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Baseball Aces Rally Past Purdue, 12-10

Chase Hug's go-ahead double in the eighth inning Tuesday proved to be the game-winner

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Down 8-2 after two innings, the University of Evansville baseball team rallied on Tuesday for a wild 12-10 come-from-behind victory over the host Purdue Boilermakers at Alexander Field in West Lafayette, Indiana. The win marked UE's seventh-straight win over Big Ten competition, and its nation-leading eighth-straight road victory.

"Our guys showed a lot of character and a lot of heart tonight," said UE head coach Wes Carroll. "Purdue really earned that early lead, as they were producing a lot of barrels very early on.