) and JD Yakubinis (2-for-5) all had multi-hit performances to power ETSU's offense.
 
The Bucs used a total of four pitchers on Friday. Carter Fink made the start giving up two runs and three hits in two innings. Jace Hyde pitched most of the game for the Bucs tossing 5.1 innings, allowing two runs (none earned) and one hit allowed. Hyde ended up getting the win and improved to 4-3 on the season.
 
There was no shortage of offense between the Bucs and Boilermakers in the early going. Yakubinis got the Bucs on the board first with an RBI double in the second inning to score Gent. A pair of solo home runs by Purdue gave them their first lead of the day, 2-1.
 
Sisneros answered with some power of his own in the third with a two-run home run to give the Bucs the lead back. An RBI single from Noah Webb coupled with a Purdue throwing error brought in two more runs for the Bucs to make the score 5-2.
 
The Bucs did it again with a four-run inning in the fourth. Iannantone, Cody Miller and Green all drove in runs in the four-run fourth inning to grow ETSU's lead to seven, 9-2.
 
The seven-run lead for the Bucs stood up for the rest of the game thanks to the work of Hyde and fellow Buc relievers Andrew Cotten and Owen Kovacs. The Boilermakers did make a late run with three runs in the bottom of the ninth. Purdue had the tying run on base and the go-ahead run at the plate with two outs but Kovacs got the final out to close out the win for the Bucs.
 
The Bucs will aim to clinch the series tomorrow evening in game two of the series. First pitch for that game is set for 5 p.m.

For more information on Buccaneer baseball, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the baseball tab.
 
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