EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana earned a convincing win at the USI Baseball Field on Saturday afternoon as the visiting team in score book due to unplayable weather conditions in Charleston, Illinois. The Screaming Eagles (19-25) used a monstrous start in the series rubber match to take down Eastern Illinois University (14-26), 14-3. The win improves their Ohio Valley Conference record to 8-10.
USI shot out of a cannon, tallying six runs in the top half of the first. Junior Terrick Thompson-Allen (Sioux City, Iowa) smoked a single to bring home senior Ren Tachioka (Saitama, Japan). The Eagles took advantage of five free passes in the inning and a clutch two-RBI single by Tachioka to build the early lead.
The Eagles chased the Panthers starter out of the game in the third inning. Junior Ricardo Van Grieken (Merida, Venezuela) lined a double into the gap to drive in junior Logan Mock (Livermore, California) to extend the lead to 7-1 after three frames.
Senior Tucker Ebest (Austin, Texas) smashed his seventh home run of the year for a two-run shot after Van Grieken led the inning off with another double in the sixth.
A trio of eighth inning doubles by senior Jack Ellis (Jeffersonville, Indiana), Mock, and Van Grieken extended the Eagles lead to 14-2. USI allowed a run in the bottom of the frame but took game three of the series by run-rule in eight innings, 14-3.
Van Grieken led the team offensively with four hits, four RBIs, two runs scored, and one walk. Along with the 14 runs, USI tallied eight extra-base hits, ten walks, and 13 total hits.
On the mound, junior Gavin Seebold (Jeffersonville, Indiana) took the start earning the win twirling six strong innings, two earned runs, three strikeouts, and only five hits allowed. Senior Carter Stamm (Jasper, Indiana) relieved Seebold throwing a scoreless seventh inning.
