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April 28, 2006

Box Score Game One

Box Score Game Two

Waterloo, Iowa -

Hits and runs were plentiful while defense was a commodity in the University of Northern Iowa's baseball doubleheader split with Southern Illinois, Friday. The teams combined for 26 hits and seven errors in the Panthers' 11-6 game one victory.  UNI then fell 14-2, giving up six earned runs, in game two.

GAME 1

Eight innings from starter Zach Jevne (Decorah, Iowa/Decorah) and four runs from Brett Featherston (Epworth, Iowa/Western Dubuque) paved the way to victory in game one. Jevne struck out a career-high nine batters en route to his team-leading fifth win of the year.

The Panthers fell behind quickly in the first, allowing the first two Saluki batters to cross the plate to give SIU a 2-0 advantage leading into the bottom of the first. Two walks and three straight hits later, the Saluki advantage disappeared while the Panthers roared to a 4-2 lead.

Saluki starter Tyler Norrick left game one in the third after being ravaged by the UNI lineup. The senior was pulled after throwing over 40 pitches in the first frame and allowing nine runs (eight earned) in 2.2 innings of action.

Brandon Douglas (St. Charles, Iowa/I-35 Truro) sliced a ground ball through the hole to open the first-inning floodgates for UNI. The freshman went 2-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.

After an uneventful second frame, the UNI bats plated five more runs in the third behind Featherston's line drive single to left. Featherston reached base four times and scored on each trip.

A run in the third and a three-run fifth brought the Salukis within striking distance, but two Featherston runs following the big Panther third put the score at 11-6 in favor of UNI. Sophomore Jesse Oster (Redding, Calif.) closed the game out to ensure the 11-6 victory for the Panthers.

Jevne worked eight innings without his best stuff. The senior scattered 11 hits and surrendered six runs (four earned) while striking out a career-best nine batters in his fifth win of the season.

Offensively, the Panthers tagged Saluki pitching for 14 hits, their best conference outing of the season. Featherston led the way with three hits and four runs scored with Nick Cameron, the Douglas brothers and Curt Bradley (Colombia, MO/Rock Bridge) each contributing two hits.

GAME 2

Game two began much like game one, with the Salukis plating their first two batters of the first and pushing two unearned runs across in the second to take a 4-0 lead after two frames.

After a third-inning SIU run put the Panthers down 5-0, Cameron belted an RBI double to the right-center gap to plate Featherston and put the score at 5-1.

A three-run sixth put UNI in an 8-1 hole, but Brett Douglas drove in his brother with an RBI groundout after Featherston knocked a double to the wall to put him in scoring position. The run put the score at 8-2 after six. SIU added a run in the seventh and five more in the ninth for a 14-2 tally.

Taylor Sinclair (Indianola, Iowa/Indianola) weathered a rare rough conference outing after surrendering eight runs (four earned) in five-plus innings of work.  Saluki starter Jordan Powell struck out a career-best seven in eight innings on the mound, earning a 5-3 record.

Featherston followed his excellent game one showing with a 2-4 effort. The sophomore laced a double to center and scored a run in the loss

The Panthers move to 21-22, 5-9 in MVC play. SIU is now 29-17, 8-6 in the Valley.

UNI and SIU are scheduled to wrap up a three-game set Saturday at 2:00 p.m.