TUESDAY'S SCORES
Eastern Illinois 12, @Butler 1
Southern Indiana 12, @Saint Louis 5
@Lindenwood 10, UMSL 0
Belmont 12,
@UT Martin 5
@Marshall 10,
Morehead State 0
@Tennessee Tech 8, USC Upstate 2
Southern Illinois 12,
@Southeast Missouri 6
Western Illinois 7, @Iowa 3
@#5 Arkansas 10,
Little Rock 0
EASTERN ILLINOIS 12, BUTLER 1
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Masterful pitching and timely hitting led the Eastern Illinois baseball team (20-17, 9-5 OVC) to a 12-1 run-rule victory over Bulter (14-26, 3-6 Big East) on Tuesday afternoon, extending their current win streak to five games.
The win improves EIU's all-time record against the Bulldogs to 21-13. It also completes Eastern's first season sweep of Butler since 2019.
Eight of EIU's 12 runs were earned on a day in which the Panthers out-hit the Bulldogs 12 to 4. James Love led the way with three hits, while Mike O'Conor and Jake Ottensmeier accounted for the bulk of Eastern's scoring production with four RBIs apiece.
Three EIU pitchers saw action in the game compared to nine for Butler. Bryce Riggs picked up the win after allowing no runs on just two hits with a strikeout through the game's first two and two-thirds innings.
Jack Potteiger allowed just one run on two hits in middle relief before Elijah Green pitched three scoreless innings to close the game, surrendering zero hits with two strikeouts.
Despite the strong offensive outing, the day did not go without some missed opportunities, as the Panthers left the bases loaded in each of the first two innings without scoring a run.
However, Eastern loaded the bases yet again in the third inning and this time the chance did not go begging, as Jake Ottensmeier stepped to the plate and delivered a bases clearing triple to put the Panthers up 3-0.
Following a scoreless fourth inning, Butler scored their first and only run of the game with a Jack Bello RBI single in the top of the fifth.
EIU responded in the top of the sixth as Pierce Bauerle was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to drive in a Brett Stanley, but they were unable to plate any more runs in the frame as they left another three runners stranded.
The Panthers hung their second three-spot of the game in the seventh, with Ethan Rossi leading off the inning a ground rule double before Jake Ottensmeier recorded another RBI with a single to right field.
Following a Chris Worcester sacrifice bunt that moved Ottensmeier to second, Mike O'Conor doubled to center field to drive in the inning's second run before scoring on a Zak Goodwin RBI single.
After Elijah Green blanked Butler again in the bottom of the seventh, EIU put the game out of reach with five runs in the top of the eighth.
With the bases loaded following two walks and an error, a wild pitch allowed Pierce Bauerle to score the frame's first run.
Shortly thereafter, Brett Stanley was walked with two outs to reload the bases before Mike O'Conor recorded the team's second three RBI triple of the day to extend the lead to 10 runs.
After Zak Goodwin and Jake Ferguson were walked to fill up the pond again, Sam Wiese earned a third consecutive free pass to bring in the Panthers twelfth run of the game.
Eastern left the bases loaded for the fourth time in the game, but it did not matter as Green retired the Butler side in order to secure the Panthers' fifth consecutive win.
SOUTHERN INDIANA 12, SAINT LOUIS 5
ST. LOUIS - University of Southern Indiana Baseball scored seven unanswered runs to defeat Saint Louis University,12-5, Tuesday afternoon at the Billiken Sports Center in St. Louis, Missouri. USI is 18-22 overall, while SLU is 23-17.
USI senior centerfielder Khi Holiday gave the Screaming Eagles the early lead by manufacturing a tally in the first. Holiday walked with one out and stole second before stealing third and scoring on the throw.
SLU would push a tally across in the bottom of the first before USI regained the lead, 2-1, on an RBI single by sophomore third baseman Parker Martin. The score would remain 2-1 until the top of the fifth when USI scored three more times for the 5-1 advantage.
The three-run rally was highlighted by RBI singles by sophomore rightfielder Cameron Boyd and junior leftfielder Hunter Miller that sandwiched junior designated hitter Charlie Marisca scoring on a bases-loaded wild pitch. USI maintained the 5-1 advantage until the Billikens scored four times in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game, 5-5.
