The University of Evansville baseball team was shut out for a second straight day at Bob Warn Field on Saturday as the Purple Aces wrapped up the regular season with a 3-0 loss to host Indiana State.
With the loss, the Aces finish fifth in the conference and will head into next week’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament with a 27-25 record and a 9-12 mark in league play. Meanwhile, the Sycamores grabbed the No. 2 seed and complete their regular season at 34-19 with a 13-8 showing in MVC games.
Austin Allinger got the nod on the mound for the Aces, but a trio of miscues marred his start as the Andy Young scored the opener on a Boomer Synek passed ball in the first. A pair of errors in the third ultimately resulted in two more, accounting for the final score.
Allinger dropped to 4-3 on the year after allowing five hits without issuing a walk, and Brandon Gomer and Ryan Brady combined to keep the Aces in the game with four shutout frames afterwards.
“Whenever you can throw two freshmen and a sophomore and get an effort like that, it’s fantastic,†UE head coach Wes Carroll said. “I really like where our pitching is going into the conference tournament. We have four or five guys who can come in and throw up goose eggs consistently, but our offense needs to step up and get going.â€
ISU, on the other hand, played a clean game in the field and pitched just as well as Weston Rivers surrendered three hits in the first 5.1 innings to move to 3-0, and Damon Olds gave up just one hit over the final 3.2 frames to earn his third save of the year.
UE will return to Bob Warn Field next Wednesday as Missouri Valley Conference Tournament play is slated to begin. Further information regarding official game times and a bracket will be announced later this weekend.
