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OXFORD, Ohio -- The Morehead State baseball team was held to five hits and fell 8-0 at Miami (Ohio) Tuesday night at McKie Field.
The Eagles slipped to 27-13 overall, while the RedHawks moved to 17-25.
Only five of the eight runs charged against the Eagles were earned, but the MSU pitchers issued eight free bases. Starter
Alex Garbrick was saddled with the loss to fall to 3-2. He gave up just three hits and two earned runs in 3.2 innings. Junior righty
Seth Boyle struck out three and did not surrender a run in two relief frames.
Sophomore shortstop
Reid Leonard, junior second baseman
Braxton Morris, senior rightfielder
Will Schneider, junior third baseman
Eli Boggess and senior catcher
Jimmy Wright all recorded hits. Morris upped his reached-base streak to 18 games.Sophomore catcher
Hunter Fain was hit by a pitch and moved his reached-base streak to 12 contests.
The RedHawks broke open a 1-0 game when they scored four times in the fourth via five free bases.
Morehead State returns home on Wednesday at 5 p.m. to host regional rival Marshall.
