KENNESAW, Ga. -- Morehead State baseball found the offense hard to come by on Saturday at Kennesaw State. The Eagles dropped a doubleheader to the Owls, 4-0 and 10-2, with both games games going seven innings.
The Eagles slipped to 0-3 on the season.
GAME 1
Morehead State's quarter of pitchers - starter
Joe Rotkis and newcomers Andre Crumbley,
Sam Replogle and
Ethan Young combined to only allow five hits, but the Eagles were held to only two hits themselves and fanned 12 times at the plate.
Rotkis (0-1) allowed all four runs, while Young and Replogle each faced the minimum in an inning of work each. Replogle had two strikeouts.
The home team put up a three-run spot in the third, including an RBI triple and RBI double.
Sophomore center-fielder
Ryley Preece had a hit for the second straight game, and newcomer
Logan Castleman recorded his first Eagle hit.
GAME 2
Sophomore first baseman
Jackson Feltner belted an RBI singe, and sophomore shortstop
Colton Becker recorded a sac fly, but by that time the Eagles trailed 8-0 in the fifth inning.
Feltner finished 2-for-2 as the Eagles were held in check at the plate again with just four hits.
Nick Gooden and
Alex Jacobs also had hits.
Starter
Alex Kafka was tagged with the loss to fall to 0-1. He surrendered four earned runs in three innings. Newcomer
Will Grimmett tossed a scoreless inning in relief.
The Owls had 12 hits and had four batters record multi-hit games.
NEXT UP
The Eagles and Owls wrap up the four-game set at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. Righty
Matt Bettio will take the mound to start for the Eagles.
