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20240227_USI Baseball vs Ball State_Dug Out
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
5
Southern Indiana USI 8-10
6
Winner Illinois ILL 7-10
Southern Indiana USI
8-10
5
Final
6
Illinois ILL
7-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Indiana USI 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 10 0
Illinois ILL 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 6 6 0

W: Reed, Sam (1-1) L: Seebold, Gavin (2-2) S: Glassey, Joseph (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ray Simmons, USI Athletic Communications

USI loses to long ball at Illinois

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball lost to the long ball at the University of Illinois, 6-5, Saturday afternoon in Champaign, Illinois. USI is 8-10 in the non-conference season, while Illinois goes to 7-10.
 
USI fell behind 4-0 in the first two innings after the Illini hit a two-run home run in each of the frames. The Screaming Eagles would rally to take the lead, 5-4, with a run in the fourth and four in the fifth.
 
USI senior designated hitter Jack Ellis (Jeffersonville, Indiana) put the Eagles on the scoreboard with a home run in the top of the fourth. The round tripper was his second of the year and of the series.
 
The Eagles battled back to take the lead with a four-run fifth inning that started with a two-run double by senior first baseman Tucker Ebest (Austin, Texas) to cut the deficit to 4-3. Ellis would strike again to tie the score, 4-4, with a RBI-single before junior second baseman/first baseman Thomas Emerich (Ava, Missouri) gave USI the lead, 5-4, by scoring on a pass ball.
 
The Illini would take the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth when they regained the advantage, 6-5, with their third two-run bomb of the contest. USI missed a chance in the top of the sixth, leaving runners on first and second, and one runner in the ninth, stranding the tying run.
 
USI junior right-hander Gavin Seebold (Jeffersonville, Indiana) took the loss in relief for the Eagles. Seebold (2-2) allowed two runs on two hits and two walks in two innings of work.
 
USI junior right-hander Peyton Brown (Clemmons, NC) picked up a no-decision after going the first 4.2 frames. Brown allowed four runs on four hits and two walks, while striking out three.
 
Up Next for the Eagles:
 
USI and Illinois finish the series Sunday with 1 p.m. start in Champaign.
 
Following the USI-Illinois series, the Eagles finish their nine-game road swing with a visit to Western Kentucky University Tuesday in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Hilltoppers are 13-7 overall after splitting the first two of three at the Ohio Valley Conference's Southeast Missouri State University this weekend.  
 
 
 
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