PEORIA, Ill. – A Jean-Francois Garon home run highlighted a five-run sixth for Bradley on Saturday afternoon, and the University of Evansville baseball team was unable to recover as the Purple Aces fell 6-0 to the host Braves at Dozer Park.
Connor Strain earned the nod from UE head coach Wes Carroll, and he was strong early, tossing four scoreless frames before Bradley (19-24, 5-9 MVC) drew first blood with a fifth-inning sacrifice fly, but things would come apart an inning later as a walk and a pair of errors loaded the bases with no outs.