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Mark Shallenberger launched a home run and drove in four runs on Tuesday against Austin Peay.
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Austin Peay APSU 16-12
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Winner Univ. of Evansville UE 12-16
Austin Peay APSU
16-12
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Final
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Univ. of Evansville UE
12-16
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Austin Peay APSU 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 9 1
Univ. of Evansville UE 0 0 1 4 3 1 1 3 X 13 8 0

W: Smith, Nick (2-4) L: WASHINGTON, Khaden (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Rolls Past Austin Peay, 13-6

EVANSVILLE, Ind. –  The University of Evansville baseball team used a four-run fourth inning to grab a lead and never looked back on Tuesday night, as the Purple Aces rolled past the visiting Austin Peay State Governors, 13-6, at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.

"Today was a wild weather game with the wind and all, but I thought that our guys did a great job of battling tonight," said UE head coach Wes Carroll.  "I thought that Kevin Reed really gave us a chance tonight on the mound, and I felt like our bullpen did a great job of getting the ball from one guy to the next.

"Top-to-bottom in our order, I thought that we had a lot of great at-bats tonight, and it was just a really good, comfortable win on a mid-week, which we just haven't had lately, as everything has been a grind.  Now, we have to keep that momentum going this weekend at Belmont."  

On a night with constant 20-30 mile-per-hour wind gusts blowing out to right field, the visiting Governors took advantage of the conditions early to grab a 3-0 lead.  APSU designated hitter Brody Szako launched a two-run home run to right field in the first inning, and a solo shot in the third to give the Governors a 3-0 lead.

Evansville would answer back with a run of its own in the bottom of the third inning, as junior outfielder Harrison Taubert tripled off the wall in right-center field before graduate outfielder Mark Shallenberger drove him in with an RBI single to left field.  Then, after a run by Austin Peay in the fourth inning, Shallenberger tied the game at 4-4 with a three-run home run to right-center field in the home-half of the inning.  UE would then take a lead it would never lose later in the frame on a run-scoring wild pitch.

Evansville would tack on three in the fifth inning, keyed by a two-run single by senior first baseman Kip Fougerousse.  Graduate catcher Brendan Hord would then add a solo home run to right field in the sixth inning to build a 9-4 lead. 

Evansville would add a run in the seventh inning on a run-scoring passed ball, before scoring three runs in the eighth inning to cap the scoring at 13-6. 

Shallenberger went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and four RBI, while Hord went 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and an RBI.  Outfielder Clayton Gray went 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead Austin Peay.

Reed allowed four runs on six hits in 4.0 innings of work in a no-decision.  The victory went to senior reliever Nick Smith (2-4), who struck out the side in a scoreless fifth inning.

With the victory, Evansville improves to 12-16 overall.  Austin Peay, meanwhile, falls to 16-12 with the loss.  Evansville will now hit the road for an important three-game Missouri Valley Conference series against Belmont beginning on Friday afternoon.  First-pitch for the series is set for 4 p.m.  The entire three-game series can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 FM-WJPS.
 
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