EUREKA, Ill. – The Spalding University baseball team swept a doubleheader at Eureka College, 8-3 and 11-3 to win their fifth straight game. Spalding improves to 14-9 with the wins improving to 7-4 in SLIAC play, first place in the East Division.

The Red Devils kept it close in the game one playing the Golden Eagles to a 2-2 tie through four innings, but the SU bats ignited for six runs over the next two innings to make the final score, 8-3.

Korie Vire had the hot bat in game one going 3-for-4 with an RBI, while Nic Chafin and JR Belt each add a pair of hits and two RBIs. Freshman Josh Exton improved to 3-2 on the season limiting the Red Devils to three runs, two earned on seven hits while striking out five batters and walking two.

Both teams alternated runs over the first four innings. Spalding scored a run in the first and third inning, but Eureka offset them tallying a run in the second and fourth inning to send the game into the fifth knotted 2-2.

The Golden Eagles forged ahead in the fifth plating two runs to take a 4-2 lead. With JR Belt and Jacob Woodruff in scoring position, Chafin ripped a double to center field to drive them across the plate.

In the sixth inning, the Eagles bats exploded for three homeruns driving in four runs in the inning to make the final score 8-3. Vire homered to left field to lead off the inning and Kam Bruner pulled a solo shot down the right field line. Blake Patterson followed with a single to left field and Belt homered to left center for SU's final two runs of the game.

The Golden Eagle Nine used a six run fifth inning to key an 11-3 victory over Eureka in game two.

Ryan Mosby had a monster day at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a homer, three runs scored and two RBIs. Drew Beckmann added a solo homerun for the Eagles, who scored six unearned runs thanks to six Red Devil errors. Cole Slamko pitched a solid game, going five and two-thirds innings and allowing two unearned runs with five strikeouts.

The Eagles struck first, scoring a run in both the second and fourth innings on an RBI single by Blake Patterson and a solo homer by Mosby. Spalding broke the game open in the sixth, scoring five unearned runs around Beckmann's solo blast for an 8-0 lead. Kam Bruner added an RBI double in the inning. Eureka scored a pair in the sixth to cut the deficit to six runs, at 8-2, but the Spalding offense was able to add some insurance with a run in the seventh and two more in the ninth.

The Golden Eagles will be back in action Sunday, April 12th with a doubleheader against Iowa Wesleyan at Eureka College. The games are scheduled for 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. EST.