ITTA BENA (Baseball) – In the first of two games, the Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley welcomed the Panthers of Eastern Illinois University to the MVSU Baseball diamond. EIU was able to claim the contest 6-0, over the hosting Delta Devils.
Mississippi Valley tallied five hits and three errors. Kendrick Wooten was credited with the loss for the Delta Devils.
The contest was slow going in the beginning, with neither teams scoring in the first three innings. In the fourth, EIU was able to score once in the fourth and fifth. They firmly swung the contest into their favor in the sixth, when they scored four runs.
The two teams will face off again at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, March 14.