Baseball Falls at Evansville, 8-4

Tuesday, April 5

Evansville, Ind.

7 P.M.

Indiana University

11-16

Evansville

14-14

Indiana

Evansville

4/5/2022 11:30:00 PM | Baseball

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Whalen hits second home run of the season in loss to Evansville

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In a game that seemed to have every unique situation imaginable, the Indiana baseball program dropped an 8-4 decision to Evansville at German American Bank Field on Tuesday (April 5).

The scoring got started in the second inning when Evansville (14-14) plated one run, before a 30-minute delay to fix the turf on the pitcher's mound. The Purple Aces then added one more in the second, before Indiana (11-16) struck with one in the third. Evansville added two in the fifth, three in the sixth and one in the eighth, before IU clawed back with three in the ninth.

The Hoosiers out-hit the Purple Aces, 10-6, and the IU pitching staff struck out 14 batters, but two errors, nine walks, four hit batters and four wild pitches aided UE.

Redshirt-sophomore Bobby Whalen hit his second home run of the season, while senior Phillip Glasser posted a pair of hits and drove in two RBIs. Redshirt-junior Matthew Ellis collected three hits on the night and drove in one run.

For Evansville, Simon Scherry went 2-for-4 with one walk, two runs scored and three RBIs. Brent Widder added three hits, two runs scored and two RBIs in the game. Shane Harris (2-2) got the win with five innings of one-run work. He allowed five hits and struck out three batters.

Scoring Recap
Bottom Second
Brent Widder singled to start the inning and moved to third on a Evan Berkey base hit. A fielder's choice pushed the first run across, before Danny Borgstrom eventually came in on a wild pitch.
Evansville 2, Indiana 0

Top Third
Bobby Whalen hit a solo home run with two outs.
Evansville 2, Indiana 1

Bottom Fifth
A one out single by Simon Scherry came across on a two-run home run from Widder.
Evansville 4, Indiana 1

Bottom Sixth
After two strikeouts started the inning, a walk and an error put two runners on base. Scherry homered to clear the bases.
Evansville 7, Indiana 1

Bottom Eighth
A hit-by-pitch started the inning and eventually came around to score on a wild pitch.
Evansville 8, Indiana 1

Top Ninth
Evan Goforth and Ethan Vecrumba walked with one out and advanced a base on a wild pitch. With two outs, Phillip Glasser singled through the left side to plate both runs. After another wild pitch, Matthew Ellis' base hit scored Glasser.
Evansville 8, Indiana 4

Up Next
Indiana will travel to Purdue for its second Big Ten weekend of the season. The series will begin on Friday, April 8 at 4 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.