Feb. 20, 2010

CONWAY, Ark. - Creighton rallied for 13 runs in the seventh inning and corralled SIUE baseball 22-0 Saturday in a neutral site game.

SIUE, 0-2, picked up three hits in the game. Creighton used four different pitchers to defeat the Cougars. Travis Becherer, Joel Greatting and Mike Hurt each collected hits for SIUE.

Creighton didn't score in its season opener until the third inning. Robbie Knight doubled home the first run of the game. Eliot Soto added a sacrifice fly.

The Bluejays chipped away at SIUE pitching. Dustin Quattrocchi gave up three runs in his four innings of work and suffered the loss. The Bluejays added more runs off SIUE's bullpen, which included Brian Lorenz, Luke Ingersoll, Brooks McDowell and Jake Stauffenberg.

Creighton's big inning came in the seventh. Michael Blatchford hit a two-run homer to highlight the inning.

Soto led the Bluejays overall with five RBIs while Jimmy Swift added four. Creighton finished with 18 hits overall.

SIUE's weekend continues Sunday with a 1 p.m. game against Central Arkansas.

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