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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. -- A six-run second inning from Northern Kentucky was too much for the Morehead State baseball team to overcome, as it fell, 8-2, at Bill Akers Baseball Complex on Tuesday.
The Eagles fall to 9-23 on the season, while the Norse improve to 5-27 in their 2013 campaign.
“I thought we had one bad inning, and that was the difference in the ballgame,” Head Coach Mike McGuire said. “Outside of that, we pitched pretty well today. Offensively, we swung the bat pretty well, but didn’t get much to show for it.”
MSU outhit NKU nine to eight in the contest, but the Eagles stranded eight to the Norse’s five.
NKU jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the second on only two hits, an error, three walks and a hit-by-pitch.
The Eagles scored their first run of the ballgame in the top of the fourth when freshman third baseman Alan Mocahbee drove in sophomore right fielder Kane Sweeney with an RBI double down the left field line.
The Norse plated another in their half of the fourth on a double down the left field line from senior first baseman Brad Clement.
Sophomore left fielder Brandon Rawe hit his second home run in as many games, a solo shot over the left field wall, to cut the NKU lead to 7-2 in the top of the sixth. NKU extended its lead back to six in the seventh, off an RBI single to left from freshman catcher Cody Kuzniczci to close out the scoring.
Sweeney extended his on base streak to 23 straight games, going 2-for-4 in the contest. Rawe and senior shortstop Chase Greenwell also went 2-for-4 on the day.
Norse junior righty Brett Crisper (1-4) picked up his first win of the season, allowing only two runs and seven hits in six innings.
MSU freshman right-hander Tyler Keele (2-4) picked up the loss, allowing five hits and four earned runs in his 3.2 innings. He walked four and plunked three Norse batters.
The Eagles’ nine-game road swing continues this weekend when they travel to Normal, Illinois for a four-game series with Illinois State. Action gets underway on Friday with a 7 p.m. ET start, followed by a Saturday doubleheader at 1 p.m. before the final game on Sunday at 2 p.m.
