SIUE scored three times in the top of the first inning as the Cougars pulled away for a 16-4 win over Eastern Illinois in the second game of a weekend OVC series at Frost Field.
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Chase Bloomer opened the scoring with an RBI double in the first with Ryan Niedzwiedz driving in the next two runs with a home run.Â
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After a solo home run by Niedzwiedz in the third, EIU broke into the scoring column with an unearned run in the bottom half of the inning.
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The two teams each scored twice in the fourth inning with the Panthers runs coming on a
Peyton Wilson RBI single up the middle and
Ethan Rossi sacrifice bunt RBI.Â
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Brett Stanley drove home the final EIU run in the seventh with an RBI double as he drove home two of the four EIU runs in the game.
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The Panthers were held to four hits coming off the bats of Stanley, Wilson,
James Love and
Mike O'Conor.
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Bryce Riggs (7-2) suffered the loss for EIU. Tim Teixeira (7-5) picked up the win for SIUE.
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Niedzwiedz and Daniel Geirer each had four hits for the Cougars.
