BOX SCORE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Junior second baseman
Bryce Hensor touched all four bases with his second home run of the 2021 season Tuesday at West Virginia, but the Mountaineer pitchers held the rest of the Eagle offense in check as MSU dropped a 7-1 decision at the Monongalia County Ballpark.
The Eagles, who had won four straight games prior to Saturday, fell for the second straight contest and slipped to 7-8 overall. WVU got above .500 at 6-5.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a scoreless first two frames, WVU busted it open with a three-run triple into the right-field corner in the third inning off MSU reliever
John Sherman.
- The home team tacked on two more third-inning runs on an RBI single and another RBI single. On the second though, the Eagles pegged out the batter trying to stretch it into a double. The relay started by senior
Peyton Dillingham in left field also included a run down with Hensor at second and freshman
Jackson Feltner at first base.
- Hensor led off the fourth inning with his long-ball, hit over the left-field wall on a 2-2 count.
- The Mountaineers tacked on a pair of eighth-inning tallies via a wild pitch score and a run-producing double.
NOTABLE
- Morehead State had only four hits, but two came from freshman center-fielder
Ryley Preece. Since entering the starting lineup versus Marshall on March 6, Preece has reached safely in each game, reaching with a hit in each of his first five career starts. He reached in the final game versus the Eastern Kentucky series after being hit by a pitch. He leads the team with a seven-game reached base streak
- Feltner had a hit today and now has hit safely in five of the last seven games with multi-hit efforts in three.
- Senior righty
Will Lozinak absorbed the pitching loss to fall to 0-2. He only allowed two hits in 2.2 innings but had a walk and hit batter. The three runs that came in on the triple were unfortunately charged to him.
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Zach Miller,
Alex Kafka and
Jarrett Miller also saw time on the mount without allowing runs.
- MSU entered the week averaging 10.0 strikeouts per nine innings but were only able to fan two WVU batters. That broke a streak of 17 straight games since last season with at least six Ks in a game.
- MSU is now 6-12 all-time versus West Virginia. The last time the teams met, MSU won 9-6 on March 13, 2019.
NEXT UP
The teams turn right around and meet again to end the two-game midweek series. Game time Wednesday is 3 p.m. ET as well on ESPN+.
