Junior outfielder David Chacon helped push Eastern past St. Louis with a big offensive day, hitting home runs from both sides of the plate in the process.

Chacon went 3-5 on the day driving in six runs for the Panthers on the way to a 16-15 victory over the Billikens. Chacon’s six RBI tie a season high for him.

Chacon, who is playing in his first season at Eastern, has had a career week for the Panthers hitting three of his five home runs this year in the last seven days, including a grand slam Saturday against Samford.

“I’ve been doing the same thing the whole year,” Chacon said. “I’m just going up trying to make contact.”

Chacon’s first home-run came in the Panthers biggest inning of the day. Going into the third tailing by eight, Eastern fought back to cut the lead to five with Chacon stepping up to the plate. With two men on, Chacon hit from the left side of the plate and drove a ball that just had enough to get out as it bounced off the top of the fence before leaving the field.

The Panthers put up three more runs in the third to take the lead 9-8.

“I don’t think we got down after being behind. We just knew we had to work hard,” Chacon said. “When I was up I just wanted to keep the rally going.”

In the next inning Chacon came up with a runner in scoring position and roped a double to extend the Panther lead another run.

In Chacon’s next plate appearance, he put the Panthers atop the Billiken’s once again. With the game tied at 10 and a runner on first, Chacon stepped into the box, on the right side this time, and drove the ball over the left-center field fence.

Going into Wednesday’s game Chacon was batting .278 and on the year has hit five home-runs, tied for first on the team and is third on the team in RBI’s with 26.

Eastern manager Jimmy Schmitz commends Chacon on the improvements he’s made this year.

“We picked up on some things he was doing wrong mechanically on tape,” Schmitz said. “The nicest thing is that he got things done on his own.”