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The Eastern Illinois baseball team hosted Chicago State for a non-conference mid-week matchup on Tuesday. The Panthers were able to defeat the Cougars 6-3 to improve to 18-19 on the season.
 
Carson Haws made his third start of the season for the Panthers this afternoon. Haws tossed 6.0 innings with eight strikeouts and one run. Haws kicked off the game striking out four straight Chicago State batters.
 
Alex Stevenson earned his third save of the season after pitching 0.1 innings with a strikeout.
 
The Panthers were able to get on the board first in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jimmy Govern drove in the Panthers first run of the game when he reached on a fielder's choice to score Keith Kerrigan. Grant Emme drove in the second run of the inning with a one run single up the middle.
 
Andy Gaytan tied up the game for Chicago State in the top of the seventh with a two run single up the middle.
 
Ryan Knernschield gave the Panthers the lead in the bottom of the seventh inning with a two run single down the right field line.
 
EIU was able to add two more runs to their lead in the bottom of the eighth inning on a Govern one run double to center and an Emme sacrifice fly.
 
Alex Stevenson earned his third save of the season after pitching 0.1 innings with a strikeout.