LITTLE ROCK — Riding the momentum from Saturday's win, Little Rock scored in six different innings Sunday to secure a 9-4 victory over Southern Indiana at Gary Hogan Field and clinch the series.
The Trojans (17-11, 5-1 OVC) capitalized on three defensive miscues by the Screaming Eagles and continued their strong stretch, winning eight of their last 10 games. The start marks Little Rock's best opening to conference play since joining the Ohio Valley Conference. Up next, the Trojans travel for a midweek matchup at No. 18 Ole Miss on Tuesday.
Kade Smith drove in three runs to lead the offense, while
Easton Roe added two RBIs. Starter
Zach Busick worked 3 1/3 innings before turning things over to
Gage Haley (2-0), who earned the win with nearly three innings of one-run relief.
Tag Andrews closed it out with three scoreless frames to record his third save.
Little Rock struck first in the opening inning on Roe's RBI single. Smith added another run in the third with a base hit to make it 2-0. Southern Indiana trimmed the lead to 2-1 in the fourth, but the Trojans responded with two runs in the bottom half as
Angel Cano and
Nico Baumbach scored on defensive errors.
Roe extended the lead to 5-1 with a groundout in the fifth that brought home Smith. Little Rock added three more runs in the sixth, highlighted by hits from
Michael O'Brien and Smith that plated
Trey Hill and
Jerdy Lopez.
Southern Indiana pulled within 8-4 with two runs in the seventh, but
Cooper Chaplain answered with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning to cap the scoring.
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