Evansville routs Wichita State in series finale

Wichita State hit aother bump in the road on Sunday.

The Shockers, who are 2-12 on the road, were run-ruled by Evansville 11-1, allowing the Aces to take the three-game series 2-1 in Evansville, Ind.

Evansville (17-13, 2-1 MVC) hit the Shockers with a five-run third, needing just two hits in the inning. Two walks and a hit-by-pitch helped Evansville to break a 0-0 standoff.

The game ended with WSU reliever Tyler Jones threw a wild pitch, enabling Boomer Synek to dash home with the game-ender.

WSU (11-21, 1-2) scored in the sixth when Greyson Jenista led off with a double and scored on Gunnar Troutwine’s single.

The Shockers missed a good opportunity to score in the fourth. Jenista walked leading off. After an out, Ryan Tinkham walked to put runners at first and second. Tinkham was picked up first by Synek, the Evansville catcher.

Notes — Jenista went 3 for 7 (.429) in the series. Dayton Dugas and Troutwine were 3 for 9 (.333). Mikel Mucha and Tanner Kirk were 2 for 11 (.182), Tinkham went 0 for 9, Chase Rader was 2 for 9 (.222) and Trey Vickers was 2 for 10 (.200). Tinkham has one hit in his last 15 at-bats (.067). . . . WSU scored just nine runs in the three-game series and had 20 hits for a .235 average. . . . Alex Bohm’s six-game hitting streak ended when he popped up to the infield three times. . . Troutwine extended his hitting streak to six games. He is hitting .381 in that span. . . . Dugas’ six-game hitting streak ended. . . . In the last 10 games, the WSU pitchers have allowed 99 hits, allowing opponents to hit .292 against them. The batters are hitting .281 during that span and averaging 6.3 runs. . . . The last time WSU was run-ruled was in Evansville on April 12, 2014, losing 13-2.

This story was originally published April 10, 2016 at 6:53 PM with the headline "Evansville routs Wichita State in series finale."