EIU, SIUE Drops Baseball Games

SAINT LOUIS – Eastern Illinois made a late rally forcing extra innings on Wednesday but a Saint Louis sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th won the game for the Billikens, 13-12.
 
EIU dropped to 0-10 on the season and will head to Memphis for a three game series this weekend.  Saint Louis improved to 9-7 overall.
 
EIU fell behind early allowing ten runs in the first three innings.  Christian Slazinik was able to settle the pitching staff down in the middle portion of the game working 2.2 innings allowing just one hit with a strikeout.
 
The Panthers began to rally in the seventh scoring six runs to force extra frames.  In the seventh Brant Valach hit a solo home run to close the gap to 11-7.  Valach finished the day 3-of-5 with three RBI.
 
Freshman Cale Hennermann delivered the heroics in the eighth and ninth innings.  In the eighth Hennermann had an RBI double that scored Mitch Gasbarro.  He would single to right center with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth driving home two runs as Gasbarro tied the game at 12-12 scoring on a fielding error on the hit.  Hennermann was 2-for-5 with three RBI.

SIUE Drops Game to Missouri

COLUMBIA, Ill. -- SIUE dropped a 9-4 decision to Missouri Wednesday in nonconference baseball at Taylor Stadium.

Missouri (12-4) opened the scoring with three unearned runs in the second inning against SIUE starter Brendan Miller. An errant pickoff and an a throwing error on a groundball extended allowed a run to score and extended the inning to leadoff hitter Brett Peel. Peel lined a double to left to make it 3-0 Missouri.

The Cougars (3-9) got a run back in the fourth inning on an infield hit from Nick Lombardo. Effingham's Chase Green played but did not get a hit.