USI responded by regaining the lead, 6-5, with a tally in the top of the seventh on an RBI ground out by Miller. The Eagles extended the lead to 7-5 when Martin scored on a wild pitch and 8-5 on an RBI single by junior catcher Micajah Wall in the eighth.
The Eagles sealed the victory with four more runs in the top of the ninth for the 12-5 victory. USI got the four runs on a squeeze bunt, a pair of wild pitches, and a ground out.
On the bump, freshman right-hander Marshall Loch picked up his second win of the season in relief. Loch (2-2) got the Eagles out of a jam in the sixth, going two-thirds of the inning, allowing one run and striking out one.
Senior right-hander Ian Anderson earned his third save of the season, throwing the final two innings. He allowed a pair of hits and struck out two.
LINDENWOOD 10, UMSL 0
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood baseball (19-21, 7-7 OVC) shutout the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons (25-21, 14-14 GLVC) by the score of 10-0 in seven innings Tuesday night at the Lou Brock Sports Complex in St. Charles, Mo.
The Lions got the scoring started when Filip Sarota singled in Jake Radosevich in the top of the first. Tanner Simpson drove in two more later in the inning, giving the Lions a 3-0 lead after one. With one out in the bottom of the third, the Lions extended their lead to four after Radosevich singled in Kam Edwards from second base.
After two quick outs to start the bottom of the sixth, a walk by Sam Grunberg and a throwing error opened the door for a three-run Lion half-inning. With runners on first and second, Simpson doubled down the right field line scoring Grunberg and Sarota. The run-scoring double gave Simpson four RBIs for the game. Bryson Arnette then singled in Simpson extending the Lions lead to 7-0.
Grunberg picked up a pair of RBIs in the bottom of the seventh making it 9-0 Lions. Lindenwood tacked on one more run a few batters later thanks to an Arnette single to left which sealed the 10-0 victory.
Michael Walsh got the start for Lindenwood and pitched 4.2 scoreless innings while allowing two hits, striking out three and walking one and earning his second win of the season in the process.
BELMONT 12, UT MARTIN 5
MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team had nine base hits from eight different players but fell to Belmont 12-5 at Skyhawk Field.
Jordan Hudson had a multi-hit game (run scored) while Arderrius Townsend (two-run home run), Garner Anderson (double, two RBIs) and Brody Capps (double, RBI) recorded extra base hits. Jalen Fithian (run scored), JT Popick, Frank Micallef and Cameron Greene (walk, run scored) had base knocks.
Quin Long (two innings pitched, one strikeout) started the game with JP Nunn (three innings pitched, one strikeout), Mason Shropshire (3-2, one inning pitched, one strikeout), J. Henry Hobson (0.2 innings pitched, one strikeout), Austin Gast (0.1 innings pitched) and Brock Arender (two innings pitched, no hits, no runs) making appearances out of the bullpen.
Belmont (17-26) scored the game’s first run then UT Martin (15-24) rattled off three runs in the bottom of the first. Capps doubled to score Fithian then Townsend hit his team-best ninth home run.
Nunn entered in the third and worked a scoreless frame from a pop out, groundout and flyout. After a lead off double, Nunn retired three straight batters on a groundout, pop out and fanned the final Bruin of the frame.
Down by two in the home half of the fifth, Anderson knotted the game up at five from a double off the batter’s eye. Belmont had a run in the sixth and used a multi-run seventh frame to pull away. Arender produced two solid innings in the eighth and ninth allowing only one base runner and no hits with no runs.
MARSHALL 10, MOREHEAD STATE 0
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall broke out the bats and scored in bunches as the Herd beat Morehead State 10-0 Tuesday night at Jack Cook Field in Huntington, W.Va.
Morehead State (12-26/ 2-13 OVC) could manage only 3 hits against Marshall pitching.
Marshall (19-22/ 6-2 SBC) put up five runs in the bottom of the second on six hits, punctuated by Marshall shortstop Maika Niu's two-out, two RBI double that one-hopped the wall in right center.
The Herd added three more in the third, punctuated by center fielder Can Harthan's two-run triple down the right field line. Another pair in the fourth put Marshall up 10-0.
