WICHITA, Kan. – SIUE baseball matched No. 34 Wichita State with seven hits apiece, but fell 7-3 Saturday in the second game of a three-game series.

Wichita State took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when SIUE starter Jake Stauffenberg surrendered a two-run home run to Shockers first baseman Casey Gillaspie. Garrett Bayliff added another two-run shot in the fifth inning against reliever Mike Miller to make it 4-0.

Gillaspie and Bayliff each finished 2 for 3 to lead the Shockers. Bayliff scored three runs.

Stauffenberg (0-1) took the loss. He allowed the two runs on three hits. He did not walk a batter and he struck out four.

"Once (Jake) got past that first inning he settled in," SIUE Head Coach Tony Stoecklin said. "He found his command and located his breaking ball. He attacked hitters."

Miller allowed five runs on four hits. He walked two and struck out two.

"He looked a little nervous early," Stoecklin said of Miller. "In his final inning he looked good. Hopefully that's something he can build on."

Skyler Geissinger and Alec Saikal had back-to-back RBIs to get SIUE on the board in the sixth inning. Geissinger doubled to score Nick Lombardo, who had reached on an error to start the inning. Chase Green, who had singled, went to third. Green scored on a groundout by Saikal.

Mikel Mucha extended the Wichita State lead to 5-2 with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the inning.  Much was 2 for 4 with the RBI.

Both teams scored again in the seventh inning. Geissinger drove in his second run of the day with a groundout.  Micah Green and Chase Simpson had RBIs for the Shockers for the 7-3 final score.

Lombardo, Geissinger and Keaton Wright each had two hits to lead the Cougars. Lombrdo added two runs for the Cougars.

"Those guys took pretty good at-bats today," Stoecklin said.

Stoecklin added the Cougar offense has work today, and lamented not capitalizing on five Wichita State errors.

"Offensively we're nowhere near where we need to be," he said. "Three runs isn't good enough against five errors."

Wichita State starter A.J. Ladwig (1-0) earned the win, allowing just two runs on five hits. He struck out six. Ray Ashford tossed the final 2 1/3 innings to earn his first save of the year for the Shockers. He struck out four.