Prolific Offensive Days, Gutsy Pitching Efforts Lead Baseball to Doubleheader Sweep

Box Scores (Game 1 | Game 2) | Archived Audio (Game 1 | Game 2)

MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Morehead State baseball team clubbed five home runs and rallied from at least three runs down in both ends of its doubleheader with Bowling Green Sunday as the Eagles claimed 11-7 and 9-6 victories at Allen Field.
 
The Eagles, who won their 12^th consecutive home series, improved to 7-5 as four relief pitchers combined to throw seven scoreless innings. Morehead State is now 36-11 at home in the last three seasons.
 
"I was really proud of our pitchers today," said head coach Mike McGuire. "I am also proud to win the series because doubleheaders are long days. We had all our relief pitchers not give up a run, and I was also proud of our starters (junior) JC (Hatcher) and (senior) Curtis (Wilson). They both had rough starts but worked hard to get through the fifth and sixth innings and give our offense a chance to get going."
 
Senior outfielder/infielder Will Schneider led the charge by going 7-for-9 (.778) on the day, including a perfect 5-for-5 in game two with a double and a home run. Schneider upped his hitting streak to a team-best nine games.
 
"It's all about getting good pitches, and I was seeing the ball well today," said Schneider. "It was a team effort today, we had a lot of guys step up. It was good to bounce back after a tough loss yesterday."
 
Senior outfielder Michael Patrick was 4-for-4 in game one and also homered in game two, while junior second baseman Braxton Morris was 5-for-8 (.625) on the day, highlighted by a grand slam in the nightcap that put MSU ahead 8-5 in a seven-run fifth inning outburst.
 
Sophomore catcher Hunter Fain's bat also came alive in the opener as he was 4-for-5 with three runs scored.
 
Morehead State trailed 3-1 right off the bat in the first game before junior third baseman Chase Teter's three-run round-tripper put his team on top for good in the fourth. The Eagles also managed to tack on five runs in the fifth as freshman catcher Brody Shoupe made his first career hit matter – a two-run single.
 
Hatcher (1-1) collected the win in the opener, allowing eight runs and being charged with seven runs to go along with five strikeouts. Freshman righty Alex Garbrick and junior fireballer David Calderon combined for four innings of scoreless relief with Masullo shutting out the Falcons in the sixth through eighth frames.
 
In game two, Wilson went six innings and only gave up three earned runs to improve to 1-1. Freshman righty Dom Masullo struck out the side in the seventh, and junior reliever Seth Boyle slammed the door with three punchouts in the final two frames for his first career save.
 
Morehead State will host Youngstown State for a mid-week series with the first game set for Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET.