Mack Leonard's two-out home run in the bottom of the seventh lifted Illinois State's softball team to a 3-2 victory over Florida International on Friday at Boca Raton, Fla.
Leonard also collected the win in the circle, allowing five hits and one earned run in seven innings. Kaili Chval went 2-for-3 for the Redbirds, who improved to 4-3.
Earlier Friday, No. 10-ranked Kentucky slipped past ISU, 5-4. The Redbirds tied the game in the top of the seventh before Kentucky pushed across a run in the bottom of the inning to get the win.
Leonard had two hits and two RBIs.