EVANSVILLE, Ind. –  The University of Evansville baseball team dropped a midweek contest at Southern Indiana on Wednesday night, falling by a score of 14-4 at USI Baseball Field.
 
Evansville grabbed an early lead, scoring three runs in the top of the first, However, the Screaming Eagles scored 14 unanswered runs before taking a 14-4 win in seven innings.
 
Spike Magill (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista) extended his on base streak to 35 games, going 3-for-3 with a walk to lead the Aces offensively. Reid Haire (Hudson, N.C./Charlotte) also had a 2-hit day, going 2-for-4 with a double.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Evansville came out of the gates hot, with Magill picking up a leadoff double before coming in to score on a single by Haire in the very next at-bat. After Charlie Longmeier (Seymour, Ind./Seymour) reached on a fielder's choice, Reagan Reeder (Ramsey, Minn./Illinois) roped a double to drive in Longmeier. Reeder would then come around to score on a throwing error, giving the Aces a 3-0 lead.
 
Jack Willhite (Georgetown, Ky./Scott County) got the start on the mound for Evansville and worked a 1-2-3 first inning, capped with his first strikeout of the night.
 
Willhite faced trouble in the second, with the Screaming Eagles putting runners at the corners. USI tried bringing across a run with a squeeze play, but Willhite corralled the bunt and flipped to Magill at home, who applied the tag for the out. In the next at-bat, Willhite got a strikeout to get out of the inning unscathed.
 
USI got on the board in the third, picking up two runs to make it 3-2. After a scoreless fourth inning, Willhite allowed a pair of base runners and gave way to the bullpen. The Screaming Eagle took advantage, scoring four runs to take the lead.
 
USI broke the game open in the sixth, scoring eight runs to take a 14-3 lead.
 
Evansville got a run back in the top of the seventh, but the Screaming Eagles stranded the bases loaded to clinch the win.
 
UP NEXT
Evansville travels to Terre Haute this weekend for a critical MVC series against Indiana State. First pitch for Friday's series opener is set for 5:30 p.m. CT.