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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The University of Evansville baseball team (12-11, 3-3) rallied from a four run deficit for a 9-7 road win at Indiana State on Sunday afternoon. The victory also secured a road series win for Evansville in Missouri Valley Conference play.
 
Outfielder Kevin Kaczmarski led UE offensively, going 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored and three runs batted in. Infielder Jonathan Ramon also went 2-for-5, plating three runs in the Purple Aces win.
 
"It was a hard fought series win for us on the road," said Evansville head coach Wes Carroll. "Kaczmarski was big for us today and Ramon did a great job tacking on runs."
 
After allowing a first inning run on a double play, Indiana State would score the next five runs of the game. The Sycamores received a two-run second inning home run from catcher Kaden Moore and posted another three runs in the fourth for a 5-1 lead.
 
Down by four, Evansville began their comeback. Kaczmarski cut the deficit in half with a fifth inning two-run home run to left-center field, his second home run in as many days.
 
Trailing 5-3, the Aces tied the game and took the lead in the sixth. UE began the inning with two outs but worked three straight walks to load the bases. A hit by pitch of Ramon pulled the Purple Aces within a run and a wild pitch during Eric McKibban's at-bat evened up the score. With the game tied at five, infielder Shain Showers hit a bases loaded infield single to score the go-ahead run, and push UE ahead 6-5.
 
The Purple Aces added three more runs in the seventh, including an RBI fielder's choice from Kaczmarski and a two-run single by Ramon in the win.
 
Evansville's bullpen full of upperclassmen threw the final 5.0 innings in the victory. After Aces starter Brodie Harkness pitched a season-low 4.0 innings, relievers Conor Gilligan, Ryan Billo, Matt Rodgers and Brent Jurceka threw the final 5.0 innings to earn the series win. Gilligan (1-0) pitched a scoreless sixth and seventh innings, allowing just one hit, for the win. Billo then tossed 1.1 innings, yielding only one run in the eighth. After entering a jam, Billo was lifted for Rodgers who recorded two outs on just four pitches. Rodgers also threw 3.0 scoreless innings on Saturday against the Sycamores. Jurceka then struck out the side in the ninth to secure the Aces win.
 
Perry was 0-for-2 on Saturday but set a new career-high with four walks. He has now reached safely in 24 straight games (23 this season).
 
Evansville set a new season-high with 15 walks on Sunday.
 
The next game for Evansville will be on Tuesday, March 31 at UT-Martin (8-17). First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CDT. Coincidentally, the next home game for the Purple Aces will also be against UT-Martin on Tuesday, April 7 at 6:00 p.m.