WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The Milwaukee baseball team scored nine runs in the first three innings to jumpstart a 15-4 victory over Eastern Michigan Monday morning at the RussMatt Invitational.
 
The Panthers (4-3) collected 14 hits against the Eagles (2-8), completing the three-game sweep over the past two days.
 
"That was a good team win," Milwaukee head coach Scott Doffek said. "A lot of contributors up and down the lineup today … and it starts with a quality outing from Jay (Peters). He put up zeros early in that ball game and we were able to jump out to a nice lead. It was good to see some of these hitters start to come alive."
 
Daulton Varsho had two hits and drove in three runs and Billy Quirke also knocked in three, had two hits and scored three times.
 
Dylan Detert provided the decisive blow, a pinch-hit two-run home run to left center field that invoked the tournament's 10-run rule and ended the contest in the bottom of the eighth inning at 15-4.
 
John Boidanis also homered, finishing 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Matt Quartel (2-for-4) and Trevor Schwecke (2-for-5, 2 runs) added multi-hit mornings.
 
The offensive fireworks made a winner out of Jay Peters (1-0). He ended up working the first 5.0 innings, striking out four and allowing four runs. He took a shutout into the fifth before allowing a run.
 
Clayton Uselman (2.0 scoreless IP, 0 BB/2 K), Reed Blake (0.2 IP/1 K) and Alex Fischer (0.1 IP) combined to shutout the Eagles the rest of the way.
 
With nobody on and two outs in the first inning, UWM started a rally that set the stage for the day. Varsho and Quartel collected back-to-back singles and a passed ball plated the first run. Following an 11-pitch walk induced by Cole Heili, an infield grounder by Devin Rybacki was mishandled, making it 2-0.
 
Milwaukee then exploded for five more runs in the second. Quirke doubled in a pair and Schwecke singled up the middle to make it 5-0. Varsho and Rybacki each added RBI's.
 
It was Varsho again in the third, with his triple plating two runners, making it 9-0 and putting the game out of reach.
 
Milwaukee returns home today before opening the month of March against Evansville. The Panthers and Purple Aces open a four-game set Friday at 3 p.m.