CARBONDALE, Ill. (Interstat) — Michael Mylott went 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs as Southern Illinois routed Valparaiso 13-3 on Saturday afternoon at Abe Martin Field.

The Salukis improved to 23-30 overall, 12-37 for the Beacons in the Missouri Valley contest.

Mylott opened the scoring in the first with a two-run double then homered in the third. Tim Simay added three RBIs on two hits, scoring twice.

Southern Illinois erupted for five runs in the third inning on RBI singles by Gabe Petrucelli and Kristian Sprawling plus a sacrifice fly by Mason Schwalbach. The Salukis piled on four more runs in the seventh and eighth frames.

Valparaiso took an early 3-0 lead in the first on Thomas Cooper’s two-run double, but the Beacons managed only one unearned run the rest of the way.

Gavan Wernsing tossed 3.1 innings of one-hit relief with no earned runs and one strikeout for the win. Southern Illinois staff combined to allow just eight hits total. Cooper finished 2 for 3 with two RBIs for Valparaiso.