EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Southern Indiana scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning in rallying to defeat the Bellarmine University baseball team 10-9 on Wednesday at USI Baseball Field.

Playing for the second consecutive day in midweek action, Bellarmine (10-31) led former Division II archrival Southern Indiana (19-22) by the score of 9-6 heading into the final half inning. The Screaming Eagles loaded the bases with three straight singles.

USI's first run in the inning came via a bases-loaded walk. The Screaming Eagles cut the deficit to one on an RBI ground out and tied it up on a sacrifice fly. After another walk, Khi Holiday ended the contest with a walk-off RBI single on a high-hop, infield hit.

Bellarmine only had five hits, but the Knights drew 13 walks. BU scored two runs apiece in the second, fourth and seventh innings and broke a 6-all tie with a three-run eighth before USI's ninth-inning comeback.

Freshman Landon Akers, who registered over half the team's hits after going 3-for-5, led off the game with a single and scored on a throwing error. Junior Luke Scales tacked on another run in the first with a sacrifice fly.

Bellarmine went ahead 4-2 with two runs in the fourth. They both came on a double by junior Garrett Rusch.

After USI took the lead 5-4 following a three-run fifth, Bellarmine regained the advantage in the seventh after scoring a run each on consecutive fielding errors. The Screaming Eagles knotted it at 6 in the bottom half, but the Knights responded with a three-run eighth as Akers scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch before a two-run single by Scales.

Bellarmine will play Friday-Sunday in an ASUN series at Central Arkansas, with first pitches set for 7 p.m. (ET), 5 p.m. and 2 p.m.

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