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MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Morehead State baseball team dropped the opener of the final home series Friday, losing 8-4 to SIUE at Allen Field. The Cougars smacked three homers in the win, including two from Brett Johnson.
With the loss, Morehead State moved to 22-25 on the season and 10-9 in the OVC. The Eagles have a chance to come back and win the series with Senior Day on Saturday and a Sunday matinee left on the weekend ledger. MSU's pitching staff was haunted by eight walks on the day.
The Eagles fell behind early on Johnson's first home run, a lead off bomb to right field to open the scoring at 1-0. Morehead State loaded the bases in the bottom half, allowing
Chase Vinson's bloop single to left to score
Ryley Preece and
Jackson Feltner to give MSU a 2-1 lead.
The Eagles lost that lead in the third, as free passes allowed the bases to load with nobody out. A wild pitch scored the tying run, a sac-fly scored the go-ahead run, and a two-run homer from Ole Arntson provided some insurance, making the score 5-2.
Jackson Feltner provided a spark in the fifth, as his 13
th homer of the season left in a hurry before
Alex Jacobs drove in
Roman Kuntz with an RBI double to make the score 5-4. Jacobs reached on a hit by pitch and also doubled as he ran his reached-base streak to 45 games. Preece also extended his reached-base streak to 29 games.
SIUE got all three back in the next half inning, thanks in part to a two-run homer from Johnson.
Alex Kafka came on and shined in three innings of relief, but the Eagles couldn't cut into the lead. Kafka held SIUE off the scoreboard and struck out three. Starter
Grant Herron (3-3) ran into trouble in the third, ending with five walks to absorb the loss.
