Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
Evansville, Ind.- The UW-Parkside Baseball team endured a long day on the road, in more ways than one, in dropping a doubleheader to 15th-ranked, Southern Indiana. The Rangers lost game one 10-1 before a two hour and 15 minute rain delay paused the second game. Once play resumed they were unable to get the bats going and were defeated, 8-2.
The Rangers are now 9-13 in the GLVC while first-place USI improved to 20-6. UW-Parkside is three games out of the final GLVC Tournament slot.
Game One
Southern Indiana came storming out of the gates in the opener building a 5-0 lead after two innings. Once again defensive miscues came back to hurt the Rangers and USI was able to score three unearned runs in building that lead.
Parkside scored its only run in the top of the third when
Mike Anderson doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch. He'd score immediately on a
John Brennan ground out but that was all the Rangers could muster in game one. They got five hits and a walk over the last two innings against Dan Marcacci but couldn't get another run across.
The Screaming Eagles added an unearned run in the fifth and four more against the Ranger pen in the sixth to win going away.
Anderson and
John Perszyk each had two hits to lead the way offensively. Parkside committed four errors in game one and left eight runners on base.
Game Two
The second game made it into the bottom half of the first before lightning and rain forced the two-plus hour delay. When play resumed USI got a two-out hit to take an early lead.
The Rangers tied it in the third when Anderson stole third base and came around to score when the throw was misplayed.
USI came right back in the bottom half with a single, two wild pitches, and a sacrifice fly to get back out in front, 2-1.
Parkside went relatively quiet before USI busted the game open with a six-run, sixth inning. The Screaming Eagles sent 11 batters to the plate taking advantage of four walks and a hit batter to go with three hits.
The Rangers added their last run on a
Corey Stonelake groundout in the eighth but were unable to mount a serious threat.
Anderson continued his solid day with two more hits and scored all three runs in the doubleheader for Parkside.
Brad Liermann also had two hits.
The Rangers will be back in action next weekend when they head south to take on Northern Kentucky for their final road games of the year. They'll return to Somers on May 4 when Carroll College comes for a 2:00 non-conference affair.
