EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The UIndy baseball team earned its first doubleheader sweep of the 2026 campaign on Saturday against McKendree. The Greyhounds played a tale of two games, with a scoring affair in win number one, 13-12, and an extra innings slug fest in game two, 6-2.  

Austin Bode led the comeback effort in game one, going 3-for-4 with five RBIs, including a bases clearing triple in the fifth. While in game two, the pitching was the story for both teams, with the Hounds' starter, Kaleb Marrs punching out 13 Bearcats in his seven inning performance.  

The Greyhounds have taken nine of the last 10 meetings against McKendree dating back to 2021, and lead the series 28-10 since 2013. 

GAME 1 | UIndy 13, McKendree 12
Bode was able to score two of the Hounds first four runs of the game, a solo home run in the first and an RBI double in the fourth. His solo home run was the start of a three run first inning, that had two bases loaded walks bring home runs two and three. 

McKendree was able to gather nine runs of its own in the first five innings to jump out 9-4, but the Hounds didn't go away quietly. UIndy was able to get the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the fifth, capitalizing with two bases loaded walks before Bode put the exclamation mark on the inning with a bases clearing triple to knot the game at nine after five. His triple in today's contest was only the third in his collegiate career.

The Hounds found four more runs in the sixth and seventh innings, with two bases loaded walks in the sixth, a wild pitch in the seventh that brought home Solen Munson, an Austin Pokley fielder's choice to give UIndy a 13-9 lead in the seventh. 

UIndy was able to stave off a late comeback push in the bottom half of the seventh, where the Bearcats scored three runs before a put out at third ended the game with a 13-12 UIndy win in game one. 

GAME 2 | UIndy 6, McKendree 2
Game two was a pitcher's dual compared to game one in Saturday's doubleheader. UIndy's Kaleb Marrs pitched his best outing in a Greyhound uniform, going seven innings only allowing two runs while striking out 13 along the way. 13 strikeouts is tied with Bennett Rogers and Jackson Kirkpatrick for the most by a Greyhound pitcher since 2023 when Seth Spencer had 14 against Maryville. 

While on the other side the Bearcats' Calan Kujawa was able to hold the Greyhounds without a hit through five innings, and hold a 2-0 lead heading to the sixth. But Solen Munson not only broke up the no-no, he also broke the game two scoring drought with a two-run home run to center field to square things at two. 

After Smock was caught stealing home in the top of the seventh, and Marrs struck out Javy Garcia in the bottom half of the inning, the game was headed to extras. This is the first extra inning contest between the two sides since 2014. 

Jeryn Shortt kept the Bearcats offense at bay through the eighth and ninth innings with two strikeouts and no hits, setting up the Luke Smock moment. Smock drove in two-runs with two outs in the 10th to give UIndy its first lead of the game, 4-2. Smock and Ryan DeGroot were also sent home in the 10th, tacking on two more runs to give UIndy a 6-2 lead. Shortt capped off his hitless three inning relief effort, with two strike outs and pop out to complete the extra inning thriller win. 

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UIndy will look to take three of four against McKendree in its GLVC series opener tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET.