WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State used a 12-hit attack to defeat Evansville 8-4 in game three of the series.
Alec Bohm went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double, while
Greyson Jenista went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Starter
Robby Evans went 4.1 innings and gave up two runs on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts.
Greyson Jenista led off the first with a single and
Alec Bohm followed with a one-out walk.
Willie Schwanke singled up the middle to drive in Jenista for a 1-0 lead.
In the third,
Jordan Boyer led off with a double and scored on a single from Jenista for a 2-0 lead.
The Aces tied it in the fifth. Craig Shepherd led off with a double and moved to third on a flyout. Brendan Krob's single drove in Shephard and Nate Reeder and Troy Beilsmith followed with singles to tie the game at two.
Bohm's RBI double gave the Shockers a 3-2 lead in the fifth and
Jacob Katzfey's RBI squeeze bunt pushed the lead to 4-2 in the sixth.
The Aces used a couple of hits and a wild pitch to cut the lead to 4-3 in the eighth, but the Shockers used RBI singles from
Travis Young and Boyer and a two-run single from Bohm to push the lead to 8-3.
UE used two doubles in the ninth to make the final score 8-4.
The Shockers are next in action on Tue., May 16 when they host Kansas State at 6 p.m. at Eck Stadium.