Marshall's Peyton Jackson (1-0) picked up the win. MSU's Ethan Davis (2-3) took the loss.
TENNESSEE TECH 8, USC UPSTATE 2
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Strong pitching, patience at the plate, and elite collective effort on the basepaths lifted the Tennessee Tech baseball team to an 8-2 victory over visiting USC Upstate on Tuesday evening in the first contest of a two-game, midweek series at Quillen Field and Bush Stadium at the Averitt Express Baseball Complex.
The Golden Eagles (25-16) swiped a season-high seven bases and drew an impressive nine walks in the contest, constantly applying pressure on the Spartan pitching staff throughout the evening. Tech's seven steals tied for the second-most in a single game in program history, representing the fifth time the Cookeville crew managed seven and the first time since accomplishing the feat at UT Martin on May 15, 2021.
Four members of the Tech pitching staff combined to limit a potent USC Upstate (21-20) offense to just six hits and two runs, starting with freshman Logan Moller. Making his first collegiate start, the rookie tossed up three consecutive zeroes to open the ball game.
The Spartans finally got to the youngster in the fourth, taking advantage of a hit-by-pitch with one out. Johnny Sweeney put the visitors on top three pitches later, cracking a two-run moon shot to right field for the early 2-0 lead.
The purple and gold immediately backed up their starter, working together a five-run bottom of the fourth. Playing first base for the first time this season, Nicho Jordan led off the frame with a walk and stole second for one of his two swipes on the night. Second baseman Eddie Garza followed with a walk of his own, prompting a pitching change.
Right fielder Luke Bragga laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move both runners into scoring position, setting up shortstop Owen Lee for the big swing. The redshirt freshman ripped the first pitch he saw down the right-field line, bouncing one over the wall for a two-run, ground-rule double.
With the score knotted at 2-2, left fielder Landon Smelser turned in the game-winning swing, smacking an RBI laser through the right side. Third baseman Jackson Rooker beat out an infield single to first base before center fielder Jackson Green drew a walk to load the bags and force another call to the bullpen for the Spartans.
Catcher Riley Black delivered with the bases juiced, peppering a two-run single through the right side. Just like that, Tech built a 5-2 lead.
The home squad tacked on a couple of insurance runs in the sixth, loading the bases to open the frame before scoring twice on ground balls. Both Black and Jordan reached safely on fielder's choices to second base, plating one run each for a 7-2 advantage.
Closing the scoring on the day, Green capped an incredible, all-around contest with a lead-off home run in the eighth. The senior's second round-tripper of the year came on the first pitch of the inning, a laser over the left-field wall.
Green led the Tech offense with a 3-for-3 day, two runs, two walks, and three steals, all while playing stellar defense in center field. Black topped the squad with three RBI while Lee drove in a pair while walking twice.
Taking over on the hill for Tech in the fourth, Reece McDuffie completed 2.1 innings without allowing a run to earn his second win of the season. Jack Brafa relieved McDuffie to cover the seventh and eighth frames, allowing just a single hit while striking out two.
Sophomore Juan Vargas knocked out the ninth inning for the purple and gold, scattering a hit and two walks to complete another scoreless frame. Moller led the team with three punch-outs in 3.2 innings on the mound, surrendering just two hits with no walks.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 12, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 6
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri Baseball (23-18) dropped Tuesday's midweek contest to Southern Illinois (28-12) by a final score of 12-6 from Capaha Field.
The Redhawks were outhit by a final tally of 18-10 led by outfielders Cole Warehime and Ty Stauss who finished with two hits apiece. Warehime finished with three RBIs.
SEMO jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the bottom of the first inning. A leadoff single from Brooks Kettering put the first base runner of the game on first base. With one out, Bryce Cannon roped his team-leading 16thdouble of the season to score Kettering from first base to make it 1-0.
Stauss recorded his first-of-two hits two hitters later with an RBI single through the right side to score Cannon from second base and the Redhawks led 2-0 after the first frame.
RHP Caden Kickhaefer, LHP Ethan Osborne, and RHP Brian Strange held the Salukis in check for the first 3.0 innings as the Salukis failed to score over the game's first four innings.
