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The Eastern Illinois baseball team took on Tennessee Tech in the final game of their conference series Sunday afternoon. The Panthers were able to defeat the golden eagles 15-5 to secure the series sweep.
 
With the win the Panthers improve to 11-11 (5-4 OVC), while Tennessee Tech drops to 11-12 (2-7 OVC).
 
The Panthers would break the scoring open in the top of the third inning. Tyler Tesmond kept his hot streak alive during the series with a solo homerun to center field. Jimmy Govern would complete the back-to-back home runs with a solo homerun to center. Ryan Knernschield would drive in the third run of the inning with a double down the left field line.
 
The Panthers would hit back-to-back home runs for the second time in the game during the top of the fourth inning. Keith Kerrigan would drive a solo homerun to right center to kick off the inning. Trey Sweeney would follow up with a solo homerun to right field.
 
Kerrigan would earn his second RBI of the afternoon in the top of the fifth when he would reach on a bunt to drive in Christian Pena. Pena would drive in the seventh run of the inning with a bunt that led to a throwing error, which was able to drive in Knernschield. Trey Sweeney would drive a two run double to right center to give the Panthers a 10-0 lead. Tyler Tesmond would keep the rally alive with beating out a grounder to short to extend the lead to 11 runs.
 
Govern would drive his second home run of the game and sixth of the season to left center in the top of the sixth. Govern would give the Panthers a 12-0 lead with the two run shot.
 
The Golden Eagles would finally get on the board in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jason Hinchman would give TTU their first runs of the game with a two run homer to right center.  TTU would add two more runs in the inning to cut the Panther lead to 12-4.
 
Matt Waznis would drive in the 13th run of the game for the Panthers with a sacrifice fly to right field to bring home Hunter Morris.
 
Jay Meuse would hit a one run single to give TTU their fifth run of the game in the bottom of the eighth inning.
 
The Panthers gave their pitching staff some run support in the top of the ninth inning, adding two runs.
 
Foster Anshutz earned the start on the hill for the Panthers to close out the series. Anshutz tossed 6.0 innings with five strikeouts. Anshutz improved to 4-0 on the season with the win.