MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Evansville baseball team had several opportunitues, but couldn't close the gap, as they fell to Tennessee-Martin 8-4 in a non-conference matchup at Skyhawks Baseball Field. Wednesday night.
UT-Martin got the jump on the Aces early, building a 2-0 lead on UE starter Alex Weigand. However, UE would answer back in the third inning, as junior center fielder Troy Beilsmith came up with a clutch two-out RBI double down the left field line, scoring senior third baseman Sam Troyer, halving the Skyhawk lead to 2-1.
Weigand, who gave up two runs on five hits, would give way to junior reliever David Ellis in the fourth inning, and UT-Martin would get that run back in the bottom of the fourth, then in the fifth the Skyhawks hung four more tallies on the scoreboard, putting Evansville in a 7-1 hole.