Game One Box Score (HTML | PDF)
Game Two Box Score (HTML | PDF)
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Propelled by 12 home runs, Morehead State swept a doubleheader over rival Eastern Kentucky on Saturday at Allen Field.
Taylor Davis drove in a career-high nine runs and
Drew Lee homered three times as the Eagles cruised to a 20-8 victory in game one.
Matthew Robertson pitched excellent and #J.D. Ashbrook
and Andrew Deeds# each homered twice in the 16-4 Eagle game two victory. Lee broke the MSU career mark for RBIs when he doubled home J.D. Ashbrook in the first inning of game two.
Game One Recap
Taylor Davis drove in a career-high nine runs and
Drew Lee went yard three times to lead MSU to a 20-8 victory over rival EKU. Lee also tied the MSU career record for RBIs in the contest.
Michael Bottoms pitched 6.2 innings to pick up his fourth win of the season.
Morehead State jumped to an early lead after Lee scored on a throwing error in the bottom of the first, but EKU jumped in front thanks to back-to-back solo home runs by Ryan Faidley and Michael Garcia in the top of the second.
The Eagles answered with back-to-back home runs of their own in the bottom half of the second, when #Andrew Deeds
and Luke Bainer# went yard. Deeds’ blast drove in Davis to make it 4-2 Eagles after two innings.
Lee kick started a five-run third when he led off the inning with his first home run of the game. Davis drove in a pair with a single and
Travis Redmon and Ashbrook each drove in a run in the inning to stretch the lead to 9-2. MSU would then add four more in the fourth, highlighted by a three-run bomb of the bat of Davis.
Bottoms was in control most of the way as he allowed just the two solo home runs in the second and another solo shot in the fifth by Jayson Langfels before getting into trouble in the seventh. Bottoms allowed five in the inning, four on a grand slam by Jacob Daniel. For the game, Bottoms allowed eight runs, all earned, in his 6.2 innings and struck out six to win his second straight start and move his record to 4-2 on the season.
MSU squashed any thought of a Colonel comeback plating four more runs in the seventh to make it 18-8. The inning was highlighted by Lee’s third homer of the game, a two-run shot well over the creek in right, tied him with former Eagle Kevin Matuszek for most RBIs in a career with 174.
Freshman
Cody Gibson pitched the final 2.1 innings, allowing just one hit and striking out four.
Davis finished the game 5-for-6, the third Eagle to tally five hits in a game this season, while Lee went 4-for-4 with four RBIs and five runs scored to lead MSU.
Game Two Recap
Matthew Robertson pitched a gem, while J.D. Ashbrook, Andrew Deeds, and the rest of the Eagle lineup supplied the offense, routing EKU 16-4 to take the double header sweep. Drew Lee also became the MSU career leader in RBIs in the game.
Robertson pitched six innings of the seven inning game, scattering 10 hits and allowing just three runs in his best outing of the season to record his first win. The sophomore also recorded seven strikeouts in the outing and kept a highly-offensive Colonel club under control.
Ashbrook and Deeds each went yard twice as MSU scored in every inning to pull away from EKU and cruise to the win. Ashbrook also doubled twice in the game as he went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and four runs scored.
EKU jumped out to a 1-0 lead, when they used three straight first inning singles to plate the game’s opening run. MSU responded in the bottom of the inning when Lee doubled home J.D. Ashbrook and then scored on a
Michael Fear single to give MSU a lead they would never relinquish. The Lee RBI broke the school record for runs driven in a career that had previously been held by Kevin Matuszek. The Mt. Sterling native now has 176 career RBIs.
MSU scored three runs in the second, third and fourth innings to pull away from EKU. Ashbrook hit his 15th and 16th homers of the season in the third and fourth inning to highlight the scoring.
The Eagles then scored four in the fifth highlighted by back-to-back-to-back jacks from
Cameron Flynn, Taylor Davis, and Deeds building an insurmountable lead.
Six Eagles had multi-RBI efforts, highlighted by Ashbrook and Davis who each drove in three.
The win evened MSU’s Ohio Valley Conference record at 4-4 and the Eagles moved to 21-17 on the season. EKU drops to 6-5 in OVC play and 18-17 overall.
The two squads finish this weekend’s three game series tomorrow afternoon. First pitch is at 1:00 p.m. at Allen Field.
