Teter Ties Single-Game Doubles Record in 14-7 Sunday Setback for Baseball

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HOOVER, Ala. – The Morehead State Baseball team out-hit the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-10 Sunday afternoon the Eagles' final game of the Hoover Classic, but too many free bases fueled Iowa's 14-7 win at the Hoover Met Stadium.
 
Morehead State concluded with a 5-3 record after the first two weeks of the 2017 campaign. The Eagle pitchers issued nine walks, three wild pitches and hit two batters against Iowa.
 
"We did some great things offensively, and I was encouraged by that," said head coach Mike McGuire. "I was extremely disappointed in the way we pitched. Iowa is a team that wants to put the bat on the ball, and we gave them too many free chances. I never like to lose, but it's even worse when your team lets you down in an area you can control.
 
"We'll bounce back and be better, but I was definitely encouraged by our first trip. It was long, but we accomplished some great things and figured out we can have a special team when we put all three phases together."
 
Of the Eagles' 13 hits, junior third baseman Chase Teter tied the school single-game record with three doubles – all to left field. Senior first baseman/rightfielder Will Schneider, senior centerfielder Ryan Kent, sophomore DH Trevor Snyder and sophomore outfielder Niko Hulsizer all nailed a pair of hits apiece. Kent had two RBI, while Hulsizer legged out a double and a triple – both off the wall in right field.
 
Morehead State jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first frame, but the Hawkeyes answered with six in the second as they took advantage of three walks and a hit batter by starter Luke Humphreys and reliever JC Hatcher.
 
Iowa climbed ahead 8-5 after five innings before the Eagles scratched back to within 8-7 heading to the bottom of the seventh. Snyder had an RBI ground out in the sixth, and sophomore shortstop Reid Leonard singled home a run in the seventh.
 
However, Iowa blasted the game open by scoring three times in the seventh and eighth innings.
 
Humphreys was charged with six earned runs to fall to 1-1.
 
Morehead State's next contest is set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET at No. 6 Louisville.
 
NOTES
 
* Senior Will Schneider and sophomore Trevor Snyder extended their hitting streaks to five games.
* Schneider, sophomore Niko Hulsizer and sophomore Reid Leonard all extended reached-base streaks to all eight games in 2017; Schneider has now reached base in 13 straight since the end of the 2016 season.
* The 13 hits tied for the second-highest output this season; MSU now has four double-digit hit games in 2017.
* Senior Ryan Kent is now in fifth place in career singles at MSU with 153
* Kent now has 58 career multi-hit games, while Schneider has 31.