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HATTIESBURG, Miss.  – Junior Joe Greenfield threw a complete-game shutout to lead the Panther baseball team over Alcorn State, 2-0, on Saturday afternoon at the Southern Miss Tournament. EIU improves to 2-4 on the year.
 
Greenfield (1-0) threw six strikeouts and only allowed one walk and six hits on the afternoon. In two starts this season, the Orland Park, Ill., native has posted a 0.66 ERA with 12 strikeouts through 13.2 innings of action.
 
“Joe Greenfield was outstanding today,” said Eastern Illinois head coach Jim Schmitz. “It was impressive that he went nine innings in only his second outing of the year. Give credit to Coach Anderson and his work with the pitchers. Our pitchers have been getting stronger as the game goes on this season.”
 
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning when sophomore Brant Valach hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Treysen Vavra and putting the Panthers up 1-0. EIU added an insurance run in the eighth inning on a Demetre Taylor RBI single up the middle.
 
Alcorn State (0-8) had one more hit (6-5) than EIU and left one less runner on base (7-6). EIU had one error on the day while the Braves did not have any miscues.
 
Caleb Howell, Trey Russell, Nathan Sopena, Taylor and Vavra all had one hit in the contest. Alcorn State had six players who all had one hit.
 
Mike Peters (0-2) took the loss for the Braves, surrendering four hits and two runs in seven innings. He also walked five batters and had two strikeouts.
 
The Panthers concluded tournament action on Sunday at 11 a.m. against Missouri State.