PEORIA, Ill. - The University of Evansville baseball team got a bounce-back performance from staff ace Adam Lukas, along with some clutch defense to beat Bradley in a 1-0 shutout in their Missouri Valley Conference opener Friday afternoon at Dozer Park.
A week after being forced to leave the game against Xavier prematurely with a back strain, the junior right-hander delivered a clutch performance, striking out nine, while tossing six shutout innings, allowing just two hits.
Lukas was also helped by his defense, as junior right fielder Troy Beilsmith fired a bullet at home to junior catcher Ben Komonosky, who applied the tag on the would-be Braves run, keeping the game scoreless in the second inning.