CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (Interstat) — DJ Merriweather pitched six innings of four-hit ball and also homered as the Austin Peay Governors routed the Eastern Kentucky Colonels 15-2 on Sunday afternoon at Raymond C. Hand Park in an ASUN Conference game.

Merriweather allowed one earned run and struck out four while going 1 for 2 with a home run and two RBIs. He helped break the game open in the third inning, when the Governors scored five runs to take an 8-2 lead after the Colonels had pulled within 3-2 on a solo homer in the fifth.

Austin Peay scored all its runs in four innings, plating three in the first, five in the third, one in the fifth and six in the sixth. The Governors pounded out 12 hits while the Colonels managed five.

Governors right fielder Ty Wisdom homered and drove in a run, going 2 for 4. Center fielder Paris Pridgen had two hits and two RBIs. First baseman Cole Johnson drove in two runs on a double, and catcher Trevor Conley had two RBIs. Austin Peay improved to 24-27 overall and won the series after dropping the first two games to Eastern Kentucky.

Eastern Kentucky’s only runs came on a solo home run by catcher Silas Shaffer in the fifth and a pinch-hit double by Gunnar Bingham in the seventh that scored Shaffer. Shaffer finished 1 for 2 with a walk. The Colonels fell to 14-37.

The decisive third inning began with a double by Wisdom off Eastern Kentucky starter Jack Briese. After a pitching change, Cole Johnson walked, Andres Matias walked and Conley grounded out to score Wisdom. Pridgen then singled to center field, driving in Johnson and Matias. Merriweather followed with a two-run homer down the left-field line, making the score 8-2.

The Governors added to their lead in the fifth on a groundout by Kyler Proctor that scored Pridgen, who had singled and stole second and third. In the sixth, Wisdom led off with a solo homer. Later in the inning, Austin Peay sent 11 men to the plate, scoring five more runs on three walks, a single and two more walks with the bases loaded. Derrick Mitchell, pinch hitting for Wisdom, delivered a two-run single.

Eastern Kentucky used five pitchers. Cooper Pumphrey threw one-third of an inning without allowing a hit. Bryce McCain of Austin Peay pitched two-thirds of an inning, allowing one earned run. Elijah Underhill retired one batter.

The game reversed the recent results between the teams. Eastern Kentucky had won the previous two contests in the series, 5-2 on Friday and 4-2 on Saturday. In the season series, the teams split four games entering Sunday, with Austin Peay having taken two of three in Richmond, Kentucky, in early April.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Austin Peay 5, Eastern Kentucky 4, and the Interstat ELO system gave the Governors a 74.10 percent probability to win.