Chase Green Singles In SIUE Losses, EIU Falls Twice

NORMAN, Okla. -- SIUE baseball dropped an 11-1 loss Saturday at Oklahoma.

"This is two games in a row now where we've come out a little nervous; had the jitters," SIUE Head Coach Tony Stoecklin said. "We seem more focused on the name on the front of the jersey instead of just going out to play baseball."

SIUE freshman right fielder Dustin Woodcock accounted for the Cougars only run and two of SIUE's six hits. Woodcock was 2 for 3 with a solo home run in the fifth inning.

Ryan Agnitsch allowed two runs on five hits over three innings of relief. He struck out a batter. P.J. Schuster allowed four runs on six hits over the final two innings. He walked one and struck out two.

Collin Book, Denton Reed, Chase Green, and Zach Little each had single hits for the Cougars in the loss.

SIUE managed just five hits in a 9-1 loss to Oklahoma Sunday in the finale of a weekend baseball series at L. Dale Mitchell Field.

SIUE fell to 0-3 after the weekend which included a pair of losses to Oklahoma and a loss to Notre Dame. Oklahoma improved to 3-2 with the win.

"Overall this weekend we played with some jitters," SIUE Head Coach Tony Stoecklin said. "We let our nerves get to us. We were completely off our games."

The only SIUE run came in the sixth inning. Parker Guinn led off the inning with a double. Guinn scored on a groundout by Denton Reed which made it 8-1.

Aside from Guinn, Nick Lombardo, Austin Verschoore, Zach Little, and Chase Green each had single hits. Green has had a hit in each of the season's first three games and has a hit in 20 straight games dating back to last year.   

Oklahoma's Robert Tasin started and tossed five scoreless innings for the win. He struck out three. Austin O'Brien led the Sooners at the plate. He was 3 for 5 with two RBIs and a run.

The Cougars return to action for a three-game series at Oral Roberts Friday-Sunday.

EIU Drops Games To Georgia

ATHENS, Ga. -- Eastern Illinois scored two runs against Georgia in the first inning but could muster only four hits for the day as the Bulldogs won 10-2 on Saturday afternoon.

EIU fell to 0-2 on the season as the Panthers plated two runs in the top of the first against UGA starter Ryan Lawlor (1-0). The left-hander would settle down and pitch six innings to pick up the win.

Eastern Illinois baseball fell behind early as the Panthers dropped their season opener Friday afternoon, 18-3, at Georgia. The two schools will play the second game in the weekend series on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Georgia opened the game scoring two runs in the bottom of the first on a Mike Bell home run. Georgia would end the day hitting five home runs with Bell connecting for two.

The Bulldogs extended the lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the second with an RBI single by Skylar Weber and an unearned run.

EIU was able to cut the lead in half in the top of the third with RBI singles by Isaac Sampen and Jason Scholl. Joseph Duncan and Mitch Gasbarro came around to score for the Panthers.

Georgia broke the game open in the bottom of the third with a three-run homer by Keegan McGovern.  The Bulldogs led 8-2 after the third inning and chased Panthers starter Jake Johansmeier (0-1) in the fifth.