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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State's pitchers only allowed two earned runs in its midweek matchup at Saint Louis Wednesday, but unfortunately the Eagle bats were stymied as well by a complete-game, eight strikeout effort by the Billiken pitcher as MSU dropped a 4-1 decision.

SLU starter Scott Youngbrandt went the distance, tossing 113 pitches, to get his team the win. The Eagles (7-9) got 5.2 innings of scoreless ball from five pitchers after starter Trevor Callahan (0-1) was knocked out after 2.1 frames. But, the Billikens needed just a four-run third-inning to gain enough momentum.

First baseman Jackson Feltner increased his reached-base streak to 16 and his hitting streak to eight with a first-inning RBI double. That scored center-fielder Ryley Preece, who doubled himself to lead off the game. But, MSU only got three more hits, all singles, the rest of the day.

The five Eagle relievers only surrendered a combined two hits. Andrew Crumbley got the final two outs of the third, while Joe Rotkis pitched 2.0 frames and gave up one hit. John Sherman, Jarrett Miller and John Bakke all worked scoreless frames too. 

Alex Jacobs, Colton Becker and Roman Kuntz also collected hits. Jacobs moved his reached-base streak to 14 and his hitting streak to six contests.

The Eagles move on to Kansas State now for a three-game weekend series with the opener set for 7 p.m. ET Friday night.