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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- A three-run first-inning outburst and ninth-inning rally too gave the Morehead State baseball team hope Tuesday night at Kentucky, but unfortunately that effort came up just short in a 7-5Â defeat at Kentucky Proud Park.
Morehead State (7-13) faltered for the fifth straight game and will look to right the ship this weekend when OVC play begins at home versus Murray State. The home team moved to 15-7, halting a four-game skid itself.
Ryley Preece and
Jackson Feltner each singled to lead off the game in the first. After a successful
Roman Kuntz sac bunt,
Alex Jacobs moved his reached-base streak to 18 games and his hitting streak to 10 games with a two-RBI single.
Jacobs advanced to second on a ground out and scored when
Chase Vinson roped a single to right field to make it 3-0.
But, the Wildcats got two runs back in the bottom of the first and took the lead on a two-run single in the third inning. UK added single tallies in the fourth, sixth and seventh frames.
In the ninth, the Eagles put together a rally of their own.
Colton Becker and
Ashton Roy led off the frame with back-to-back hits (Becker's a double) inside the bag at third as Becker came around to score on Roy's single. Feltner then smacked his second hit to left field to score Roy.
Wyatt Hudepohl tossed 3.2 inning for UK to pick up the victory, allowing just one hit and striking out four.
Trevor Callahan started and surrendered five earned runs in 3.0 inning pitched and fell to 0-2. The Eagles pitching staff did strikeout 12Â UK hitters with Callahan,
Grant Herron and
Jarrett Miller all recording three whiffs.
Roy collected three hits for the Eagles, who finished with 12 safeties. Preece had two hits as did Feltner.Â
The first game of the Murray series is set for Friday at 3 p.m. ET at Allen Field.Â
