EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville baseball team fell in the final contest of the regular season on Saturday afternoon, falling to Murray State by a score of 12-5 at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium.
Evansville took an early 4-0 lead, but the Racers outscored the Aces 11-1 over the final seven innings to take the win.
Pregame, Evansville celebrated Senior Day by honoring six seniors playing their last game at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium – Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo./Northeast CC), Max Hansmann (Elmhurst, Ill./York), Drew Fieger (Fort Mitchell, Ky./Lincoln Trail CC), Drue Young (Greenwood, Ind./Ball State), Owen Byberg (Barrie, Ontario/Frontier CC), and Parker MacCauley (Paducah, Ky./Tennessee Tech).
HOW IT HAPPENED
Evansville scored first in the bottom of the second, starting with a leadoff double by Reagan Reeder (Ramsey, Minn./Illinois) and an RBI single by Cooper Rhodes (Jackson, Mo./Jackson). Ryan Seddon (Joliet, Ill./St. Laurence) was next to join the fun, ripping a single up the middle to drive in his fifth run of the weekend. Charlie Longmeier (Seymour, Ind./Seymour) followed suit, delivering another single up the middle to make it 3-0. Finally, Spike Magill (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista) provided an RBI groundout to put the Aces up 4-0.
However, Murray State responded in the top of the third, using three home runs to take a 6-4 lead.
The Aces got a run back in the bottom of the third, with Seddon driving in another run on a sac fly.
Following 1-2-3 innings by both offenses in the fourth, Murray State scored four runs on five hits in the fifth to go on top by a score of 10-5.
MacCauley was solid in relief for the Aces in the final four innings of the game, tossing four innings while allowing one earned run.
Murray State took advantage of an error in the seventh to add a run before hitting a solo home run in the ninth, as they took home a 12-5 win in the regular season finale.
UP NEXT
Evansville finishes the regular season with a 20-31 record and a 13-11 mark in MVC play. The Aces will be the number five seed in next week's MVC Tournament, taking on fourth-seeded Southern Illinois on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Murray, Ky.
