EVANSVILLE – An early surge proved more than enough for the University of Evansville baseball program on Wednesday evening as the Purples Aces picked up a 5-1 victory in a rain-shortened seven innings against crosstown rival Southern Indiana.
With the win, the Aces put the brakes on a five-game losing skid to improve to 9-20. USI, meanwhile, dropped to 12-14.
Travis Tokarek fired the opening salvo in the contest with a first-inning blast to right, and singles from Stewart Nelson and Brendan Krob later in the frame gave the Aces all they would need offensively.