Eastern split a doubleheader against the University of Southern Indiana on Thursday at Coaches Stadium, winning game one 4-2 and losing game two 8-1. Junior right-hander Casey Perrenoud went five innings as the game one starter. He had sharp lateral movement on his slider, and that mixed with the arm side run of his sinker.
The Eastern Illinois baseball team won its first Ohio Valley Conference series of the season over Little Rock in a walk-off fashion by redshirt junior third basemen Kolten Poorman Saturday afternoon at Coaches Stadium. The Panthers won game one of the doubleheader 5-3 and the second game 7-6. Graduate student right-hander Ky Matthews-Hampton was on.