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USI Baseball Clayton Slack and Brandon Krennrich at 1st vs. WIU
12
Winner Western Ill. WESTERN 5-17, 1-1 OVC
9
Southern Indiana SOUTHERN 14-9, 1-1 OVC
Winner
Western Ill. WESTERN
5-17, 1-1 OVC
12
Final
9
Southern Indiana SOUTHERN
14-9, 1-1 OVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Western Ill. WESTERN 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 3 12 12 4
Southern Indiana SOUTHERN 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 14 2

W: Harrison Dubois (1-3) L: Skwarek, Ryan (1-3)

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

USI loses lead, falls in 10 innings

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana baseball lost an early five-run lead and fell to Western Illinois in 10 innings, 12-9, at the USI Baseball Field. USI, which lost for the first time at home this spring, is 14-9 this season and 1-1 in the Ohio Valley Conference, while WIU goes to 5-17, 1-1 OVC.
 
The Screaming Eagles scored in each of the first three frames and built a 6-1 lead by the end of the fifth inning. WIU battled back and took the lead, 8-6, with a seven-run seventh inning. The WIU lead would expand to three, 9-6, after an eighth-inning home run.
 
USI rallied to tie the score, 9-9, with a three-run eighth inning. Senior first baseman Patrick McLellan, who was three-for-six with three runs scored and an RBI today, started the rally with a RBI-single that produced a pair of runs on a WIU error and made the score, 9-8. Senior catcher/designated hitter Micajah Wall tied the game, 9-9, with a RBI-single to score McLellan.
 
After a scoreless ninth, WIU scored three times in the top of the 10th to lead, 12-9. USI would go down in order in the bottom half of the inning as the Leathernecks closed out the 12-9 extra-inning final.
 
On the mound for USI, junior right-hander/second baseman Ryan Skwarek took the loss in relief. Skwarek allowed the deciding three runs, two earned, on two hits and a walk.
 
USI junior right-hander Ryan Weller started and picked up a tough no-decision. Weller went 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks, while striking out five.
 
Up Next for the Screaming Eagles:
The USI-WIU series concludes Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
The Screaming Eagles finish the four-game homestand Tuesday (March 24) when they host the Cardinals of Ball State University. The 5 p.m. contest will be free admission to all fans.
 
 
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