RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The University of Evansville baseball team tallied 12 hits on Friday night, their second-highest total of the season, but fell to Cal Baptist in game one of the series by a score of 11-6.
Drew McConnell (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs) led the Aces at the plate with the first four-hit game of his career, going 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI. He became the first Ace since Mark Shallenberger on June 1, 2026 to have a four-hit game.
Reid Haire (Hudson, N.C./Charlotte) drove in three runs, going 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, while Ximi Baftiri (Morris, Ill.