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0
Western Illinois WIU 0-7
4
Winner Evansville UE 2-5
Western Illinois WIU
0-7
0
Final
4
Evansville UE
2-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Illinois WIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Evansville UE 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4 7 1

W: Allinger, Austin (1-0) L: Koch, Ian (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Western Drops Series Opener at Evansville

The Leathernecks opened their three-game set with a 4-0 loss.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Western Illinois opened its weekend series at Evansville with a 4-0 loss at Braun Stadium Friday afternoon.
 
Both starters pitched into the seventh inning, with Ian Koch going the distance for a season-high 6.2 frames with five hits, three runs (two earned) and six strikeouts. To start the seventh, he retired two of the three batters he faced, and was relieved before a pair of RBI-doubles allowed two to cross home plate.  
 
In the opening inning, a failed pickoff attempt put a Purple Ace in scoring position and an RBI-single up the middle allowed him to score. The home side went on to double its advantage, 2-0, in the fifth by scoring on a wild pitch.
 
Drue Galassi recorded the Leathernecks' first hit of the game with a single to center field and CJ Schaeffer led off the eighth with a single to left. The efforts marked the team's only hits on the day, and five Western runners were left on-base.  
 
Jace Warkentien relieved Koch in the seventh inning, allowing two hits and one earned run, and Jack Carberry took over in the ninth with a clean sheet.
 
Western (0-7) returns to Braun Stadium Saturday for game two against Evansville. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. 
 
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