OAKLAND CITY, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team got back in the win column Tuesday night when the Blazers traveled to Oakland City University to take on the Mighty Oaks JV squad.

The Trailblazers picked up some big hitting, including solo home runs by sophomores Brandon Juarez (Evansville, Ind.) and Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) as the Blazers came away with the 7-2 victory.

Vincennes broke open the scoring in a big way in the second inning, with Brandon Juarez leading off the inning with a solo home run, the first of his VU career, to put the Blazers on top 1-0.

Oakland City then answered in the bottom of the inning with a pair of runs to take the lead before Jack Robinson evened the score in the third with a solo home run of his own, also his first VU home run.

VU would get the lead back in the fifth after a leadoff walk by sophomore Keegan Schlotterbeck (Centerville, Ind.), a sacrifice bunt by Robinson and sophomore Jace Parnin (Fort Wayne, Ind.) being hit by a pitch.

Schlotterbeck and Parnin executed a double steal with Schlotterbeck scoring on a throwing error to put VU head 3-2.

Parnin would later come around to score on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Kade Hinton (Fort Wayne, Ind.) to increase VU’s lead to 4-2.

The Trailblazers weren’t done there however, freshman Bradyn Doulgas (Frankton, Ind.) pinch hit to lead off the sixth inning and drew a walk.

Sophomore Bryton Griffy (Louisville, Ill.) reached on a single and after stealing second was driven in on a two-RBI single by Jack Robinson, giving him three RBIs on the night.

Robinson later scored on an RBI single by Jace Parnin, his second hit of the game and third time reaching base safely, to put the Blazers ahead 7-2.

The VU pitching staff held serve as the Blazers cruised through the later innings to pick up the 7-2 victory over Oakland City JV.

Vincennes Head Baseball Coach Chris Barney sent eight different pitchers to the mound Tuesday night, led off by freshman starter Carson Allen (Louisville, Ky.) who lasted an inning and two-thirds, allowing two runs on three hits and striking out one.

Freshman Yancey Edlin (Pekin, Ind.) was the first out of the pen, retiring all four batters he faced, including striking out the final two batters of the third inning.

Edlin turned the game over to sophomore Josh McCormick (Indianapolis, Ind.) who struck out the side in the fourth inning and picked up the winning decision Tuesday night.

Freshmen Colten Okes (Evansville, Ind.), JD Bowser (Mt. Carmel, Ill.), sophomore Christian Pinson (Elizabethtown, Ky.), freshman Bryce Gross (Bridgeport, Ill.) and sophomore Jace Parnin combined to close out the final five innings of work, each throwing one inning a piece.

These five VU pitchers only allowed three Oakland City baserunners in the final five innings, with Gross striking out the side in the eighth and Okes, Pinson and Parnin each recording two strikeouts in their innings on the mound.

Vincennes will look to keep this positive momentum going into the weekend when the Blazers host another tough weekend slate of games at Jerry Blemker Field.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball allowed seven runs in the seventh and fell to Ball State University, 10-4, Tuesday afternoon at the USI Baseball Field. USI is 2-6 to start the season, while Ball State goes 5-3.
 
USI jumped out in front, 2-0, by manufacturing a pair of runs in the bottom of the second. Junior centerfielder Terrick Thompson-Allen (Sioux City, Iowa) was forced in on a walk by junior second baseman Lane Crowden (Jackson, Missouri) for the first tally before junior shortstop Ricardo Van Grieken (Venezuela) crossed the plate with USI’s second run after freshman rightfielder Ethan Rothschild (Evansville, Indiana) reached on an error.
 
After Ball State picked up a tally in the top of the third, USI posted its second-straight two-run frame in the bottom of the third. Thompson-Allen lined a two-run tripled down the left field line to get the scoring going in third, plating freshman leftfielder Cameron Boyd (Villa Hills, Kentucky) and senior designated hitter Tucker Ebest (Austin, Texas) for a 4-0 lead.
 
Ball State chipped away at the USI lead with a tally in the fourth and the sixth to close to within one, 4-3, before exploding for seven runs to grab an 10-4 advantage. The Cardinals would cruise through the final two innings to grab the 10-4 decision.
 
In the game at the plate for USI, Thompson-Allen led the Eagles by going two-for-five with a triple and two RBI. Ebest also was two-for-five with a run scored and a double.
 
USI junior right-hander Gage Smith (Garrett, Indiana) took loss in relief as the Eagles used 10 hurlers in the game. Smith (0-1) allowed three runs on three hits in a third of an inning in the seventh.