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8
Eastern Illinois EIU 1-6
10
Winner Southern SUBR 5-3
Eastern Illinois EIU
1-6
8
Final
10
Southern SUBR
5-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Illinois EIU 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 13 1
Southern SUBR 2 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 X 10 14 0

W: Jackson Cullen (2-0) L: Doyle, Dalton (0-1) S: Connor Whalen (1)

4
Winner Eastern Illinois EIU 2-6
2
Southern SUBR 5-4
Winner
Eastern Illinois EIU
2-6
4
Final
2
Southern SUBR
5-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Illinois EIU 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
Southern SUBR 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 2

W: Cutts, Blayke (1-0) L: Jerome Bohannon III (1-1) S: Klein, Will (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Splits Doubleheader at Southern

EIU baseball splits their doubleheader at Southern




PDF Game 1 | Game 2

The Eastern Illinois baseball team played Southern University in a doubleheader Friday night. The Panthers split the doubleheader against the Jaguars. Southern took game gone 8-10, while EIU won the second game 4-2.
 
Game One: Southern 10, EIU 8
 
EIU got on the board first in the first inning scoring three runs. Keith Kerrigan drew a walk to give the Panthers their first base runner of the game. Jimmy Govern doubled to left center to drive in EIU's first run of the game. Hunter Morris would extend the lead to three runs with his first home run of the season.
 
Southern answered back in the bottom of the first with two runs.
 
The Panthers added four more runs in the top of the second inning. Grant Emme earned his first RBI of the game with a single to third. Govern and Morris also earned RBIs with doubles in the top of the second to give the Panthers a 7-2 lead.
 
Southern battled back in the bottom of the fourth adding four runs. Tyler LaPorte drove in the first run of the inning with a single to left field. Coby Taylor doubled down the right field line to drive in Javeyan Williams. Johnny Johnson followed up with a ground out to second to drive in LaPorte. Z Moore singled to left to drive in the fourth run of the inning to end Tyler Jones' afternoon.
 
Southern would pull away from the Panthers in the bottom of the sixth to steal the first game of the doubleheader from the Panthers 10-8.
 
Game Two: EIU 4, Southern 2
 
EIU once again got on the board first in the top of the second inning. Garyn Stewart gave the Panthers a 3-0 lead with a three run homer. Matt Mackey added to the Panther lead with an RBI double down the left field line to score Christian Pena.
 
Southern would attempt the comeback in the bottom of the fifth LaPorte drove in the first run for the Jaguars with an RBI single through the left side. Hunter David would draw a walk to bring in their second run of the inning.
 
Carson Haws got the start on the mound for the Panthers. Haws earned his first win of the season tossing 4.2 innings with eight strikeouts and two runs.
 
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