MARION, Ill. (Interstat) — Brody Bunting pitched eight innings of six-hit, one-earned-run ball with six strikeouts to lead Arkansas-Little Rock to a 7-2 Ohio Valley victory over Southern Indiana on Friday evening at Rent One Park.

The Trojans improved to 33-26, while the Screaming Eagles fell to 29-29. The game was the third straight head-to-head win for Arkansas-Little Rock after taking the previous two meetings by identical 7-3 and 9-4 scores.

Southern Indiana grabbed an early lead in the top of the first after a wild pitch and an error allowed a run to score, but the Trojans answered in the bottom half. Blake Simpson’s RBI groundout tied the game. After the Screaming Eagles regained the lead in the third on a run-scoring single and a fielding error, Arkansas-Little Rock responded with two runs in the bottom of the third on Simpson’s RBI double and a run-scoring single.

Parker Martin homered for Southern Indiana in the fourth, but the Trojans added three more runs on a passed ball and a two-run double. Josh Beezley closed with a scoreless ninth.