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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Freshman third baseman Bryce Hensor went 5-for-5 at the plate, and the Morehead State baseball team also used the strength of four two-run homers en route to a 14-11 win Tuesday in a slugfest over Marshall in front of the largest crowd of the year at Allen Field.

The Eagles, who had dropped both games to the Thundering Herd last season (including a 13-11 game at Allen Field), improved to 17-13.

Hensor produced the first five-hit game for an Eagle this season, recording all five as singles. He drove in a run and scored three times. The Eagles got home runs off the bats of junior first baseman Trevor Snyder, junior center-fielder Connor Pauly, junior right-fielder Jake Hammon and senior left-fielder Tyler Niemann. Pauly had three hits and was a double shy of the cycle. 

MSU built a 13-5 lead after the the fifth and had to withstand a barrage of power from the 'Herd, who nailed five home runs.

"We knew during batting practice that the park was going to play exceptionally small tonight," said head coach Mike McGuire. " I guessed the combined run total would be 26 so I was pretty darn close. We did a nice of attacking at the plate to build an early lead. I thought we gave up too many free bases there in the middle innings, and that is what got them back in the game."

Snyder and Pauly both sent two-run homers out of the park in the first inning for a 4-0 advantage. Snyder added an RBI single in the second to cap another double-digit output, and Morehead State led 7-0 after two frames. A pair of two-run bombs by Marshall got the visitors back to within 7-4 in the third.

With MSU holding onto an 8-5 lead in the fifth, catcher Jordan Freese started a five-run rally with an RBI double down the left field line. Hammon followed later with his first round-tripper of the year, and Niemann lifted a two-run blast over the right-field fence to push the lead to 13-5.

Three more Marshall homers and a run-producing single made the game tight at 13-11, and MSU junior catcher Hunter Fain added an insurance run with a double to left field to score one in the eighth.

After Marshall led off the ninth with a double, freshman lefty Cory Conway entered and nailed down the final three outs for his second save.

Starter Kyle Cantu (2-0), who only tossed 19 pitches, was credited with the win on a designated "staff" day for the pitchers. Jacob Bradley (0-1) surrendered seven runs in just 1.2 innings fo the loss.

The teams were scheduled to play again at Marshall Wednesday, but the game is canceled due to a scheduling conflict.