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Softball falls to Redbirds in series finale
UE set for another week of home play
In a game that saw both offenses clicking on all cylinders, Illinois State took a 16-8 victory over the University of Evansville softball team inside Cooper Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
With the win, the Redbirds (9-20, 3-0 MVC) swept the 3-game series over the Purple Aces (10-14, 0-3 MVC). Leading the Aces was Lindsay Renneisen, who notched a pair of 2-RBI hits on her way to four runs batted in. Allison Daggett had two RBI while Mea Adams had one.
It was another quick start for the Redbirds, who hit a pair of 2-run shots in the top of the first to take a 4-0 lead. Evansville had a quick answer, matching the four runs in the bottom of the inning. Katie McLean and Eryn Gould reached base for Lindsay Renneisen, who doubled to center field to score the pair. Bailee Bostic added a 2-run hit of her own, notching an infield single that score two more runs to tie the game.
ISU threatened in the second, drawing two walks, but senior Emily Lockhart came into the game in relief and got two quick strikeouts to keep the game tied. Evansville capitalized in the bottom of the frame when Renneisen struck again. After ISU intentionally walked Gould, Renneisen made them pay, lacing a 2-run double to right-center to give UE its first lead. The Redbirds fought back with a pair in the third that tied it right back up at 6-6.
Mea Adams gave UE the lead right back in the third. After fouling off numerous pitches, she found one she liked and turned it into an RBI double to left that gave Evansville a 7-6 edge. The back-and-forth action continued when ISU retook the lead at 9-7 thanks to three runs in the top of the fourth.
In the fifth, the Redbirds added some insurance thanks to a grand slam by Allison Spence before finishing the day with the 16-8 win in six innings.
UE remains at Cooper Stadium this week, facing UT Martin on Wednesday in a 3 p.m. doubleheader before welcoming Loyola to town for a 3-game set next weekend.
Aces Baseball Can’t Work Brooms on Creighton
After crushing Creighton in the first two games of their series by a combined 18-1, the University of Evansville baseball team had the brooms out for Creighton. However, the Bluejays had other ideas, avoiding the sweep, as the Aces fell 10-4 at Charles H. Braun Stadium Sunday afternoon.
Senior left-hand pitcher Alex Weigand (1-2) got the start for UE and tossed a pair of shutout innings to open the game. However, the Bluejays got to Weigand in the 3rd, putting three runs on the scoreboard. Creighton would tack on two more tallies in the fourth frame, ending Weigand’s day. For the game, the senior hurler went 3 2/3 innings, giving up five runs on six hits, three earned, while striking out five and walking one. Junior right-hand reliever Jake McMahill would come in in relief, giving up one run in 2/3 of an inning of work.
Evansville would finally breakthrough in the fifth inning, as senior left fielder Matt Jones knocked in junior catcher Ben Komonosky with an RBI single to left, cutting the Creighton’s lead to 6-1. However, the Bluejays struck for four more runs in the sixth and the Aces were in a 10-1 hole.
UE would attempt a rally in the bottom of the frame, beginning with an RBI single by senior third baseman Sam Troyer, bringing in junior right fielder Troy Beilsmith. Freshman second baseman DannyBorgstrom would keep the Aces rolling with an RBI single down the right field line, scoring sophomore first baseman Tanner Craig. Sophomore pinch hitter Pete Vaccaro would cap the sixth inning uprising with a run-scoring lace to left, tallying Troyer, cutting the Creighton lead to 10-4. However, that’s all the scoring either team would manage, with the Bluejays getting the sweep-avoiding victory.
The loss halts the UE winning streak at four, dropping them to 9-7 on the season. Creighton improves to 8-5.
The Aces are back at home Wednesday night for a non-conference matchup with Eastern Illinois. First pitch from Braun Stadium is set for 6 pm.
Krizan, McNew power doubleheader sweep of Lewis
University of Southern Indiana Baseball swept Lewis University in the Screaming Eagles’ home Great Lakes Valley Conference opener on Saturday with scores of 12-7 and 6-3.
Freshman catcher Lucas McNew (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) went 4-for-7 from the plate with RBI, three runs scored and a home run on the afternoon.
Senior right-hander Austin Krizan (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) posted an eight-inning gem with eight strikeouts in the nightcap.
Game 1: USI 12, Lewis 7
The Flyers opened the afternoon with a five-run first frame and a solo home run by Connor Rutherford in the second to tag USI senior starter Austin Gossmann (Avon, Indiana). Despite the rough start, Gossmann went on to shut Lewis down in innings three through six to end the day with 11 strikeouts in 6.1 innings-pitched, allowing five earned runs on nine hits.
The Eagles immediately began the comeback effort in the bottom of the second, scoring one run in each of the second, third and fourth innings, and two in the fifth. Senior first baseman Nathan Kuester (Rockport, Indiana) scored twice over the four-inning stretch. Junior rightfielder Manny Lopez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) punctuated the run with a two-RBI single.
The bottom of the seventh frame saw the Eagles take complete control. After senior right-hander Dalton Lewis (Parker, Colorado) came in to only one run in a bases-loaded jam, McNew sent his fourth home run of the season over the left field wall to knot the game up.
USI would plate three more runs in the inning to hand Dalton Lewis his first victory of the season. Junior right-hander Jacob Bowles (Mt. Washington, Kentucky) relieved Lewis in a 10-7 game in the eighth to pick up a six-out save for his first of the season.
Game 2: USI 6, Lewis 3
Austin Krizan allowed just three runs on six hits through eight innings to keep the Lewis offense down in the second game of the day. The second-game starter never allowed more than one run in any inning to push his season record to 2-0.
McNew kept the train rolling from game one for the USI bats, sending a liner to right center to plate Hunter for an RBI triple in the first frame. In the third, McNew returned to score sophomore centerfielder Bryce Krizan (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) with a sacrifice fly.
Bryce Krizan reappeared at the plate in fourth with the bases loaded to walk home junior leftfielder Aaron Euler(Evansville, Indiana). Senior second baseman Jacob Fleming (Evansville, Indiana) added a run for USI in the fifth, scoring Lopez on a two-out single to left. Krizan returned in the sixth to score on a throwing error after stealing third in the sixth.
After Austin Krizan put up a magnificent eight-inning gem, the Eagles called upon senior southpaw Paul Perez (Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela) to shut the door on the Flyers. Perez sent the Lewis bats down in order, including two strikeouts, to end the evening for his third save of the season.
“READERS FORUM” MARCH 17, 2019
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