SIUE Blasts Five Home Runs In 11-4 Baseball Win

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- SIUE blasted five home runs Monday on its way to an 11-4 win over Murray State to complete a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series sweep at Simmons Baseball Complex.

"We came out motivated today," SIUE Head Coach Tony Stoecklin said. "You could sense it early on that guys were focused and ready to play. You always worry about a little bit of a letdown after you take the first two games of a series. I didn't sense that at all. I know the guys were focused and that the sweep was the only thing that was going to happen today."

The Cougars improved to a perfect 6-0 in OVC play and 6-9 overall while Murray State fell to 6-14 overall and 2-4 in the OVC.

All five of SIUE's home runs were two-run homers and came from four different players. The five home runs in a game is the most for the Cougars in the Division I era and the most they have hit in a single game since hitting five in a 2001 game against Tampa.

"We took good at-bats when it mattered today," Stoecklin said. "What do you say? Up and down the lineup we took some really good swings."

The Cougars finished with 15 total hits and three doubles to go along with the five home runs. Effingham's Chase Green had a single for the winners.