EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball could not overcome six errors and lost game one of the series with Tennessee Tech University, 13-3, Friday evening at the USI Baseball Field. USI is 23-23 overall and 6-13 in the Ohio Valley Conference, while TTU goes to 17-30, 5-14 OVC.
The Screaming Eagles started slow, allowing eight runs on three hits and a pair of errors in the first inning. USI would go on to allow two more runs in the fourth and fifth innings to trail 10-0 before it got onto the scoreboard.
USI scored its first run of the game in the fourth when graduate centerfielder
Khi Holiday scored on a groundout by graduate leftfielder
Jesse Velders. TTU pushed the lead to 10-1 in the fifth before USI scored its second run on a RBI-double by junior third baseman
Parker Martin.
The Golden Eagles scored three more in the sixth to lead 13-2 and would allow one more Screaming Eagle tally in the seventh before closing out the 13-3 final. Senior catcher
Micajah Wall crossed the plate with USI's final tally of the game, scoring on a fielder's choice by graduate rightfielder
Noah Foster.
On the bump, junior right-hander
Ryan Weller made through three innings before leaving with the loss. Weller (3-4) allowed eight runs, four earned, on eight hits and a walk in the three frames.
Up Next for the Screaming Eagles:
The Screaming Eagles and the Golden Eagles continue the three-game series Saturday at 4 p.m. with the series finale scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday.
Fans are encouraged to watch social media and
USIScreamingEagles.com for any schedule changes due to weather. Links to follow the Screaming Eagles during 2026 can be found on
USIScreamingEagles.com and the
USI Baseball Schedule.
