EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT
 Daily ScripturesÂ
MONDAYÂ
“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.†Psalms 24:1 NLTÂ
TUESDAYÂ
“For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.†Psalms 24:2 NLTÂ
WEDNESDAYÂ
“Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies.†Psalms 24:3-4 NLTÂ
THURSDAYÂ
“They will receive the Lord’s blessing and have a right relationship with God their savior. Such people may seek you and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob. Interlude†Psalms 24:5-6 NLTÂ
FRIDAYÂ
“Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.†Psalms 24:7 NLTÂ
SATURDAYÂ
“Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty; the Lord, invincible in battle. Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.†Psalms 24:8-9 NLTÂ
SUNDAYÂ
“Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Heaven’s Armies— he is the King of glory. Interlude†Psalms 24:10 NLTÂ
Submitted to the City-County Observer by Karen SeltzerÂ
HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE
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1600 Block of S. Bedford Stabbing
 Around 3:00 p.m., on May 1, the Evansville Police Department (E.P.D.) was called to one of the local hospitals for a person who arrived at the emergency room that had multiple stab wounds. The male victim had been dropped off at the hospital by two people who left before officers could speak to them.Â
While officers were attempting to gain information on the stabbing, a call came into Central Dispatch from the 1600 block of S. Bedford. The caller advised they witnessed a male stab another male in that area.Â
Arriving officers were able to locate blood on the sidewalk around 1615 S. Bedford. E.P.D.’s Crime Scene Unit arrived to take pictures of the scene.Â
Meanwhile, back at the hospital, the victim refused to speak to officers about the incident. He is expected to survive his injuries. No arrests have been made at this time.Â
Criminal Recklessness Smallings
On May 2, around 3:00 a.m., an Evansville Police Officer was working off-duty at 1819 N Fulton Ave. (K.C.’s Corner Pocket) when a large fight broke out in the parking lot as the patrons were leaving.
As the officer was separating the participants of the fight, he hears a gunshot ring out not more than 20 feet from his location. He looked over and observed Anthony Alexander Smallings (32) carrying a handgun.
The officer immediately drew his department issued firearm and began giving Smallings verbal commands to drop his weapon. Smallings complied with the officers commands and was quickly placed into custody without any further incident.
Fortunately, no one was struck with the round fired by Smallings and he was transported to the Vanderburgh County Jail where he was charged with Criminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapon, a level 5 felony.
Accident 411 N. St. Joe. Ave.
On May 1, around 11:00 p.m., The Evansville Police Department was called to 411 N. St. Joe Ave. for a motor vehicle accident with injuries. Officers were told that the accident involved a vehicle and a pedestrian.
Witnesses told officers that the pedestrian was attempting to cross St. Joe Ave. when she was struck by a S.U.V. traveling north on St. Joe. After striking the pedestrian, the driver of the S.U.V. immediately stopped and was on scene when officers arrived.
Both driver and the pedestrian were transported to local hospitals. All presumptive tests for intoxicants involving the driver came back negative. There are no charges against the driver at this time.
The last known condition for the pedestrian was that she suffered from facial fractures, but was in stable condition.
N. 1St. Ave. and N.W. 4th Ave Stolen Vehicle
On May 2, around 2:30 a.m., The Evansville Police Department was called to 1200 Edgar St. (Lobo Lounge) for call about a car theft in progress. The victim stated that someone stole his vehicle from the lot and it was last seen heading westbound on Louisiana St. towards First Avenue.
A short time later, officers were dispatched to N. First Ave. and NW Fourth Ave. for a single-car motor vehicle accident. The description of the vehicle involved in the accident was the same as the stolen vehicle.
When officers arrived at the accident they were able to confirm that the vehicle was the same one stolen from 1200 Edger. The driver, Erin Michael Worman (25), was not conscious, but was still breathing. The Evansville Fire Department arrived at the accident and had to cut Worman out of the vehicle.
Worman was transported to a local hospital where his is currently receiving medical attention for several injuries. Although his injuries are numerous, he is expected to survive.
Once released from the hospital, he faces a felony charge of Auto Theft.
Thrilling day at German American Bank Field sees Aces split doubleheader
Evansville mounts four-run rally to take first game, 4-3
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EVANSVILLE – On a day when the margin between win and lose were razor thin, Evansville captured a split of its doubleheader with league-leading Dallas Baptist on Saturday afternoon at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.
Two contests that were diametrically opposed to one another saw the Aces capture a 4-3 win in the day’s first game before dropping the second game to the Patriots, 6-5.
“It was a very competitive day with great Missouri Valley Conference baseball. I’m very proud of our club to get a come-from-behind win and score that many runs and to walk-off that first game,” said Evansville head baseball coach Wes Carroll. “Second game, we just put ourselves in a position to win and that’s all you can ask for. Tomorrow is an important day at the yard for us. It’s going to have that Missouri Valley Conference Tournament feel to it. Deep in a weekend, we’re going to have to have guys out of our bullpen step-up and have our offense really try to spark some big innings.”
