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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Morehead State's baseball team came into Tuesday looking for a repeat of last season's upset over the Louisville Cardinals, but couldn't shut the door in the ninth inning and fell to Louisville 7-5 Tuesday night.
After falling behind 4-0 early, the Eagles' (3-6) relief pitching came in and shut down the Cardinals to give themselves a chance.
Jarrett Miller,
Andrew Crumbley,
John Sherman,
Grant Herron, and
John Bakke all threw scoreless frames after the second inning.
In the fifth inning, singles by
Ashton Roy and
Logan Goodnight brought
Jackson Feltner to the plate, and he launched a three-run homer off the flagpole in center-field to cut the deficit to one run. The home run was Feltner's third of the season and provided a much needed spark to a team who couldn't seem to drive in a baserunner through the first four frames. Feltner has now been on base in all nine games this season.
The bats were hot in the sixth as well, as a single from
Nick Gooden (who extended his hitting streak to seven games Tuesday) and a double from
Brody Shoupe gave the Eagles runners at second and third with nobody out. Roy drove in Gooden with an RBI groundout, and
Logan Goodnight smacked a double that scored Shoupe and gave the Eagles a 5-4 lead.
Perhaps the most impressive plays of the game came on defense.
Logan Castleman subbed in during the fifth inning to play right field and made a huge diving catch to get the Eagles out of the sixth inning. In the seventh,
Grant Herron got in a bit of trouble with a runner on third and nobody out, but Gooden was able to make a diving snag at third and tag the bag for a clutch double play before Herron notched a strikeout to end the inning.
Bakke pitched a scoreless frame in the eighth and came back out for the ninth, when the Cardinals were able to hit a walk-off three-run homerun with two outs that proved to be the dagger.
Despite the loss, Head Coach
Mik Aoki's squad showed impressive resilience and proved they belonged with the ACC powerhouse. Morehead State returns home this weekend for a three-game set with the Eagles from Eastern Michigan, beginning Friday at 3 p.m. ET.
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