Following Friday night's 7-6 loss to Triad (Ill.) in its Notre Dame Classic opener, the Jackson baseball team was seething.

Unfortunately for Oran, the Indians took out their frustrations on the Eagles.

Jackson pounded Oran pitching for 12 hits -- including five for extra bases -- in a 12-1 victory Saturday morning at Whitey Herzog Stadium in a game shortened to 4 1/2 innings by the mercy rule.

"We swung it pretty decent (Friday) night too, but we buried a lot of baseballs today," Jackson coach Brian Austin said. "Today we made that adjustment. We kept our hands back, hit the ball the other way."

Jackson (8-13) broke a 1-1 tie with a five-run second inning, then plated two more in the bottom of the third and four in the fourth.

Included was a two-run triple to the fence in right field by Landon Mills in the second, a run-scoring triple to the left-field corner by Ben Maude in the third and a two-run double to left by Cameron Duke in the fourth.

Duke finished 3 for 3 with three runs batted in and scored once.

"I felt like I was swinging pretty good," Duke said. "Just seeing the ball well. The swing felt good. After (Friday's) game we really wanted to come out and play well. And I think we did."

Mills was 2 for 2 with a walk, double and triple, scoring twice and knocking in two runs.

"I had a very good round of (batting practice) this morning, and I was just feeling it," Mills said. "(Oran starter Thomas Trankler) was throwing it pretty good, but we were just getting on it."

Jackson was 10 for 17 with runners in scoring position.

"It's always important to hit behind the runners and just move them up," Mills said.

Jackson starter Michael Houchin stumbled out of the gate, allowing the first four Oran runners to reach base. Singles by Seth Ressel, Trankler and Jacob Priggel plated one run, and Hunter Schlosser walked to load the bases.

Dustin Gebhardt hit a line drive that headed toward center field, but Jackson second baseman Wyatt Eldridge ranged far to his right and speared the ball at his ankles just before it hit the ground, then stepped on second for a quick double play.

That seemed to take the wind out of the Eagles, and Tanner McVay struck out with runners at the corners to end the inning, and the Eagles managed just three hits off Houchin the rest of the way. Houchin allowed one run on six hits, walked five and struck out seven.

"Michael's been a solid arm for us," Austin said. "He's been one of our top guys all year. He didn't have his best stuff early with his off-speed stuff, but as the game went on, he got better and better."

Austin admitted the twin killing in the first settled down his squad.

"Our goal is to play defense," he said. "We feel like if we throw strikes and if we play defense, we'll be in every single baseball game. And we did that today."

Houchin agreed the defense behind him picked him up when he needed it.

"It just shows me the defense is back there to work for me, and I don't have to do everything, which is always a good feeling," Houchin said. "That play really boosted my confidence out there, for sure."

Oran coach Kody Campbell bemoaned a lack of hitting for the second straight game. Oran (9-5) was held to three hits in a 7-0 loss to Notre Dame on Friday night.

"We had runners on in several innings, and we just couldn't get a big hit with two outs and keep an inning going," Campbell said after his squad stranded nine baserunners in the loss. "They were able to do that a couple times. We helped them out a little bit with a few miscues defensively, but we swung the bats well. Just didn't get a big hit."

Oran catcher Jacob Priggel believes the Eagles need to be more aggressive on pitches in the strike zone.

"I think we left about 20 people on (base) the last two games," Priggel said after going 1 for 3 and striking out twice against Houchin. "We trying to get key hits, we're just locking up or something. We're taking fastballs for strikes the whole time."

Trankler took the loss for the Eagles, allowing eight runs, seven of which were earned, on nine hits, walking none and striking out three over three innings of work.

Oran 100 00 -- 1 6 2

Jackson 152 4X -- 12 12 0

WP -- Michael Houchin. LP -- Thomas Trankler. 2B -- Landon Mills (J), Tyler Slinkard (J), Cameron Duke (J). 3B -- Mills (J), Ben Maude (J). Multiple hits -- Jackson: Duke 3-3, Mills 2-2, Maude 2-2. Records -- Oran 9-5, Jackson 8-13.