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Winner Wis.-Milwaukee WIS.-MIL 2-6
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Evansville EVANSVIL 1-7
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Wis.-Milwaukee WIS.-MIL
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wis.-Milwaukee WIS.-MIL 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 5 12 18 1
Evansville EVANSVIL 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 9 2 1

W: KUHNKE (1-0) L: Young, Drue (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Aces Drop Back-And-Forth Affair to Milwaukee

EVANSVILLE, Ind.  –  The University of Evansville baseball team battled back from a 6-0 deficit to take a 9-7 lead into the ninth inning on Friday night at Charles H. Braun Stadium, but Milwaukee scored five runs in the top of the ninth to take a 12-9 win in the series opener.

Milwaukee out-hit Evansville 18-2, but the Aces took advantage of 13 free passes to mount a comeback before a bases clearing error in right field with two outs in the eighth gave Evansville the lead. However, the Panthers responded with five runs on five hits and an error in the ninth to get the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Evansville starter Kenton Deverman (Dardenne Prairie, Mo./Fort Zumwalt West) worked scoreless innings in the first and second, but the Panthers got to the left-hander with three runs in the third and three more in the fourth to chase Deverman.

In the bottom of the fourth, the Aces got on the scoreboard, as Reid Haire (Hudson, N.C.) slugged a 417 foot, three-run home run to center field to make it 6-3.

After Owen Byberg (Barrie, Ontario/Frontier CC) recorded the final two outs in the fifth, sophomore RJ James (Toronto, Ontario/Sir John A MacDonald) took over in the fifth for his season debut and stranded runners on the corners to put up a zero. James went back out for the sixth and retired two, but ran into trouble and gave way to Chris McCormack (Naperville, Ill./Iowa Central CC). Despite walking the first batter he faced, the right-hander came up with a big strikeout to strand the bases loaded.

In the bottom of the inning, the Aces put together a two-out rally, using four walks and a hit by pitch to tie things up at 6.

Both teams went quietly in the seventh, but Milwaukee retook the lead in the eighth on a passed ball. In the home half, Evansville loaded the bases with two outs on three walks before Aaron Nehls (Evansville, Ind./North) lifted a fly ball to right field that was dropped by the Panthers' right fielder, clearing the bases and giving Evansville a 9-7 lead.

The lead was short-lived, however, as the Panthers delivered five runs on five hits in the top of the ninth and shut the Aces down in the bottom half to win the series opener, 12-9.

UP NEXT
Evansville and Milwaukee will meet tomorrow afternoon for game two of the series. First pitch at Charles H. Braun Stadium is set for 2 PM.    
 
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