WEDNESDAY'S SCORES
@Eastern Illinois 24, Illinois Wesleyan 7
Missouri 7,
@Lindenwood 5
Southeast Missouri 10, @Evansville 4
EASTERN ILLINOIS 24, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 7
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Eastern Illinois baseball (14-7, 1-2 OVC) wom their home opener at Coaches Stadium Wednesday evening with a 24-7 victory over Division III opponent Illinois Wesleyan (4-11, 0-0 CCIW). The Panthers scored 17 runs in the first inning including three home runs.
Dominic DiLello went against his former club and did not disappoint after going 2-4 with a three-run home run and five RBI. Designated hitter Jared Evans also had three hits on the day including a home run and a double.
Starting pitcher Mitch Alba (W, 1-0) earned his first win of the season after throwing in the first four innings and allowing three runs on three hits. Will Jackson (0-2) suffered the loss for the Titans after throwing in just 0.2 innings.
The last time the Panthers scored 24 runs in a game was during the 2009 season when EIU defeated Blackburn college by a score of 24-4. Eastern put up 17 runs in the first inning as they went through 21 plate appearances.
After a quick innings work by Alba, EIU got on the board with a Chris Worcester sac fly to score Riley from third. Ryan Ignoffo would double and be brought home by Evans for the second run of the inning. Cole Gober would score on a wild pitch while Ben Gallaher delivered an RBI single.
DiLello would rip his no-doubt home run in the nine hole with two runners on the bring the game to 7-0. Ignoffo would then hit his fifth home run of the season with two runners on, and was followed two batters later with an Evans home run to bring the score to 12-0.
Joey Hagen, DiLello, Lynch (2) and Worcester would combine for the final five RBI of the inning to give EIU a 17-run cushion heading into the second.
The Titans would score all three of their runs of of Alba in the second inning after an RBI double by Jimmy Gurgone and RBI by Evan Hutson and Cade Tomhave. EIU would score five runs of their own in the bottom of the second including an RBI double by Lucas DiLuca.
Dylan Drumke earned his first hit of the season in an exciting fashion with a two-run home run in the bottom of the third to bring EIU to a 24-3 lead. The Titans would score four more runs in the fourth including a triple from Blake Niebrugge that scored two runs.
Jack Potteiger finished the game in the bottom of the seventh by going one, two, three. It marked the first time that the Panthers had run ruled a team this season.
Eastern Illinois scored 24 runs on 18 hits with one error while Illinois Wesleyan scored seven runs on nine hits with three errors.
MISSOURI 7, LINDENWOOD 5
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - An outstanding offensive output was not enough for Lindenwood baseball (3-22) on Wednesday, as the Lions were defeated by Missouri (19-6) 7-5 at Lou Brock Sports Complex.
Freshman Carson Subbert was a bright spot out of the bullpen, going 1.2 shutout innings without allowing a hit, walking one and striking out three. Senior Joe Copeland led the way offensively for the Lions, going 2-for-4 in the ballgame with a double, a walk and two RBI. Junior Tyson Ludwig compiled a standout day at the plate as well, going 2-for-4 with a double and a walk. Junior Brett Bowers also helped out, going 1-for-3 for Lindenwood with a double and an RBI.
Trailing 2-0, the Lions first put runs on the board in the first inning. Sophomore Marcus Heusohn came across to score the lone run of the inning for Lindenwood and get them on the board.
The Lions deficit expanded to 3-1 before their offense got back on the scoreboard, taking over the lead in the third inning. which brought the Lions lead to 4-3.
Lindenwood's lead had evaporated by the time the seventh inning arrived and turned into a 7-4 Missouri advantage, when the Lions cut that deficit to 7-5. The Lions notched a run on Copeland's two-out RBI double. The Lions were unable to get any closer, as neither team scored again in the ballgame.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 10, EVANSVILLE 4
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Southeast Missouri (13-14, 2-1 OVC) used a five run first inning to defeat Evansville (16-8, 3-0 MVC) on Wednesday evening by a final score of 10-4.
The Redhawks victory snapped a nine-game winning streak, the nation's fourth longest streak, for Evansville.
SEMO scored five runs in the first inning thanks in large part to the first three batters of the game getting hit by three-straight pitches by Evansville RHP Willard Peterson (0-1).
Carlos Aranda, Jevon Mason, and Josh Cameron were on base in the blink of an eye as third baseman Chance Resetich got the game going with an RBI single to score Aranda.
A one-out Brett Graber double into the left-center field gap to plate Mason and Cameron to stretch the early lead to 3-0 with just one out.
An RBI ground out by Peyton Leeper, and an RBI single by Caleb Rodgers gave SEMO a five-run lead before the Purple Aces came to bat.
Evansville right fielder Eric Roberts got a run back for UE on LHP Ethan Osborne's first pitch of the outing.
Osborne (3-3) took the win in the contest pitching three innings, allowing just one run on one hit.
Leeper hit his third home run of the season in the third inning. A two-run blast over the right field fence gave SEMO a 7-1 advantage.
Two runs in the eighth and a run in the ninth gave SEMO 10 runs to hold on for a 10-4 win to hand Evansville its second loss at German American Bank Field on the season.
RHP Eddie White had a nice day out of the bullpen. The right-hander relieved Osborne and pitched three complete innings, striking out two over 40 pitches. He surrendered just three hits.
Peyton Leeper led the Rehdawks offense going 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a pair of runs scored.
Chance Resetich and Brett Graber each registered a pair of hits and RBIs as the Redhawks had five different hitters record an RBI.
Yanluis Ortiz made his second career start in a Redhawk uniform behind the plate on Wednesday night.