LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Eastern Illinois baseball (1-1) loses the second game of their three game series against Arkansas-Little Rock (1-1) by a score of 10-6.
Logan Eickhoff posts two hits and two RBI for the Panthers.
Cameron Doherty threw three innings allowing six runs with four strikeouts.
QUICK STATS:
Logan Eickhoff - 2 for 5, 2B, two RBI, one run scored
Nathan Aide - 1 for 4, HR, RBI, two runs scored
Ryan Ignoffo - 1 for 4, RBI
Chris Worcester - 2 for 4, 3B, RBI
Dalton Doyle - 0 for 4, RBI, BB
Cameron Doherty - L (0-1), 3.0 IP, 6 earned runs, 4 K, 5 BB
Jesse Wainscott - 2.0 IP, 1 earned run, 2 K
The Panthers and Trojans went scoreless in the first inning, while the Trojans left three stranded in the bottom of the inning. EIU struck first in the second when Aide reached first on a throwing error and Worcester tripled down the left field line to bring him home. Little Rock's Tyler Williams and Jorden Hussein both doubled to score two in the second.
The Trojans scored again the the third after Hussein's second double of the game that brought home a run. Noah Dickerson's three run homerun for Little Rock capped of a four run inning in the bottom of the fourth.
EIU battled back in the fifth scoring four of their own. Lashure singled to start the inning for the Panthers, and was followed by a HBP drawn by
Lincoln Riley and a walk by
Lucas DiLuca. Eickhoff brought in two on the next at-bat with a double down the left field line. Doyle's groundout was able to bring in another run, while Ignoffo hit a sac fly to bring in Eickhoff to bring the score to 6-5. Trojans would add a run in the bottom of the fifth.
Aide added the Panther's final run in the sixth with a solo homerun to left field, his first of the year. Little-Rock added a run in the seventh and eighth innings to bring the final score to 10-6. EIU had nine hits on the afternoon and left nine runners on base. The Trojans had 12 hits, and left 11 on base.
Eastern Illinois will be back in action on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. for their final game against Arkansas-Little Rock.
