In the 7th, IU pulled Kraft for Ty Bothwell as they are running out of pitchers in the bullpen and Bothwell has really struggled and is averaging almost two walks an inning and has given up 9 ER in 6.1 IP and an ERA of 12.79. He does have 11 Ks which is not bad. Bothwell hit the first batter he faced on a 3-0 count which is the 7th batter hit by IU today in the DH. It looked like Bothwell was going to walk the next hitter as the count reached 3-0, but Bothwell recovered to strike him out. However, he then walked the next batter on 4 straight pitches to put runners on 1st and 2nd with one out as Mercer went to the bullpen again to bring in Luke Hayden as the top of the order comes up for the Aces. Hayden walked the first batter he faced to load the bases. A single scored a run to make it 5-4 with the bases still loaded and one out. When you load the bases with a hit batter and two walks, bad things usually happen. A wild pitch scored another run as the Aces have scored two runs, a hit to tie the game, and have runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out. The 2nd out came on a foul out. Hayden then walked another batter to load the bases again with two outs, and Mercer went to the bullpen again to bring in Braydon Tucker needing one more out to keep the game tied. This is IU's 5th pitcher in this game and the 9th in the DH. Tucker got a K to end the inning, but he dodged a bullet before that when the hitter hit a long foul just to the right of the foul pole which would have been a grand slammer. The Aces scored two on just a single, a hit batter and walks to tie the game with IU batting in the 7th.
In IU's 7th, Jessee led off with a walk and then got picked off at 1st. Murrison then struck out for two outs. Mathison then walked to bring up the hot Doanes in the leadoff spot. Doanes walked to put men on 1st and 2nd with 2 outs and the Aces go to their bullpen. A Glasser single gave IU the lead at 6-5 as Mathison scored and Doanes went to 3rd to put runners on the corners with two outs. Fougerousse was then hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs. A force out ended the inning.