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Ximi Baftiri Belmont G2 recap
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Evansville EVANSVIL 14-22
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Winner Belmont BELMONT 14-25
Evansville EVANSVIL
14-22
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Final
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Belmont BELMONT
14-25
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Evansville EVANSVIL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 9 1
Belmont BELMONT 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 2 X 11 14 2

W: Ridge Harvey (1-2) L: Graham, Tanner (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bruins Down Aces to Even Series

NASHVILLE –  The University of Evansville baseball team took an early lead over Belmont on Saturday afternoon, but the Bruins scored nine unanswered runs en route to an 11-7 victory to even the series.
 
Reid Haire (Hudson, N.C./Charlotte) went 2-for-5 with a 3-run home run to lead the Aces offensively, while Charlie Longmeier (Seymour, Ind./Seymour) and Ximi Baftiri (Morris, Ill./Morris) also had 2-hit days.
 
Tanner Graham (Rocheport, Mo./Hickman) suffered his first MVC loss, while Ridge Harvey got the win for Belmont.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
In the top of the first, Spike Magill (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista) drew a leadoff HBP to extend his on base streak to 33 games, tying Troy Beilsmith for the longest streak by an Ace since 2019. However, a double play kept the Aces off the board.
 
Evansville got on the board in the top of the second, with Longmeier crossing the plate on a first and third play and Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo./Northeast CC) picked up an RBI single to make it 2-0.
 
Belmont scored their first run of the game in the third before scoring three times in the fourth to take a 4-2 lead.  
 
Belmont added another run in the fifth with a solo home run before scoring four more runs in the sixth to break the game open.
 
Evansville got two runs back in the eighth, starting with a walk to Drew McConnell (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs) and singles from Haire and Longmeier to load the bases. Reagan Reeder (Ramsey, Minn./Illinois) drew a walk with the bases loaded to drive in a run and Baftiri drove in a run with a groundout to make it 9-4 in favor of the Bruins.
 
Belmont got the runs right back in the eighth, however, retaking a 7-run lead.
 
Evansville would not go down quietly in the ninth, putting two out with two outs, including a single by McConnell to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. Haire stepped up next and drilled his sixth home run of the season, making it an 11-7 game, but a strikeout ended the game as the Bruins evened the series at one game apiece.
 
UP NEXT
Evansville and Belmont will meet once again on Sunday in Nashville for the rubber match. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
 
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