Baseball to Battle Evansville in Weekend Series

Omaha, Neb. -- Coming off a two-game midweek sweep at Saint Louis, the Creighton Baseball squad heads to Evansville for a three-game weekend series with the Aces. First pitch for the series opener is scheduled for Friday at 3:00 pm.

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Creighton at Evansville

March 15 @ 3:00 pm
March 16 @ 2:00 pm
March 17 @ 1:00 pm

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Series History: Creighton leads Evansville, 45-26

Former Missouri Valley Rivals,Creighton and Evansville renew their battles this weekend. The Bluejays own a 45-26 edge in the overall series. Under Ed Servais Creighton is 25-10 against Evansville, including a three-game sweep last season. Creighton has won four straight versus the Aces and five of the last six.

Battling the Midwest Snow
Although the Bluejays are off to a hot start, the Midwest weather is doing its part to cool things down. Intense cold and sitting snow in Omaha have forced the Bluejays to cancel six of their last eight games and seven games already during the 2019 season.

In addition Servais is exploring exploring alternative sites for the weekend series scheduled in Omaha on March 22-24 with Maryland.

Scouting the Bluejays: (2019: 7-3, 0-0 BIG EAST)
The Creighton offense has carried the load for the Bluejays early this season. Creighton has scored 90 runs in their first ten games, an average of nine runs per contest. Early in the season (the first six games) Creighton was pushing runs across with the long ball, but over the last four contests its has been singles, stolen bases and the occasional triple that has powered the Bluejay offense.

Five different Bluejays enter the weekend series with Evansville hitting better than .290, led by junior Parker Upton at .385.

On the mound closer Bobby Kametas remains flawless in five appearances, despite battling a cold early this week.

About Evansville

Located in Evansville, Indiana
Evansville's mascot is the Aces.
The Aces were picked to finish eighth in the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll.
Evansville finished the 2018 season with a 12-39 record, but have won seven of its first 13 games to start the 2019 campaign.

Evansville Head Coach: Wes Carroll

In his 11th season at the helm for the Aces, Carroll is 270-244-1 with Evansville.

Scouting the Aces: (2019: 7-6, 0-0 American Athletic)
Like the Bluejays, weather has been a thorn in the Aces side this season. Evansville has yet to play a home game, cancelling one
contest and rescheduling another.

The Aces and Bluejays have one common opponent as both teams faces Little Rock in three-game road series. While Creighton swept the Trojans, the Aces took two of three.

Last weekend the Aces took two-of-three from Iowa in a neutral site series in Marion, Ill.

Evansville enters the weekend series hitting .258 as a team, led by Nate Reeder (.333), Craig Shepherd (.311) and Sam Troyer (.295).

On the mound the Aces have a team ERA of 4.26, led by reliever Shane Gray's 1.17 mark in five games.

Late Game Heroics Becoming a Habit
For the third time this season, the Creighton offense entered the ninth inning down at least one run, only to rise up for a victory.

The first comeback came against Little Rock on Feb. 17th as the Bluejays trailed the Trojans 10-9 entering the ninth. Junior Will Robertson blasted a solo home run to knot the game and Creighton plated two in the eleventh for the win.

Down 7-5 on Feb. 23rd at McNeese State the Bluejays plated six runs in the ninth to claim the game, 11-7.

Then on March 12th at Saint Louis, Creighton trailined 11-9 entering the ninth. The Bluejays got two runs in the ninth, then claimed the game 12-11 in the eleventh.

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Players Mentioned

Bobby Kametas

Will Robertson

Parker Upton