EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (Interstat) — Tennessee-Martin defeated SIU Edwardsville 8-7 in 11 innings Friday at Roy E. Lee Field at Simmons Baseball Complex. The Skyhawks improved to 24-27, while the Cougars dropped to 32-22.

Maxwell Schumacher threw seven innings, allowing no hits but four earned runs with five strikeouts. Will Turner earned the win with 1 1/3 hitless innings. Garner Anderson went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs for Tennessee-Martin. Mack Mitchell led the Cougars, going 3-for-5 with two home runs and two RBIs. Tim Teixeira struck out two over five innings, allowing three earned runs on four hits. Daniel Gierer homered in the 10th and Ryan Niedzwiedz homered in the sixth for SIU Edwardsville.

Tennessee-Martin built an early lead and extended it with Anderson’s two-run homer in the fifth. The Cougars chipped away with solo homers from Mitchell, Niedzwiedz and Gierer. Greene’s two-run homer in the 11th gave the Skyhawks a two-run cushion, and Mitchell’s second homer in the bottom half made it 8-7.