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Carbondale, Ill. – The Eastern Illinois baseball team traveled to Carbondale, Illinois to take on Southern Illinois in a midweek contest Tuesday evening. Southern Illinois was able to walk away with the victory defeating EIU 5-3.
With the loss Eastern Illinois dropped to 10-20, while Southern Illinois improved to 18-14 on the season.
Dougie Parks entered the midweek battle between Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois leading the Panthers in home runs with six and continued to stretch his lead in the top of the second inning. Parks was able to give the Panthers the early lead driving a solo home run to left field.
Southern Illinois was able to immediately answer back in the bottom of the second inning on a Alex Lyon sacrifice that would score Logan Blackfan to even the game.
Eastern Illinois would hit two doubles in the top of the fourth to grab the lead for the second time in the game. Parks became the first base runner for the Panthers in the inning reaching second on a one out double.
Hunter Morris came up clutch for the Panthers as he drove a two out double to right center to score Parks.
However, the Panthers couldn't contain the Southern Illinois offense as they would score in three straight innings to secure the victory over the Panthers.
The Panthers would score another run in the top of the sixth inning when
Josh Turnock hit into a fielders choice, scoring
Jimmy Huber. The Southern Illinois pitching staff was able to put an end to the Panthers rally and held off the EIU offense to secure their 18th win of the season.
Blake Malatestinic suffered the loss on the mound for the Panthers as he dropped to 0-3 on the season. Malestestinic tossed 5.1 innings, with six hits, five runs, two walks, and two strikeouts.
Parks finished 3-for-4 with two runs, a home run, RBI, and a double. Morris went 2-for-4 with an RBI, and a double.
Joseph Duncan finished the evening 2-for-4 with a walk.
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