Evansville, Ind. – The Maryville University baseball team once again could not survive a late-inning comeback as Southern Indiana rallied for four runs to defeat the Saints 8-6 at USI Baseball Field Saturday evening in Evansville, Ind.
 
Game One:
The Screaming Eagles grabbed an early lead with a run in the first. The Saints answered in the second as Derek Renner laced an RBI single to tie the contest at 1-1. Maryville added another run in the inning on a wild pitch and pushed across one more run as Drake Lubin hit an RBI single to put the Saints on top 3-1. USI cut the deficit to 3-2 with a run in its half of the second and regained the lead with a pair of runs in the third to make the score 4-3. Louis Niemerg tied the game again in the sixth with his 10^th home run of the year to make the score 4-4. Maryville took the lead in the seventh as Lubin and Alex Hoff both scored on a fielding error by the Screaming Eagles to go ahead 6-4. Southern Indiana once again regained the advantage with three runs in the seventh on three hits and added an insurance run in the eighth to push the advantage to 8-6. USI held on for the win by retiring the final six Maryville batters to claim the series sweep.
 
Winning Pitcher:  C. Partain (4-5)
Save: None
Losing Pitcher: Drake Kanallakan (2-2)
Hitting leader: Lubin - 2-for-5, RBI, run scored
                         Niemerg - 1-for-4, HR, RBI, run scored
 
 Records:
Maryville – 27-20, 22-11 GLVC
Southern Indiana – 29-19, 21-12 GLVC
 
Up Next: The Saints will take part in the GLVC Baseball Championships starting Thursday at US Baseball Field in Ozark, Mo. The bracket for the championship will be released Monday evening after all regular season games are completed.