MOREHEAD, Ky. – Despite four solo home runs, the Morehead State baseball team could not complete the season sweep of Northern Kentucky Tuesday, falling 13-4 in the midweek matchup. The Eagles (14-17, 4-2 OVC) struggled to keep NKU (12-18, 6-5 Horizon League) off the base paths, losing their second matchup of the season with the Norse.
Trevor Callahan got the starting nod and came out hot, striking out the first batter he faced in the midst of a 1-2-3 first.
Jackson Feltner launched his seventh homer of the season in the bottom half to give Morehead State a 1-0 lead.
Callahan (L, 1-3) struggled in the second inning, hitting a batter with the bases loaded and two outs to tie the game before giving up a bases-clearing double to Manny Vorhees that gave the Norse a 4-1 lead. The Eagles got a run back in the bottom half on a solo shot from
Isaias Guzman, his second homer of the season.
Six more runs crossed the plate for the Norse before Morehead State scored again, including three in the third on a bases loaded walk and a two-run double from Brandon Tucker. In the bottom of the sixth,
Jacob Ferry launched a pinch-hit solo shot to right field for his first home run of the season to cut the deficit to 10-3.
In the ninth,
Bryce Ray led off the inning with his third homer of the year, a solo shot to right center. Of Ray's five hits on the year, three have been home runs.
Morehead State nearly out-hit the Norse, with 10 base hits to their 11. Finding the zone was the main issue for the Eagles Tuesday, as MSU pitching walked 12 NKU batters and hit three more. Of the 15 batters who reached via the free pass, six of them scored.
MSU's next action comes Thursday at Allen Field, as OVC rival Belmont comes to town for three games. Thursday's opener starts at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
