CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Eastern Illinois baseball team (3-6, 0-0 OVC) dropped their series finale at Austin Peay (8-4, 0-0 ASUN) by a score of 9-2 on Sunday afternoon as the Panthers were unable to overcome an early offensive barrage from the Governors.

EIU scored a pair of earned runs on six hits and no errors. Five Eastern batters posted hits in the game, led by Sam Wiese with a pair of knocks to extend his hit streak to five games.

Tyler Kapraun (0-1) suffered the loss after surrendering six runs on seven hits with a strikeout through two innings of work.

The Governors plated runs in each of the first four innings, including a four spot in the second that put Eastern in an early 6-0 hole.

A Kyler Proctor RBI single in the third followed by a Cameron Nickens lead-off homer and Austen Jaslove RBI triple in the fourth extended Peay's lead to nine.

The Governors were held scoreless in their final four at-bats, with transfer Nate Marshall pitching two perfect innings with a pair of strikeouts in his EIU debut.

The Panthers got on the scoreboard in the fifth inning with an Eli Hill single that drove in Joey Hagan before a Chris Worcester sacrifice fly in the sixth drove in Peyton Wilson to give Eastern their second run of the ballgame.

EIU went hitless in the seventh and eighth innings before a Sam Wiese lead-off single gave the Panthers a baserunner in the ninth. Wiese moved into scoring position after James Love was a hit by a pitch, but Eastern was unable capitalize with the next two batters going down on strikes before a 6-4 fielder's choice ended the game.

Next up for EIU is a mid-week matchup against Illinois scheduled for Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Champaign. The Panthers will travel to Northern Kentucky next weekend for a three-game set beginning on Friday, March 7th at 2 p.m.