MARTIN, Tenn. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball could not hold an early lead and lost the series finale to the University of Tennessee at Martin, 10-7, Sunday afternoon in Martin, Tennessee. USI is 21-26 overall and 10-11 in the OVC, while UTM is 18-28, 9-11 OVC.
 
The Screaming Eagles had command of the series finale early by scoring twice in the first and third innings. USI loaded the bases on a pair of walks and a hit by pitch to start the game before junior designated hitter Charlie Marisca drew an RBI walk and junior leftfielder Hunter Miller forced in a tally after reaching on an error to make the score, 2-0.
 
The Eagles would strike again in the third inning when sophomore second baseman Anthony Umbach drove in a run after singling in a suicide squeeze attempt and junior shortstop Clayton Slack got an RBI by driving a sacrifice fly deep to right field.
 
The margin increased to 5-0 for USI in the fourth on an RBI double by junior first baseman Cole Kitchens. The Eagles would hold the 5-0 lead until the bottom of the fourth when the Skyhawks scored five times to knot the game up at 5-5.  
 
USI would jump back in front, 7-5, in the top of the fifth when sophomore third baseman Parker Martin singled through the right side to score Slack and Umbach with two outs. The Skyhawks pulled to within one with a tally in the seventh before senior right-hander Ian Anderson got the Eagles out of a two-on, one-out jam to preserve the 7-6 lead.
 
The Eagles' luck would run out in the eighth, as the Skyhawks scored four times with two outs to take the lead for the eventual 10-7 final.
 
Anderson (3-1) suffered his first loss of the season in relief. He allowed four runs on two hits and two walks in 1.1 innings of work.
 
USI junior right-hander Andres Gonzalez started and got a no-decision. Gonzalez threw the first 3.1 innings, allowing two tallies on two hits and two walks, while striking out three.
 
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