SPRINGFIELD – Visiting SIU Edwardsville jumped out to a 5-0 lead and held off a late Missouri State charge with a six-run ninth to take the opening game of the weekend series by an 11-4 final Friday afternoon at Hammons Field. The Cougars (6-10) stole home for a run in the first, knocked a two-out, two-run single in the third and began the fifth with back-to-back homers to build their 5-0 lead. Missouri State (5-11) began to chip away in its half of the fifth, loading the bases with one out and scoring when Carter Bergman was hit by a…
