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Beilsmith at the plate
8
Winner Murray State MUR 17-14
3
Evansville UE 5-20
Winner
Murray State MUR
17-14
8
Final
3
Evansville UE
5-20
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Murray State MUR 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 8 13 0
Evansville UE 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 0

W: Hayes, P. (1-2) L: Porterfield, Hunter (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Aces come up short in rematch with Murray State

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The big inning once again spoiled a big rally, as the University of Evansville baseball team fell to Murray State fot the second time in as many weeks, 8-3, at Charles Braun Stadium, on a cold, crisp Tuesday night.

The Racers grabbed the early lead on Purple Aces starting pitcher Alex Weigand, as sophomore infielder Davis Sims sent an RBI single to center in the opening frame, driving in Gavin Wehby for the opening run of the game, making it 1-0 Murray State.

Weigand would make it through the third inning without giving up another tally. Then, the junior southpaw turned the ball over to David Ellis. After pitching a clean fourth frame, the sophomore right hander ran into trouble. First, Wehby led off the inning by hitting a triple down the right field line. Ellis followed that up by issuing a free pass to Brandon Gutlzer, putting a pair on with no outs.  Sims then returned to the plate and lifted a sacrifice fly to right, bringing in Wehby, making it 2-0 Racers. The very next batter, Ramsey Scott, drilled a double to right-center of Ellis, driving in Gutzler, and the Aces were in a 3-0 hole. Ellis would exit, bringing in senior Hunter Porterfield, who closed out the inning with a strike out.

As for the Evansville offense, it was stymied by Murray State hurler Luke Brown through the first four frames. Then came the fifth inning, and the Aces bats came to life. Senior third baseman Stewart Nelson drew a one out walk, followed by junior second baseman Sam Troyer sending a single to center. Then, the two base runners worked a brilliant double steal to get into scoring position. From there, the Aces' leading hitter, Troy Beilsmith, lived up to his title, delivering a two run single, drawing UE within 1 at 3-2. That would chase Brown from the game. Peyton Hayes would come out of the bullpen and issue a walk to senior first baseman Dalton Horstmeier, then uncorked a wild pitch, and suddenly Beilsmith was sitting on third base, still with just one out. Freshman right fielder Evan Aders then grounded out to second base, driving in Beilsmith with the equalizer.

However, the deadlock wouldn't last long, as Porterfield returned to the hill and gave up an RBI single to left to Gavin Wehby. Next. Brandon Gutzler would tag Porterfield for a run scoring single, pushing the Murray State lead to five. Then, Davis Sims continued a big night, launching a two-run double to left-center, making it 7-3 Racers. That would end Porterfield's night.

Freshman right hander Austin Ruesch would close out the sixth as well as the game, going 3 2/3 innings, allowing just one run, on two hits, while striking out a career-high eight batters. However, Evansville couldn't get on the scoreboard again, and fell 8-3.

The loss dropped the Aces to 6-20 on the season, while Murray State improved to 17-13.

Evansville is back in action at home Friday night to open a three game Missouri Valley Conference series against Bradley. First pitch for game one is 6 p.m.
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