CHARLESTON, Ill. - Eastern Illinois baseball (29-18, 10-11 OVC) completed the three-game conference sweep of Ohio Valley Conference newcomer Lindenwood with a 16-6 win on Saturday evening. EIU was the home team due to a schedule change.
Ryan Ignoffo continues his stellar play in conference with a 3-6 day including a double, a home run and four runs batted in. Logan Eikchoff also added two doubles and four RBI to help guide EIU to their 29th win.
Jonathon Hanscom (W, 1-1) picked up his first win of the season after coming into the game in the second inning and throwing in four frames. He allowed two earned runs and had three strikeouts. Ignoffo also pitched the final three innings with four Ks.
QUICK STATS
Ryan Ignoffo: 3-6, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, SB | 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K
Logan Eickhoff: 2-5, 2 2B, 4 RBI, R
Ja'Lil Akbar: 2-4, RBI, R
Jonathon Hanscom: W (1-1), 4.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 R, 4 H, 3 K
For the third straight game against Lindenwood, EIU scored first with five runs in the first inning alone. Eickhoff and
Grant Lashure posted back-to-back RBI doubles in the inning while
Ja'Lil Akbar added another RBI single to put EIU up 5-0 after one.
Starting pitcher
Jackson Nichols pitched into the second and allowed three runs before Hanscom took over. Lindenwood would not score again until the fifth inning.
In the bottom of the second, Ignoffo would hit his 14th home run of the season and second of the series to give the Panthers a 7-3 advantage.
Cole Gober would later score on a pass ball.
Heading into the sixth with a 9-6 advantage,
Kolten Poorman and Eickhoff delivered two more runs and pushed the lead to five. Ignoffo,
Robby Taul, and
Jared Evans added three more RBI hits to extend the lead to nine runs.
After three scoreless innings on the mound for Ignoffo, EIU hit the 10 run run-rule mark in the eighth after
Lincoln Riley scored on a wild pitch to close out the game.
Eastern Illinois finished with 16 runs on 15 hits while Lindenwood scored six runs on eight hits. EIU will be back on Tuesday with a midweek game at Western Illinois. For more updates go to eiupanthers.com.
