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CHARLESTON, Ill. – Eastern Illinois split a pair of games on Friday with Austin Peay as shortstop Trey Sweeney continued to hit and drive in runs during the contests.
 
EIU won the opener 7-4 in a game that included a nearly 60 minute weather delay.  In the nightcap, APSU picked up the 7-5 win.
 
Sweeney was 3-for-3 in the opener and 1-for-3 in the second game driving in two runs with a  pair of home runs.  He ended the day hitting .408 with 14 home runs and 58 RBI on the season.
 
The two teams cruised through the first six innings on Friday with the scored tied 2-2 when a weather delayed halted action for nearly an hour.  When the action resumed, APSU jumped on top with a run in the seventh on a John Bolton RBI single.
 
Dalton Doyle put EIU on top in the bottom of the frame with a three-run homer and Ryan Ignoffo added a two-run shot in the eighth for insurance. Ignoffo closed out the game in relief to pick up the win and improve to 4-1 on the season.  
 
Cameron Doherty (EIU) and Luke Brown (APSU) both were solid on the mound in starting roles prior to the weather delay.   Sweeney had a pair solo home runs in the fourth and sixth innings.   Jack Alexander drove in the two early Governors runs with an RBI double and home run.
 
In the night cap, Austin Peay took the lead with two runs in the seventh inning in a contest that had several ties and several lead changes.  In the seventh Malcolm Tipler drove home the first APSU run of the inning and then drew a pickoff throw attempt that went wide allowing Gino Avros to score.
 
Skyler Luna put APSU up 7-4 in the ninth with a solo home run, the third home run of the second game for the Governors.  Tipler homered in the first and Avros had a home run in the fifth.
 
EIU brought the winning run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth and trailed by two after a Ryan Knerschield RBI single up the middle.  Harley Gollert got a double play ball to end the game and pick hp his second save of the year. 
 
Tarron Lawson (2nd) and Doyle (4th) added solo home runs for EIU in the game.
 
The two teams wrap up the three game series on Saturday at 11 a.m.