EVANSVILLE – The University of Evansville baseball team will begin its final homestand of the season on Wednesday as the Purple Aces are set to welcome Austin Peay to Charles H. Braun Stadium for a 6 p.m. contest.
The Aces (25-21) are looking to bounce back from a sweep at the hands of Missouri Valley leaders Dallas Baptist this past weekend, and the team will put the ball in the hands of a senior starting pitcher in Alex Gould. A right-hander out of Los Angeles, Gould is slated to make his 10
th appearance of the season and his first-ever start for the Aces.
UE will once again look to its line-up to help lead the way as well. The Aces have hit an impressive 46 home runs on the year, the most since 2010, and the team is coming off a weekend that saw five different players hit six total homers over three games. Korbin Williams leads the way with 10 round-trippers, and Trey Hair has been the more consistent bat in the line-up, leaving the park eight times with a team-best 19 doubles and .361 batting average.
In all, four UE players boast of an average better than .300 and 12 have recorded at least one home run on the season, which is the best total for any UE team since 2001.
Meanwhile, Austin Peay will be visiting Evansville after picking up a series win over UT Martin. The Governors are 28-17 on the season, and Wednesday represents the second time that APSU and UE will be attempting to square off this season. Last month, inclement weather wiped out the Aces' trip to Clarksville.
First pitch at Braun Stadium is slated for 6 p.m.
NOTES: The Aces are 7-3 against OVC opponents this season, earning victories over Belmont, Eastern Kentucky, Murray State, SIUE and UT Martin … Since 1978, UE is 40-22-2 against Austin Peay and 104-90-3 versus opponents that hail from the state of Tennessee … UE is 2-1 against Tennessee opponents this season, which includes a record-tying 29-9 victory over UT Martin last month … APSU took home the first meeting of the series back in 1974, and the Governors would also win the first DI meeting between the schools on March 25, 1980 … UE's first win in the series came a season later in 1981.
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