Southern Illinois Baseball Wins the Battle of South vs East

Southern Illinois University Carbondale gets three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to win the battle of Southern vs Eastern Illinois.  For Southern Illinois Chris Serritella went 3-5 with a rbi, Tony LePore went 3-4 and Aaron Robert went 2-3 with two rbi's.  Kellen Candau wound up with the victory pitching one inning and Bryant George closed the door in the 9th for the save.  Southern Illinois brought it's record up to 9-12.

For Eastern Illinois Zach Borenstein hit two home runs and collected six rbi's, Gerik Wallsten went 3-3 with Eastern's other two rbi's.  Eastern drops to 4-15 on the season.