Skyhawks Fall 5-4 To SIUE; Game 2 Tomorrow Moved To 11 A.M.

Thursday, May 15

Martin, Tenn.

3 p.m.

UT Martin

20-32, 11-13

SIUE

25-26, 17-8

SIUE

UT Martin

Skyhawks Fall 5-4 To SIUE; Game 2 Tomorrow Moved To 11 A.M.

5/15/2025 8:26:00 PM | Baseball

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MARTIN, Tenn.- The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team competed till the final out but fell 5-4 to SIUE in Game 1 of the weekend series at Skyhawk Field.

UT Martin (20-32, 11-13 Ohio Valley Conference) got home runs from Arderrius Townsend (two hits) and Brody Capps (double, two hits) while JT Popick (run scored) and Jonah Katsaboulas (two RBIs, double, stolen base) also had two hit outings. Garner Anderson (base hit, stolen base), Blaze Bell (base hit, run scored, walk), Tommy Koch (walk, stolen base) and Cameron Greene (walk) were able to reach base safely.

Jacob Sitton went a season-high seven innings with three strikeouts and no walks. Jeb Bartle (1-4) relieved Sitton out of the bullpen and threw two innings while fanning two batters and surrendering no walks.

Sitton started his day with a 1-2-3 first inning and followed it up with an inning-ending double play in the second. The righty stranded a runner on first after he captured the final two outs of the third frame by way of a flyout and punchout.

SIUE (25-26, 17-8 OVC) would score runs in the next two innings but Sitton halted the Cougar offense in the top of the sixth with a foul out, flyout and strikeout. Townsend got the Skyhawks on the board in the home half on his 14^th home run of the season to make it 3-1.

Sitton achieved a new season-best in innings pitched after a scoreless seventh on two foul outs and a groundout. The Cougars pushed their lead back to three in the eighth however UT Martin was able to tie the game up in the bottom part of the inning. With two outs, Capps sent a solo shot off the scoreboard in left field and then Katsaboulas hit a towering double to the corner in left that drove in two runs and knotted the contest up at four.

SIUE responded by taking the lead in the top of the ninth and the Skyhawks weren't able to tie the game up in the bottom of the inning.

UT Martin returns for Game 2 tomorrow which has been moved up to 11 a.m. due to weather concerns.