BOX SCORE
RICHMOND, Ky. --Â Morehead State baseball fell on the road to Eastern Kentucky 13-4 Tuesday in a game not counting toward the Ohio Valley Conference standings.
The Eagles (18-14) took a 4-3 lead in the fifth inning, but the Colonels (13-22) countered with an offensive outburst in scoring multiple runs in the next four frames. MSU had defeated EKU twice in the three-game series earlier this season in Morehead.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- An RBI single and RBI double staked the home team to a 2-0 lead after three innings.Â
- The Eagles tied the game 2-2 in the fourth. Freshman first baseman
Jackson Feltner extended his reached-base streak to 22 games with a single. He later scored as sophomore DH
Alex Jacobs singled him home.
- Pinch hitter
Peyton Dillingham executed a squeeze bunt that scored senior right-fielder
Ryan Layne, who had walked.
- MSU took a 4-3 lead in the top of the fifth when senior third baseman
Stephen Hill ripped an RBI double to score freshman center-fielder
Ryley Preece who singled to lead off. Feltner drove home Hill with a sacrifice fly.
- EKU broke open the game with three runs in the bottom of the fifth and three more in the sixth. All three in the sixth were of the unearned variety after a fielding error opened the inning and a passed ball allowed a runner to third base before scoring. EKU also hit a solo home run in the sixth and had a two-run double in the seventh inning.
NOTABLE
- Feltner's hitting streak also reached 13 games with his single. Jersey number 30 now also has 30 RBI this season.
- Senior pitcher
Jake Ziegelmeyer, who had missed much of the season, made his first start since May 17, 2018 today and tossed the first inning wth 15 pitches.
- Jacobs tallied his fourth multi-hit game of the season.
- Preece moved his hitting streak to eight games, while Layne and senior second baseman
Bryce Hensor each upped theirs to seven games in a row with a hit. Hensor's reached-base streak now sits at 12 games as well.
- Hill's double marked the seventh consecutive game MSU hit at least one two-bagger.
- The Eagles used seven pitchers. Junior righty
Jarrett Miller surrendered three earned runs and was tagged with the loss to fall to 0-1.
UP NEXT
MSU moves back into OVC play this weekend at Jacksonville State. The three-game series is set to commence with a single game Friday at 7 p.m. ET.
