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Watch now: Loss to Eastern Illinois continues Illinois State baseball team's rough start to season

Illinois State freshman Mason Burns sends a pitch home in his college debut Wednesday against Eastern Illinois.

Illinois State's Gunner Peterson slides into second base with a seventh-inning double Wednesday at Duffy Bass Field.

NORMAL — After a lengthy pursuit, Illinois State right fielder Tanner Peterson came agonizingly close to snaring a two-out fly ball off the bat of Eastern Illinois’ Logan Eickhoff on Wednesday at Duffy Bass Field.

Yet when the baseball found the turf just inside the foul line, two Panthers’ runners scored on Eickhoff’s triple.