SIU Edwardsville 9, at Southern Illinois 7

CARBONDALE, Ill. (Interstat) — Gabriel Nutter threw three scoreless innings of relief and Joshua Heyder homered as SIU Edwardsville held off Southern Illinois 9-7 on Tuesday at Abe Martin Field. The Cougars improved to 31-21, while the Salukis dropped to 21-29. Nutter entered with one out in the fourth inning after Southern Illinois had taken a 4-2 lead on Jacob McKenzie’s two-run homer in the third. The right-hander retired all nine batters he faced, striking out two and allowing no hits over three innings. He was credited as the winning pitcher. SIU Edwardsville answered immediately in the top of the… Read more...