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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Junior Jordan Freese crushed a ninth-inning grand slam to break a 6-6 tie and lift the Morehead State baseball team to a series sweep over SIU Edwardsville Sunday. The Eagles rallied again today for an 11-6 win.
 
Morehead State is now 23-14 overall and 11-4 in the OVC. The Eagles have won six consecutive conference games.
 
Freese, serving as the designated hitter, had just two RBI on the season but broke out with six runs knocked in today, including the no-out, bases-clearing bomb.
 
"We trailed again and it was extremely cold. We could have easily packed it in and said let's go home when we got behind," said head coach Mike McGuire. "But we showed incredible intestinal fortitude to come back again."
 
Trailing 5-2 in the seventh, Morehead State strung together four singles, including RBI knocks by Freese and juniors Connor Pauly and Hunter Fain, to tie the game 5-5. An RBI fielder's choice off junior Jake Hammon's bat gave the Eagles the lead for good.
 
In the ninth, junior Reid Leonard drew a leadoff walk and Pauly rapped a single to center field. Fain then laid down a perfect bunt, beating out the throw to first for a hit.
 
The lefthander Freese took a 1-0 offering from SIUE reliever Braydon Bone down the right-field line and over the fence just inside the foul pole.
 
MSU trailed 4-0 after five frames as the Cougars belted a pair of two-run homers. Junior Trevor Snyder got MSU on the board scoring on a wild pitch, and Freese laced an RBI single to cut the deficit in half.
 
Lefty reliever David Looney (1-3) picked up the victory, striking out five SIUE hitters in his 2.1 innings, including two in the bottom of the ninth.
 
Fain and Freese had three hits apiece, while Pauly and Snyder collected two safeties.
 
Morehead State returns home to host West Virginia Tech on Wednesday night at 5 p.m. ET before hosting Austin Peay next weekend for a three-game league set.