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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- The Morehead State baseball team certainly gave the school-record 1,053 fans - a majority of which were local elementary-school children and teachers - plenty to cheer about as the Eagles hammered Alabama A&M 12-2 at Allen Field in a Wednesday matinee game.
The school attendance record broke the previous mark of just more than 600 set several years ago. Schools attending included Lakeside Christian Academy, Crossroads Elementary, Owingsville Elementary and Nicholas County Elementary.
With the win, this year's Eagle team secured the best 25-game start in program history at 19-6 and won for the 11th straight time at home and for the 14th time overall in the last 15 ball games.
"It was great to set an attendance record, and I feel like everyone who came out today had a fun time," said head coach
Mike McGuire. " I want to thank our entire staff for pulling this off, and hopefully these kids will be excited to come back out later this year and watch our club play."
While the offense pounded out double-digit hits for the sixth consecutive game, it was the pitching staff which shined today. Five Eagle hurlers (
Kyle Cantu,
JC Hatcher,
David Calderon,
Cable Wright and
Josh Baumgart)Â combined on a four-hitter and issued just two walks. Starter Cantu was credited with his second win.
"We pitched extremely effectively today, and we'll be a tough team to beat when we do do that. We limited our free bases to just two, and that is huge," McGuire said.
At the plate, sophomore designated hitter
Trevor Snyder led a 14-hit attack by going 4-for-4. Junior third baseman
Eli Boggess was 3-for-4, and junior second baseman
Braxton Morris record his Ohio Valley Conference-best 15th multi-hit game with two. Senior outfielder
Michael Patrick also had two hits.
Sophomore outfielder
Niko Hulsizer helped break open a 4-2 game in the fourth when the Eagles scored seven times. Hulsizer delivered his team-best 11th home run, a two-run smash well over the wall in left field, and has now homered in three straight games with six round-trippers in that short span.
Morehead State will look to continue its winning ways this weekend when Atlantic 10 foe Massachusetts visits for a three-game set. Each OVC team has one "bye" weekend where it plays a non-conference series. Game one is slated for Friday at 5 p.m. ET.