The Redhawks would load the bases in the fourth inning beginning with Stauss' second single to center field. A one-out single by Caleb Corbin and a walk from Carson Schrack loaded the bases for the Redhawks.
A walk to catcher Liam Forsyth drove in the third run of the game, making it 3-0 SEMO. For Forsyth, the RBI marked his sixth of the season.
SIU gained the lead in the top of the fifth inning with a five-run inning sparking a run of five-straight innings with at least a run to take the game by a final score of 12-6.
WESTERN ILLINOIS 7, IOWA 3
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Western Illinois Baseball picked up their biggest win of the season on Tuesday night by taking down the Iowa Hawkeyes, the leaders of the Big Ten, by a final score of 7-3. With the win, the Leathernecks snap an 11 year drought as their last win on the road versus a Big Ten opponent came on April 15, 2014 when they defeated Iowa by a score of 8-6.
Harrison Dubois got the starting nod tonight, limiting the Hawkeye offense to just two hits. Dubois pitched three innings, giving up no runs and striking out two. The Leathernecks would waste no time getting on the board to start the game as Liam Bushey and Krayton Morse would hit the first pitch that they saw for singles to put runners on first and second. Following a walk by Paul Osting, Tyler Large would pick up an RBI on a fielder's choice to put WIU in front 1-0 in the first inning.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Leathernecks would add on to their lead. After back-to-back walks and Kenneth Perez getting hit by a pitch, WIU would have the bases loaded with nobody out for Brock Lummus. Lummus would come through for the Leatherneck offense as he would send an 0-2 pitch the other way for an RBI single through the right side making it a 2-0 game. On the following at bat, Kyree Alexander would walk with the bases loaded allowing Large to score to put the Leathernecks in control. Later in the inning, Perez would come around to score on a wild pitch making it a 4-0 game through 4.5 innings. The Hawkeyes would get a run back in the bottom of the fifth, making it a 4-1 game after five.
WIU would continue to add on to their lead in both the seventh and ninth innings however. In the top of the seventh, Kenneth Perez would lead off the inning with a double to left center and would come around to score on a Kyree Alexander RBI double to left field. Cordell Coburn would then pick up an RBI on a groundout to the shortstop, making it a 6-1 game. In the top of the ninth, Brock Lummus would lead off the inning with a walk and came around to score on a wild pitch to give WIU a 7-2 lead heading into the final half of the ninth inning.
As a team, WIU drew eight walks which highlighted their patience at the plate. Kenneth Perez and Kyree Alexander both went 2-4 from the plate to lead the offense. Perez had a double and two runs scored while Alexander added a double of his own and two RBI.
The bullpen for the Leathernecks was sharp all night, pitching the final 6 innings of the contest. Jackson Rodgers would enter the game in the bottom of the fourth inning to pick up his second win of the season, evening his record to 2-2. The 6'3" Sophomore from Glen Carbon, Ill would hold Iowa to just one run on five hits over 2.1 innings. Karsten Stotlar would then get the call, pitching 1.1 innings allowing one run on one hit and striking out three. The final 2.1 innings of the game was all Billy Humphrey, who had a season-high five strikeouts, allowing three hits and one run.
#5 ARKANSAS 10, LITTLE ROCK 0
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Little Rock fell behind early to No. 5 Arkansas Tuesday night at Baum-Walker Stadium and couldn't recover in a 10-0 defeat in seven innings.
The Trojans will try to bounce back like they did in 2023 when the No. 5 Razorbacks beat them 21-5 on the first night only to have Little Rock split the midweek series with an 11-4 win. Tuesday night, The Hogs (35-7) scored five runs in the second inning and four in the third.
Little Rock (18-21) had its best chance to score in the first inning. Arkansas starting pitcher Tate McGuire, who picked up the win, walked lead-off hitter Alex Seguine and No. 2 hitter Zach Henry. However, Ryan Geck lined to shortstop Wehiwa Aloy, who turned a double play at second base.
Ty Rhoades singled to move Henry to third, but Cooper Chaplain, who was 1-for-3, flew out ending the inning. Angel Cano added the other hit for the Trojans.
Little Rock starter Zach Busick took the loss on the mound. He was one of three pitchers who saw action. Brendan Katz finished the night by giving up four hits and striking out four in 3.2 innings while walking just one.