Eastern Illinois pounded out two midweek wins with a Tuesday doubleheader sweep at IUPUI. The Panthers won the opener 18-3 before coming back to take game two by a 10-3 count.
EIU improved to 19-8 overall this season and plays Wednesday at Big Ten member Purdue. IUPUI fell to 5-23 on the season
EIU 18, IUPUI 3 (5 innings)
After scoring one run in the top of the first, EIU scored six in the second inning and seven in the third inning to provide starting pitcher
Karlie McKenzie (1-0) all the offense she would need during the 18-3 win.
Jadin Justman drove home the first run of the game scoring
Kendall Grover with a sacrifice fly. The run was just the start of a big offensive game one for Grover who finished the game 3-for-3 with seven RBI and four runs scored.
Grover drove home two with a double in the second. She added an RBI single in the third and capped her offensive day with a 3-run homer in the fourth.
Justman and
Briana Gonzalez also had big run producing efforts in game one with both driving in three runs. Justman had an RBI double in the second while Gonzalez had an 3-run homer in the third.
The Panthers banged out 16 hits in the game one win with
Rachel Kaufman,
Karson Davey,
Sophia Olman and
Emily Konkel all joining the two hit party for EIU.
McKenzie went five innings for her first collegiate win striking out 12 Jaguars. Jasmin Speth (0-4) took the loss for IUPUI.
The Jaguars scored one in the fourth and two in the fifth. The runs in the fifth came from the second hit of the day by Kendal Calvert, a two-run double.
EIU 10, IUPUI 3
In the second game EIU opened up a close game with six runs in the final two innings to pull away for a 10-3 win extending their current win streak over IUPUI to 11 straight games.
Rachel Kaufman (2-1) got the start in the circle tossing five innings. She would help herself at the plate with a solo home run in the first and sacrifice fly in the third finishing 2-for-3 at the plate.
Following a solo home run by Kinsey Pfeiffer in the bottom of the second to tie the game at 1-1, EIU took control again in the third.
Kendall Grover, Kaufman and
Jadin Justman all drove home runs in the inning to push the Panthers lead to 4-1.
McKenzie Oslanzi drove in three runs from the bottom of the Panthers order with a two-run homer in the sixth and another RBI in the seventh.
Grover, Kaufman and Justman all finished with multiple hits in the win as EIU finished with 11 hits in game two.
IUPUI scored its additional runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Pfeiffer and Maicey Bedrick each had two hits to lead IUPUI. Alexa Holman (3-10) took the loss in the circle.
