CINCINNATI –  The University of Evansville baseball team used a dominant start from junior Kevin Reed (Martinsville, Ind./Martinsville) to take take Sunday's rubber match over Xavier by a score of 5-1, securing a series win. Reed limited the Musketeers to one run over a career-high eight innings.

Freshman backstop Spike Magill (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista) had a big day at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and hitting his first collegiate home run. Charlie Longemeier (Seymour, Ind./Seymour) went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored three runs, while Ryan Seddon (Joliet, Ill./St. Laurence) delivered a pinch-hit RBI double in the eighth.

Reed got the win for Evansville, his team-leading third of the year, while Xavier's Ashton Chronister took the loss.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Evansville took the lead in the top of the first, with Magill delivering a two-out single to drive in Wyatt Pennington (Avon, Ind./Avon) before a throwing error scored Longmeier.

Reed was locked in from the start, striking out two in a 1-2-3 first inning. Evansville added to their lead in the third, as Magill lifted his first career home run to left, a two-run blast to make it 4-0.

Xavier got a run back in the third, using a sac fly to bring the game back within three. From there, however, Reed was lights-out, allowing just two singles and two walks in the next five innings. For the day, Reed worked eight innings, limiting the Musketeers to one run on five hits (one XBH) and two walks while striking out three.

After going quiet in the middle innings, the Evansville offense took advantage of a pair of walks in the eighth to add an insurance run. With two on and two out, Seddon pinch-hit and came through, doubling to right field to score Longmeier and make it 5-1.

Kellen Roberts (Monroe, Mich./Monroe) relieved Reed in the ninth and closed things out, striking out the first batter he faced before inducing a 3-6-3 double play to end the game.

The series win was Evansville's second of the year and the first to come on the road, improving their record on the year to 5-13.

UP NEXT
Evansville returns to German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium this week for a pair of midweek contests, taking on Lipscomb on Tuesday before playing SEMO on Wednesday.