By: Wichita State
Box Score WICHITA, Kan.- Wichita State was crowned the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season champions Saturday afternoon, as the Shockers defeated Illinois State, 6-0.
Creighton lost, 4-3, earlier in the day to Missouri State, opening the door for Wichita State to clench the title.
The Shockers shut out the Redbirds for the second straight day with Anthony Capra leading the charge on the mound for a career-high eight innings. The sophomore held Illinois State to two hits and struck out eight while walking no one. Capra retired the first 11 batters of the game, before giving up his first hit.
Aaron Shafer made his first appearance since April 21st and struck out the side, facing three batters in the ninth.
Wichita State got on the board in the second inning, after Matt Brown legged out a lead-off infield hit. Conor Gillaspie drove him in with a double off the center field wall and then slid under a tag at home plate on a groundball from Tyler Hill.
The Shockers scored four runs off of two hits, two walks and three ISU errors. Senior Derek Schermerhorn singled down the left field line and Damon Sublett reached on an error. Both runners advanced on a double steal and the bases were loaded as Brown once again used his speed to get on base on a drop third strike. Gillaspie singled to collect his second RBI of the day and back-to-back walks to Josh Workman and Blake Hurlbutt brought in another run. Tyler Weber reached on a fielder's choice that brought in Gillaspie to cap the four-run inning.
Gillaspie led the Shockers offensively, going 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBI. Brown went 2-for-4 and scored twice.
-Wichita State-
