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Elizabeth Courtney Randolph/USI
6
Oakland OAKLAND 1-6
7
Winner Southern Indiana SOUTHERN 6-2
Oakland OAKLAND
1-6
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Final
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Southern Indiana SOUTHERN
6-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland OAKLAND 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 9 3
Southern Indiana SOUTHERN 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 7 11 0

W: East, Levin (1-0) L: A. Landis (0-1) S: Anderson, Nathan (2)

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

USI holds on to win, 7-6

Screaming Eagles complete four-game sweep of Oakland

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball withstood a final ninth inning rally by Oakland and completed a four-game sweep with a 7-6 win on the final day of the Fairfield Inn Invitational at the USI Baseball Field. USI is 6-2 after the first two weeks of the season, while Oakland goes to 1-6.
 
The Screaming Eagles jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the second inning, taking advantage of a pair of Grizzly errors and scored five unearned runs. The inning was highlighted by a two-run double by senior first baseman Patrick McLellan.
 
The Grizzlies rallied to tie the game, 5-5, with four in the third and one in the fifth. The score would remain tied until USI pushed the eventual winning runs across in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run two-out single by senior leftfielder Hunter Miller.
 
In the ninth, Oakland made a run at USI and graduate right-hander Nathan Anderson. The Grizzlies closed the gap to 7-6 with two outs, but Anderson closed out the USI victory with the tying run at second base. The save was Anderson's second of the season.
 
The victory was credited to freshman right-hander Levin East in relief. East (1-0) posted his first collegiate win by blanking Oakland for three innings, allowing one walk and striking out three.
 
McLellan and Miller led the USI overall at the plate with two RBIs each, while senior shortstop Clayton Slack had three hits in the victory.
 
Up Next for the Screaming Eagles:
The Screaming Eagles will be on the road for the next four contests, traveling to play Saint Louis Wednesday at 3 p.m. in St. Louis, Missouri, and to North Alabama February 27-March 1 for a three-game series in Florence, Alabama.
 
SLU began today 0-6 and is in the middle of a three-game series with North Alabama in Florence. The Billikens lost the series opener at North Alabama, 7-4, Friday and game two, 12-2, Saturday.
 
USI leads the all-time series with Saint Louis, 3-2, after winning both meetings last season. The Screaming Eagles took the opener, 11-4, at USI and 12-5 in St. Louis.
 
North Alabama started Saturday with a 5-2 record after the opener and second game with SLU. The Lions, who will finish the series with SLU Sunday and visit Samford prior to hosting USI, took the only meeting from the Screaming Eagles, 13-7, in a neutral site game in Mobile, Alabama, during the 2024 season.
 
 
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