Feltner Homers Three Times as Baseball Splits Saturday Action at JSU

BOX SCORE (GAME 1) | BOX SCORE (GAME 2)

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Morehead State freshman first baseman Jackson Feltner launched three home runs, including two in the opening-game win, and senior second baseman Bryce Hensor totaled four hits on the day as the Eagle baseball team split a double dip at Jacksonville State Saturday.

The Eagles pitched a shutout and won 3-0 in the opener before seeing the home team score six times in the sixth after a lengthy weather delay to hold on and hand MSU a 9-5 setback in the nightcap.

Morehead State still secured a hold on first place in the OVC with a 9-5 record while sitting at 19-15 overall now. The Gamecocks are 19-19 overall and 9-8.

HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME 1

- A classic pitcher's duel between MSU grad student Jason Goe and JSU's Christian Edwards, Feltner ripped the first pitch he saw in the seventh inning over the left-field fence for his sixth homer of th year and s 1-0 Eagle lead.
- Feltner struck again in the top of the ninth, this time cranking Kyle Luigs' first pitch of the inning again over the wall in left center for his seventh long ball and a 2-0 lead.
- With two outs in the ninth, freshman shortstop Colton Becker connected on an 0-1 pitch from Luigs and belted it over the wall in left field, his third career clout.
- JSU made it interesting in the ninth as it loaded the bases with two outs against MSU closer, junior lefty John Bakke. But Bakke coaxed a foul out to end the game with his sixth save.

NOTABLE - GAME 1

- Interestingly, the previous time MSU shut out an OVC opponent was April 26, 2019, also at Jacksonville State in a 5-0 win.
- Feltner, the nation's top freshmen hitter, went 2-for-4, to move his reached-base streak to 23 games and his hitting streak to 14 games.
- Freshman left-fielder Jacob Ferry posted his second career three-hit game, going 3-for-4.
- Goe struck out seven in the the first seven frames to improve to 2-4. It's the fourth 7+ strikeout game for Goe this season.
- Senior second baseman Bryce Hensor also had two hits, his 13th multi-hit game. he moved his reached-base streak to 13 games.

HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME 2

- Alex Webb homered off MSU sophomore starter Luke Helton to give his team an early 1-0 lead.
- It was short-lived, however, as sophomore DH Alex Jacobs pushed MSU ahead 2-1 with a two-run double in the second. Senior left-fielder Peyton Dillingham followed with an RBI double to score Jacobs. 
- Hensor moved his hitting streak to nine games and reached-base streak to 14 outings as he scored Dillingham next with an RBI single.
- Feltner pulled out another power bomb in the top of the third, drilling his third homer of the day as the Eagles catapulted ahead 5-2.
- A delay of more than an hour occurred in the top of the fourth frame. Unfortunately the lightning seemed to take the charge out of the Eagle bats and into the home team's offense. The Eagles only had four more base runners the rest of the game.
- JSU took advantage of a couple of errors in the sixth frame and strung together five hits as well off Eagle reliever Cory Conway to score six times. Four of the runs were unearned.

NOTABLE - GAME 2

- MSU was limited to seven hits, all in the first three innings. Hensor had two of the hits for his 14th multi-hit game.
- Conway, who leads the OVC in wins, was the tough luck loser in falling to 7-2. 
- Jacobs' and Dillingham's doubles started a new double streak for the Eagles, who had hit two-baggers in seven straight before not getting a double in the opening game today.
- Feltner now leads the Eagles with eight home runs and has 33 RBI to trail teammate Jack Gardner by one in that category.

UP NEXT

The teams wrap the OVC series on Sunday with a single game at 2 p.m. ET.