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SPARTANBURG, N.C. -- The Morehead State baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader with Ball State on Monday at Switzer Stadium. BSU took game one by a score of 4-1, and went on to win game two by a 12-2 margin.
The Eagles (4-7) and the Cardinals (5-4) were forced to move the series to Wofford College after wet field conditions made the scheduled three-game home series unplayable at Sonny Allen Field.
MSU senior right-hander Morgan Cirbo picked up the loss in game one, with junior lefty Noah Smallwood taking the loss in game two. It was both Eagle pitchers’ first loss of the season.
BSU senior lefty Jon Cisna was credited with the decision in the first contest of the day, with sophomore right-hander Scott Baker picking up his third win of the season in game two.
In game one, Ball State jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the third on a sacrifice fly from freshman second baseman Ryan Spaulding.
MSU answered with a run in the bottom of the fifth, when freshman third baseman Alan Mocahbee knocked in junior second baseman Jeff Birkofer on an RBI single through the left side.
The game was broken open in the top of the eighth, when BSU junior first baseman Billy Wellman drove a double down the left-field line to score the final three runs of the first half of the doubleheader.
Ball State scored four runs in the both the third and fourth innings of game two, before tacking on one more in the seventh and three in the ninth. MSU plated two runs in the bottom of the third, on an RBI single from sophomore first baseman Kane Sweeney and a sacrifice fly from senior shortstop Chase Greenwell.
Morehead State returns to action on Tuesday, when it takes on Youngstown State in a doubleheader at Sims Park in Gastonia, N.C. First pitch is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. ET. Live audio will be available via MSUEagles.com.
