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RICHMOND, Ky. – Following a 10-4 loss in the opener, Morehead State baseball rebounded with a 10-2 drubbing of host Eastern Kentucky as the teams split an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader Friday at Earle B. Combs Stadium.
 
Morehead State moved to 14-10 overall and 5-3 in the league, while EKU now sits at 8-15 overall and 1-4 in the conference.
 
The Eagles got 10 hits in the opener and 14 in the nightcap for eight straight games now with double-digit hit totals, while senior second baseman Braxton Morris extended his team-best hitting streak to 19 games and his reached-base streak to 25 games since the final contest of 2017.

"It was a good answer here in this second game," said head coach Mike McGuire. "The walks we allowed were a bugaboo in game one, but we limited the free bases in game two, got a good start on the mound and did some good things offensively."
 
EKU 10, MSU 4
 
The Colonels plated multiple runs in the second, third and sixth frames and used six doubles to power their way past the Eagles in the opener.
 
Morehead State scored twice in the second inning, via junior Connor Pauly's two-run double to score senior Eli Boggess and freshman Bryce Hensor. MSU put another run on the board in the third as sophomore Jake Hammon drew a bases-loaded walk off EKU starter Logan Teague.
 
EKU grabbed the lead back for good in the fourth on a fielder's choice ground out and an RBI double. The Eagles secured another run in the seventh as Boggess' triple pushed Morris across.
 
Senior righty David Calderon absorbed the loss, falling to 1-3. He allowed seven runs and struck out five but issued four walks.
 
Morris and Boggess each collected three hits apiece, part of the 10-hit effort for the visitors.
 
MSU 10, EKU 2
 
Morehead State built a 4-0 cushion and then doubled it with a four-spot in the fifth inning.
 
Pauly knocked a two-run homer over the right-field wall in the fourth after Boggess made it a 2-0 Eagle lead in the third with an RBI single to score junior Reid Leonard.
 
The Eagles took advantage of three straight walks and another free pass later in the inning as they scored four times in the fifth. Pauly added another RBI on a ground out, Leonard plated two with a single, and senior Tyler Niemann got into the act with an RBI single as well.
 
Hensor lifted MSU to a 10-run advantage with a two-run double to score Boggess and Morris in the eighth stanza.
 
Sophomore lefty Dalton Stambagh (4-2) controlled the tempo for eight innings, surrendering eight hits but just two runs on an eighth-inning homer by Alex Holderbach.
 
Hensor led the offense by going 3-for-4, while Leonard, Niemann, Snyder and Boggess tallied two hits each. Leonard moved his hitting streak to nine games.
 
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The teams will attempt to finish the series on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, depending on incoming winter weather. Check MSUEagles.com and Twitter (MSUEagles) or Facebook (MSUEagles) for updates.