FLORENCE, Ala. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball started a three-game series at North Alabama with a dominating 20-1 win Friday afternoon in Florence, Alabama. USI is 7-3 after the first two weeks of the season, while UNA goes to 6-4.

The Screaming Eagles scored their 20 runs on 19 hits, including five extra-base hits.
 
USI senior shortstop Clayton Slack put the Screaming Eagles in front 3-0 in the top of the first with a three-run blast to left field. The home run was Slack's second of the season. The first inning rally started with a walk by senior centerfielder Khi Holiday and a single by senior first baseman Patrick McLellan before the home run by Slack.
 
USI increased the lead to 4-0 in the third when Holiday tripled to lead off the frame and scored on a groundout by graduate designated hitter Noah Foster. The Lions would get on the scoreboard in the bottom half of the inning with a home run to make the score, 4-1.
 
The Screaming Eagles blew the game open in the top of the fourth, plating nine runs to take a 13-1 lead. The nine-run frame, which saw USI score nine runs on seven hits, was highlighted by a three-run blast by senior catcher Micajah Wall.
 
USI would go on to score four more times in the fifth, three more in the seventh, in cruising to a 20-1 victory after seven innings.
 
Overall at the plate, Foster and Wall concluded the game with four RBIs each, while junior third baseman Parker Martin and Slack had three RBIs each.  
 
The win went to junior right-hander Abdriel Figueroa, who started and picked up his second win of the year. Figueroa (2-1) allowed the Lions one run on two hits and a walk, while striking out three in five innings.
 
Senior right-hander Andres Gonzalez and sophomore right-hander Colin Wolfe followed to scoreless frames in the sixth and seventh to complete the game.
 
Up Next for the Screaming Eagles:
USI and UNA continue the three-game series Saturday with a 2 pm. contest. The series concludes Sunday at 1 p.m.