CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (Interstat) — DJ Merriweather pitched six innings of four-hit ball and hit a two-run homer, leading Austin Peay to a 15-2 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Sunday at Raymond C. Hand Park.

The Governors improved to 24-27 overall and evened the four-game ASUN series at two wins apiece. The Colonels dropped to 14-37.

Merriweather allowed one earned run while striking out four. At the plate, he went 1 for 2 with a home run and two RBIs. Ty Wisdom added a solo homer and finished 2 for 4. Paris Pridgen went 2 for 3 with two RBIs, and Trevor Conley drove in two runs.

Trailing 2-0 after the top of the first, Austin Peay answered with two runs in the bottom half and broke the game open with six runs in the third inning. The Governors scored nine more runs over the fifth and sixth innings.

Silas Shaffer homered for Eastern Kentucky in the fifth inning. Cooper Pumphrey pitched one-third of an inning without allowing a hit.

Austin Peay will visit North Alabama for a three-game series starting Thursday. Eastern Kentucky travels to Bellarmine.