MINNEAPOLIS (Interstat) — Andrew Evans and two relievers combined on a one-hitter Friday afternoon as Southern Illinois routed Omaha 9-1.

Evans pitched five hitless innings, striking out three, before Blake Kimball added three perfect innings in relief. The Salukis (5-7) scored early and often, plating two runs in the first and four in the second. Tim Simay led the 14-hit attack, going 2-for-5 with a pair of two-run doubles and four RBIs. Henry Kufa added two RBIs.

Omaha (4-8) avoided a shutout with an RBI single by H. Lewis in the sixth off Dylan Petrey. Jackson Trout had two of the Mavericks’ eight hits.