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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Eastern Illinois (3-2, 0-0 OVC) suffered their second consecutive loss of the weekend as the No. 9 Razorbacks of Arkansas (5-1, 0-0 SEC) took down EIU by a final score of 10-3. EIU has lost nine straight against Arkansas.

Cade Zalewski and Kolten Poorman each hit a home run in today's game which marked both of their firsts of the season. Cole Gober also recorded an RBI single for EIU.

Starting pitcher Tyler Conklin (L, 1-1) suffered his first loss of the season after throwing 5.0 innings. Conklin allowed four runs on five hits while striking out two. Will McEntire (W, 1-0) earned his first win of the season after allowing only two hits and one run through 4.2 innings.

QUICK STATS
Kolten Poorman: 1-3, HR, R, RBI
Cade Zalewski: 1-2, HR, R, RBI
Cole Gober: 1-4, RBI
Tyler Conklin: L (1-1), 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 K
Jonathon Hanscom: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 4 K

Arkansas' bats continued to stay hot in the series as they would score first off of Conklin in the first inning. Brady Slavens would have an RBI single to bring home a run with two outs. Conklin would get out of the inning without further damage.

Eastern Illinois would go 1,2,3 in the first two innings with McEntire on the mound. In the bottom of the second, Arkansas extended their lead to 3-0 after Tavian Josenberger hit a two-run home run (2).

The Panthers' offense would get a spark in the top of the third inning after Poorman led off with his first career home run (1) for EIU. Eastern would have runners on the corners before McEntire struck out Ryan Ignoffo to end the third. Parker Rowland for the Razorbacks tacked on an RBI double in the third to extend the lead to 4-1.

Conklin would end his afternoon after five innings while retiring the last six batters he faced. Jonathon Hanscom would enter the game in relief and pitched a scoreless sixth inning for the Panthers.

EIU would score their second run of the afternoon after Zalewski hit a pinch hit home run(1) to cut the lead to 4-2. It was the first time this season that multiple Panthers hit for a home run in a single game. Arkansas would add one in the bottom of the seventh with a RBI walk by Ben McLaughlin.

After a Lincoln Riley single to lead off the eighth inning, Cole Gober delivered an RBI single to give EIU their third and final run of the afternoon. Riley leads the team in runs scored with four.

The Razorbacks would do most of their damage on Saturday in the bottom of the eighth after scoring five runs off of Hanscom and Chaney Trout. Hanscom allowed two base runners before Trout entered the game in relief. Slavens (RBI), Jace Bohrofen (2 RBI), McLaughlin (RBI) and Rowland (RBI) all brought in runs to give Arkansas a 10-3 lead.

EIU's Jared Evans posted a hit in the ninth before ending the game with a Colin Kalinowski foul out to third base.

The Panthers posted three runs on seven hits while committing one error and leaving seven runners left on base. Arkansas scored 10 runs on 13 hits while having zero errors.

The Panthers will be back for the final game of the series tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. CT Livestats will be available and the game will be streaming on SEC Network+.