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Game One l Game Two
 
The Eastern Illinois baseball team squared off in a doubleheader to close out their series against Southern. EIU was able to split both games after falling 5-3 in the first game with a 6-1 win in game four.

 Game One: Southern 5, Eastern Illinois 3
 
Michael YaSenka got the call on the hill for the Panthers to start the third game of the series. Yaseka fell to 0-3 on the season tossing 6.0 innings with nine strikeouts.
 
Southern got on the board first for the first time in the series in the bottom of the first inning. Coby Taylor hit a solo home run to give Southern an early lead to start the game.
 
The Jaguars were able to extend their lead to three runs in the bottom of the third inning. Tyler LaPorte singled through the right side to give the Jaguars a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.
 
Ryan Ignoffo hit a solo homerun to left field to give the Panthers their first run of the game in the top of the seventh.
 
The Panthers scored two more run in the ninth on a Grant Emme two run homerun to left center to cut the lead to 5-3, however the Jaguars were able to stop the Panther comeback and secure the third game of the series.

Game Two: Eastern Illinois 6, Southern 1
 
The Panthers looked to even up the series in the final game of their doubleheader Saturday night. Foster Anschutz made his first career start as a Panther and earned his first career win on the evening. Anschutz tossed four innings allowing two hits and a walk.
 
The Panthers biggest innings would come in the top of the fifth and ninth innings where they had a two run inning in each. In the fifth inning Matt Mackey got the scoring rally started when he reached on a fielders choice to drive in Trey Sweeney, and Grant Emme drove in the second run of the inning when he got hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to drive in Mackey.
 
In the top of the ninth Hunter Morris drove in the Panthers first run of the inning with a double to left field to score Sweeney. Morris would later score on a passed ball for the second run of the inning.
 
The Panthers scored six unanswered runs throughout the game and scored in four innings. Southern was able to spoil the shut out in the bottom of the ninth an RBI single.
 
Morris went 2-for-4 with two RBI, a double, and a walk.