SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - After falling into an early three-run hole, the University of Evansville baseball team dug themselves out, taking the lead on the Missouri Valley Conference's top team, Missouri State, at Hammons Field in Springfield, Mo. only to fall late, 6-5.
Aggressive base running by the Purple Aces set up the first tally of the game, as junior infielder Sam Troyer turned a lead-off single into the icebreaker on a wild pitch from MVC preseason pitcher of the year Dylan Coleman.
However, the Bears would answer right back on Evansville junior starting pitcher Alex Weigand, as Drew Milas drove in Hunter Steinmetz on a fielder's choice, knotting the game at 1.