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Baseball Team Anthem Valpo
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UE and Valparaiso will square off on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the series finale.
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Evansville UE 26-20
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Winner Valparaiso VALPO 14-30
Evansville UE
26-20
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Final
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Valparaiso VALPO
14-30
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Evansville UE 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 8 0
Valparaiso VALPO 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 X 8 13 1

W: Jablonski, Grant (3-1) L: Fieger, Drew (0-1) S: Jakubowski, Jake (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Two-Out Magic Powers Valparaiso Past Baseball Aces, 8-4

VALPARAISO, Ind. –  The Valparaiso baseball team launched three home runs on Saturday, and scored seven of its eight runs with two outs in an inning, as the Beacons evened the Missouri Valley Conference series with the University of Evansville Purple Aces with a 8-4 victory at Emory G. Bauer Field in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Evansville struck first with some two-out luck of its own in the second inning, as junior outfielder Harrison Taubert had a check-swing RBI single through the right-side of the Valparaiso infield to give UE a 1-0 lead.  But, it would be UE's only lead of the afternoon.

The Beacons quickly scored two two-out runs in the bottom of the second inning thanks to RBI singles by catcher Kade Reinertson and third baseman Kaleb Hannahs.  Evansville would respond by loading the bases in the third inning, but could get only one run on a sacrifice fly by senior shortstop Simon Scherry to tie the game at 2-2.

The teams would trade solo home runs by the two designated hitters:  Valparaiso's Ryan Maka in the third inning and UE's Cal McGinnis in the sixth inning to move the score to 3-3.  Hannahs hit a solo home run with two outs in the seventh inning to give Valpo the lead, and the Beacons tacked on four more two-out runs in the eighth inning to grow an 8-3 advantage.    Evansville would get a lead-off solo home run by Taubert in the ninth inning, but UE could get no closer.

Hannahs went 4-for-4 with two RBI to lead the Valparaiso offense, which went 8-for-16 with two outs and produced seven two-out RBI on the day.  Taubert, graduate outfielder Mark Shallenberger and senior outfielder Kip Fougerousse all had two hits for UE.

With the victory, Valparaiso improved to 14-30 overall and 6-14 in the MVC.  Evansville, meanwhile, dropped to 26-20 overall and 13-7 in the MVC with the loss.  The two teams will conclude the series on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. in a game that can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 FM-WJPS.  Senior right-hander Shane Harris (4-5, 4.34 ERA) is expected to get the start for the Purple Aces in the series finale.
 
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