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Charleston, Ill. – Chicago State's offense was too much for the Panthers pitching staff as they scored 14 runs on 14 hits. Chicago State defeated Eastern Illinois 14-8 Tuesday afternoon.
With the loss, Eastern Illinois drops to 18-29 on the season, while Chicago State improves to 10-36.
Will Klein got the call to start Eastern Illinois last midweek showdown of the year. Klein suffered the loss dropping to 1-1 on the season. He tossed four innings, with seven runs, seven strikeouts, five hits, and three walks.
The Panthers got on the board first jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Dougie Parks got the Panthers on the board with a two-run homer marking his 13th homer of the season.
Josh Turnock followed up later in the inning driving in the Panthers third run with a ground out to second.
Chicago State was able to take the lead from Eastern Illinois when Tyler Lowe belted a three-run homer to right field in the top of the third inning.
Jimmy Govern would give the Panthers some life in the bottom of the third tying the game with a two run homer to left field.
The Cougars offense was able to take off in the fifth and sixth innings scoring seven unanswered runs. Matt Paciello belted Chicago State's second three-run home run of the day, driving a ball to left field to give the Cougars a six-run lead.
The Panthers would add two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to cut the score down to 11-8.
Matt Albert got the Panthers on the board grounding out to third with the bases loaded to score
Hunter Morris.
Ryan Knernschield followed up with a two-run single up the middle.
The Cougars would answer back scoring in both the top of the eighth and ninth innings to defeat Eastern Illinois 14-8.
Edward Kang earned his second win of the season for Chicago State improving to 2-6. Kang tossed six innings, with seven hits, five runs, five strikeouts, and two walks.
Morris finished 3-for-5 with three runs and two doubles. Govern finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs, two runs, and a home run.
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