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Eagles Escape With Thrilling 8-7 Win Over Northern Illinois

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AVON, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The No. 3 seeded Eastern Michigan University baseball team escaped day two of the Mid-American Conference Tournament with an 8-7 victory over No. 7 seeded Northern Illinois University Thursday afternoon, May 25 at Sprenger Stadium.

EMU led by four into the final two innings before NIU mounted a comeback. After getting within one in the eighth, the Huskies got two runners on with a one-run lead in the ninth, but Eastern's defense came up clutch, turning 1-6-3 double play to end the game and seal a thrilling one-run win.