BOX SCORE
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Facing an in-state powerhouse for the second time in a month, the Morehead State baseball Eagles (17-8) suffered a setback at the hands of Kentucky (15-10), 7-0 Tuesday night at Kentucky Proud Park.
The Eagles relinquished their only earned runs of the game off of a fielding error that scored one runner and advanced another to second in the first inning, and a fielder's choice in the eighth. The two aforementioned plays book ended five runs that were all unearned.
Freshman relief pitcher
Landon Weins inherited an infield with bases loaded, where the host Cats took a 2-0 lead off of a bases-loaded groundout to second in the opening frame.
Fast-forward to the fifth, and another Eagle reliever came into an unenviable scenario. With the bases loaded, a fielding miscue allowed another run to cross the plate.
Later in the frame, with two away, Jaren Shelby hit a ground ball to short, which when fielded and thrown by
Reid Leonard, caused first baseman
Trevor Snyder to come off his intended line. The ball was jarred out of his glove by the runner and rolled away from him, allowing two more runners to score.
On a sac bunt attempt by the hosts in the sixth, pitcher
Alex Garbrick mishandled the throw to first, allowing a runner on pitcher
Cory Conway's book to score from third.
In addition to the defensive slip-ups, the Eagles' bats were stymied, only producing three hits and seven baserunners in all.
The Eagles saw an impressive performance out of the freshman Weins. The Frankton, Ind. native threw four innings, allowing four hits, two runs, fanning four, and only walking one. His day closed with his season ERA lowering from 2.13 to 1.84.
Morehead State will look to regain ground heading into the bulk of its conference schedule. The next game will take place against the UT Martin Skyhawks in Martin, Tenn. on Friday. First pitch is at 7 p.m. ET.
