Box Score NASHVILLE - Opening the weekend set of four games, the University of Evansville baseball team dropped a contest on the road to Lipscomb, 4-1, on Thursday afternoon in Nashville.
"Caleb Reinhardt pitched a heck of a game to give us a chance," said Aces head baseball coach Wes Carroll. "We just didn't do enough offensively to get the win. We have a lot of baseball to play over the next 5 days so I know we will keep getting better with every opportunity."
Pitching in just his second appearance for the Aces, junior Caleb Reinhardt turned in a strong performance. Reinhardt pitched five innings, allowing just one run on two hits, while striking out four Bisons. After throwing 20 pitches in the first inning, Reinhardt gained control and took a no-hitter into the fifth inning before an RBI double scored Lipscomb's first run of the with two outs in the fifth.
Evansville went down in order in each of the first two innings of the contest, but got the offense going in the top of the third. Sophomore Danny Borgstrom opened the third inning with single through the right side before being thrown out at second later in the inning.
Reinhardt worked himself out of a small jam in the bottom of the third after two runs got on via a walk and a hit-by-pitch with two outs. On the first pitch after the two batters reached, Reinhardt induced a groundout back to himself to end the inning.
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The fourth inning featured junior Tanner Craig continuing his scorching start to the season. With two outs in the top of the fourth, Craig smashed a solo home run to center field on a 2-2 pitch, giving the Aces the 1-0 lead and Craig his fifth homer of the season.
The Aces created more opportunities in the top of the fifth as the leadoff batters Troy Beilsmith and Danny Borgstrom each got on base with no outs. An out later, the duo advanced a base as Beilsmith took third and Borgstrom followed suit, advancing to second. Lipscomb's Logan van Treek ended the threat for Evansville in the fifth by forcing a pop out and a line out to end the inning.
Evansville's offense stalled a bit in the latter portions of the contest, just as the Bisons found their's. In the bottom of the fifth, Lipscomb tied the game with an RBI single to left center. The bottom of the seventh saw Lipscomb take the lead as the Bisons scored a pair of runs in the inning to open a 3-1 advantage.
The final run to be tacked on by the Bisons came in the bottom of the eighth on a solo home run by Chris Bashlor as Lipsocmb secured the 4-1 win.
Evansville is back in action on Friday when it travels to Murfreesboro, Tenn. to take on Middle Tennessee at 3 PM.
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