EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With just one day of rest after a tough conference series with Wichita State, the University of Evansville baseball team is back on the diamond Tuesday, hosting Murray State at 6:00 p.m. CT at Braun Stadium. The contest marks the first game of a home-and-home series that will continue exactly one week later after UE travels to Bradley this weekend.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Apr 12 SAINT LOUIS, W, 6-4, 6-13-2/4-5-2, Biggs (W 2-0)
*Apr 15 at Wichita State, W, 12-1, 12-13-1/11-15-3, Lloyd (W 3-3)
*Apr 16 at Wichita State, L, 1-11, 1-6-0/11-18-0, Isom (L 3-4)
*Apr 17 at Wichita State, L, 2-9,  2-7-2/9-12-2, Fick (L 5-2)

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

Tue. April 19	vs. Murray State	6:00 p.m.	Live Stats	Listen (internet only)	Watch
Fri. April 22	at Bradley	7:00 p.m.	Live Stats	Listen (91.5 FM)
Sat. April 23	at Bradley	7:00 p.m.	Live Stats	Listen (91.5 FM)
Sun. April 24	at Bradley	1:00 p.m.	Live Stats	Listen (91.5 FM)

SCOUTING THE ACES
Evansville (19-14 overall, 1-5 MVC) comes off 1-2 series loss to Wichita State. After winning game one 12-11, the Aces fell 11-1 in eight innings, and 9-2 in Sunday’s rubber match. Cody Fick leads the squad and co-leads the Valley with his .404 batting average. Six other UE players – Greg Wallace (.357), Jared Baehl (.331), Ryan Oesterle (.328), Nate Smith (.321), Trentt Copeland (.315), and Eric Stamets (.304) – are all hitting above .300, as the team owns a .305 average. Evansville’s pitching staff has a collective 4.88 ERA, led by Fick’s 5-2 record and 3.13 ERA. The Aces own a .975 fielding percentage and have turned 37 double plays.

SCOUTING THE ‘BREDS
Murray State (13-21, 4-4 OVC) comes into Tuesday’s game on a five-game skid, including three losses to SIU Edwardsville by scores of 17-7, 4-2, and 15-4. Despite the losses, the Breds are still hitting .314 as a team led by Brandon Elliot’s .425 average. Ty Stetson (.315) is currently on a six-game hitting streak, while the pitching staff owns a 7.11 ERA led by Jake Donze (5-2, 4.00 ERA, 3 CG). Murray State has had some trouble in the field, averaging 1.59 errors per game with a .955 fielding percentage.

ACE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cody Fick, Sr., 3B/P, Freeburg, Mo.
.368 AVG, 4-4 GP-GS, 19 AB, 2 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .579 SLG%, .368 OB%, 0-0 SB
With two outs and trailing, 8-5, senior Cody Fick belted a grand slam in the sixth inning to give Evansville the lead for good over Wichita State, Friday night as UE went on to win, 12-11. The Freeburg, Mo. native finished a triple shy of hitting the cycle in UE’s game one victory over the Shockers, going 3-for-6 with a single, double, grand slam, and six runs batted in. He also made a diving catch at third base for the last out of the game that ended WSU’s ninth inning rally. Fick hit .368 on the week with a .579 slugging percentage, recording at least one hit in each contest. In Evansville’s win over St. Louis, Fick went 2-for-5 with a run scored.

200 CLUB
With seven hits on the week, senior Cody Fick joined Evansville’s 200-Hit Club with 204 career hits. In game one with Wichita State, Fick’s leadoff single in the third inning put him at the 200 mark, and his go-ahead grand slam in the sixth was the Freeburg, Mo.’s 201st.

STEALTH STAMETS
Sophomore Eric Stamets is currently tied for eighth in UE’s record books with 64 career stolen bases after just one and three quarters seasons. Stamets stole 43 bases as a freshman, breaking UE’s single-season record, and has swiped 21 bases in 28 attempts this year.

SAVED
Freshman James Kohler picked up his first career save last weekend, hurling the final four innings, giving up three runs on five hits, and striking out two, as Evansville topped Wichita State in game one. Evansville’s tallest player at 6’8”, mowed through the Shockers’ batting order, giving up just two scattered hits in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, and did not allow a runner past first base. Despite giving up two home runs in the ninth, Kohler was able to finish it off, preserving the win for starter Kyle Lloyd and sealing UE’s first MVC victory of the season.