Aces Baseball Takes Two from Missouri St., to earn Series Sweep

SPRINGFIELD, MO. (WFIE) – Turning-in an entire effort in all three phases of the sport, the College of Evansville baseball staff secured a three-game collection sweep of Missouri State with 9-2 and 14-2 wins in Saturday’s doubleheader in Springfield, Mo.

“Nice week for Aces Baseball. We bought 4 straight high quality begins from our pitchers,” mentioned Aces head baseball coach Wes Carroll. “Immediately we competed in all aspects of the sport. All people helped contribute which was nice to see. We all know what we’re able to.”

Sport One: Evansville 9, Missouri State 2

Key to its latest success, the Aces bought one other wonderful begin from their starter with sophomore Nick Smith pitching a gem. Smith pitched six scoreless innings to begin his outing, however the Bears had been sharp on the mound as effectively, retaining Evansville off the scoreboard till the sixth.

Within the sixth, Widder was hit by a pitch to open the inning and superior to second after a groundout. With two outs, Eric Roberts got here in as a pinch hitter and delivered instantly, driving a double to proper bringing Widder residence and opening the scoring.

An inning later, it was Evan Berkey who added to the lead, contributing a two-run double to left that scored Widder and Simon Scherry, giving the Aces a 3-0 lead.

For the primary and what can be the one time on the day, Evansville bumped into some hassle within the seventh with the bases loaded. After a run was walked in, Drew Dominik got here in and shortly fired a strikeout after falling behind 3-0 within the rely to finish the inning.

The Aces responded to Dominik’s strikeout by blowing the sport huge open within the eighth. Evansville scored six runs within the inning with Rumsey and Widder every recording RBI on base hits earlier than Berkey launched a three-run homer to left because the Aces went forward 9-1.

Within the ninth, Missouri State pushed throughout one, however Dominik locked-down the Evansville win, 9-2.

Sport Two: Evansville 14, Missouri State 2

The second recreation of the doubleheader started very similar to the primary with either side getting sturdy outings out of their starters. Evansville was capable of get to the Bears first with a pair of runs coming throughout on a double by Mark Shallenberger. Two innings later, the Aces chased the Bears starter when Widder smashed a three-run shot into the Missouri State bullpen, handing the Aces a 5-0 lead. 

A single run for the Bears was all Missouri State may muster as a solution within the backside of the sixth as UE starter Caleb Reinhardt continued to cruise. Key to pulling away for the collection sweep, Evansville tacked on a complete of 9 runs over the course of the ultimate three innings. Highlighting the burst of late runs was Chase Hug’s two-run homer within the seventh that re-sparked the Aces offense.

Reinhardt lasted into the eighth inning ending with eight innings of labor, permitting only one earned run and striking-out six Bears, whereas strolling only one. On in aid, Shane Harris helped shut down the win for the Aces regardless of a run coming throughout as Evansville secured a collection sweep with the 14-2 win.

Evansville was sturdy in all aspects over the week, amassing 40 runs in 4 video games and permitting simply 9. The Aces smashed eight residence runs of their 4-0 week and defensively they turned 5 double performs. All 4 of the Aces beginning pitchers lasted 29.1 innings and mixed to file a 1.53 ERA.

The Aces return to motion on Wednesday with a midweek journey to tackle Purdue in a non-conference contest at 5 PM (CT) in West Lafayette, Ind.

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