The Maryville baseball team lashed out 10 hits but Illinois Springfield scored in three of the last four innings to down the Saints 6-2 Sunday afternoon. The Prairie Stars ended up winning the Great Lakes Valley Conference series.
 
UIS scored two in the top of the second before the Saints tallied a run in the third. Tyler Omlid singled and took second on Tyler Catlett's hit. Kaleb Depew hit a ball deep to third and Omlid sprinted all the way around to slide under the tag to cut the Maryville deficit to 2-1. The Saints loaded the bases in the fifth before Garrett Jones hit a fielder's choice that scored Catlett, who singled to start the frame, and forge a 2-2 tie.
 
However, in the top of the sixth, Gabriel Acevedo hit a solo home run to left that proved to be the game winner for UIS. The Prairie Stars tacked on a single run in the eighth and scored two unearned runs in the ninth to seal the win.
 
The Saints slip to 9-12 overall, 2-6 in the GLVC. UIS ups its mark to 10-10 overall, 4-4 in the league. Maryville is next in action Wednesday when they host McKendree in a non-conference game starting at 2 p.m.