Game One: Evansville 4, DBU 3
It was the Patriots who jumped to the lead early in Saturday’s opener, generating a three-run second inning. A lead-off double set DBU up in position to score and it did just that, with a RBI single from Andres Sosa to give the Patriots their first run of the inning. With two outs in the inning and Sosa on first, Blayne Jones added to DBU’s lead with a two-run home run to left, pushing its lead to 3-0.
After the second, Evansville starter Caleb Reinhardt settled in, pitching back-to-back clean innings in the third and fourth. In the fifth, Reinhardt continued to roll, facing just one above the minimum, getting out of the inning unscathed.
Matching Reinhardt was DBU’s starter Rhett Kouba, the reigning MVC Pitcher of the Week, who allowed just four hits through six innings.
In the sixth, redshirt freshman Shane Harris entered to replace Reinhardt and pitched spectacularly. Harris induced three-straight fly-outs in the sixth and came back in the seventh, giving-up a double with two outs, but got a groundout to end the inning and set the Aces up with a chance.
In their last opportunity, Evansville got started off as it would like with a base-hit from Simon Scherry. Back-to-back walks loaded the bases for the Aces and ended the day for Kouba with Kragen Kechely coming on in relief. Brent Widder pushed the first run of the game across for Evansville after being hit by a pitch. Danny Borgstrom followed as a pinch hitter for Ben Komonosky and was walked to make it a one run game at 3-2 with no outs and the bases still loaded.
Kenton Crews lifted a sacrifice fly to left that was deep enough to score Evan Kahre and tie the game at three. After Beilsmith drew the second hit-by-pitch of the inning, the bases again were loaded with Mark Shallenberger coming to the plate. The freshman chopped a ground ball to second that was bobbled, allowing Widder to score and earn a 4-3 walk-off win for Evansville.
Game Two: DBU 6, Evansville 5
Dallas Baptist again took to the scoreboard first with a lead-off RBI single in top of the first.
Evansville answered in the bottom of the second, scoring twice on a pair of RBI base-hits by Wilkes and Crews to move the Aces in front, 2-1. In the fourth, the Aces added one to their tally with another RBI single, this one courtesy of Max Malley that scored Widder.
The key moments of the second contest came in the top of the fifth. Evansville struggled to record strikes, allowing five free bases as the Patriots scored six runs, taking a 6-3 lead.
In the bottom of the seventh, Evansville looked to be in a good position to chip away at DBU’s advantage. The Aces put runners on first and second with just one out with Shallenberger coming to the plate. During the at-bat, Beilsmith was picked-off at first, putting a second out on the board. On the next pitch, Shallenberger launched a two-run homer to right center, putting the Aces within a run at 6-5.
With one last chance to solidify its comeback, the Aces put a runner on with two outs, but could draw no closer as the Patriots held on for a 6-5 win, earning a split on the day.
Evansville was led on the day by Scherry, who went four-for-seven at the plate, while both Crews and Shallenberger each recorded two RBI. For the Patriots, Jones led the offense on the day with a team-high three RBI.
The two sides will decided the series on Sunday with a single game at Noon at German American Bak Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS
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USI battles to get a split Saturday​​​​​​​
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball had rebound in the nightcap to earn a doubleheader split with the University of Indianapolis Saturday at the USI Baseball Field. The Greyhounds took the opener, 4-0, while the Screaming Eagles won the nightcap, 7-5.
The Eagles go to 22-17 overall and 18-13 GLVC, while the Greyhounds end the contest 18-17, 16-11 GLVC.
Game 1:
USI allowed four runs in the second inning and dropped the opener, 4-0, to start the afternoon. The Eagles were unable to get anything going in the contest, generating only three hits.
Eagles’ senior right-hander Jacob Bowles was tagged with the loss for the Eagles. Bowles (4-3) permitted four runs, two earned, on six hits and four walks, while striking out four.
Game 2:
USI bounced back in the nightcap to defeat UIndy, 7-3. The Eagles scored one in the third and fourth and five in the sixth for the win.
The Eagles put their first tally across the plate in the third when freshman designated hitter Gavin McLarty drove in junior shortstop Ethan Hunter on a fielder’s choice. Hunter would push the USI lead to 2-0 in the fourth with a sacrifice fly, scoring freshman first baseman Adam Wildeman.
After the Greyhounds cut the USI margin in half with a tally in the fifth, the Eagles exploded for five runs in the bottom of the sixth to seal the win. Hunter ignited the surge with a two-run single to give USI a 4-1 advantage, while senior catcher Wyatt Daly capped of the frame with a three-run double for the 7-1 lead.
Both Hunter and Daly finished the nightcap by going two-for-three with a team-best three RBIs each.
The Greyhounds sliced the Eagles’ lead once more in the seventh with a pair of two-run home runs before USI could close out the 7-5 victory.
On the mound, senior right-hander Austin Gossmann started and picked up the win. Gossmann (3-5) went five-plus innings, allowing one run on four hits and two walks. The senior right-hander also struck out a season-high nine Greyhounds.
Senior right-hander Tyler Hagedorn got Gossmann and the Eagles out of a jam in the sixth, but was tagged for the four runs in the seventh. The Eagles closed out the game with freshman right-hander Carter Stamm, who got the final two out for his first USI career save.