CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - A 10th-inning home run by fourth-year junior Greg Nichols pushed the Illinois State baseball team past Austin Peay in a 14-13 slugfest at Raymond C. Hand Park on Sunday.
The Redbirds trailed 10-5 after five innings and 13-12 after eight innings.
Nichols (3-5, HR, 2B, three RBI, two runs, BB) was one of five Redbirds with multiple hits and RBI (third-year junior Auggie Rasmussen - 2-4, 2B, three RBI, run, BB; third-year junior Luke Cheng - 2-5, two 2B, two RBI, two runs, BB; freshman Daniel Pacella - 2-5, three RBI; fourth-year junior Adrian Flores - 4-6, HR, two RBI, two runs).