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Eagle Baseball to Open Homestand with Mid-week Tilt Against Bellarmine

4/13/2026 3:12:00 PM

By: Dean Hardin, Athletic Media Relations
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Morehead, Ky. -- The Morehead State baseball team kicks off a four-game homestand Tuesday when the Eagles host Bellarmine at Allen Field in Prefontaine Park. First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. ET. The game will be aired on ESPN+; airtime is set for 5:00 p.m. ET.
 
Morehead State is coming off a 6-5 comeback win at Southeast Missouri on Sunday. Shortstop Jaden Correa drove a one-out home run over the fence in deep center field in the top of the ninth for the game winner for the Eagles. It was his second home run of the game and his third clout of the weekend. The combination of Cole Wells and Devin Costa threw six-plus shutout innings out of the bullpen allowing just two hits to seal the win.  
 
Bellarmine is coming off a series sweep at Eastern Kentucky last weekend. Sunday, the Knights hung up a six-spot in the top of the eighth inning and outlasted the Colonels 11-9. Offensively, the Knights are led by first baseman AJ Swader who is hitting .379 on the season. He leads the club with nine home runs, 16 doubles and 97 runs batted in.
 
The Knights rank in the top two in most of the major offensive statistical categories in the ASUN this season.
 
RECORDS/STREAK

Morehead State           17-18, 5-7 OVC/ W 1
Bellarmine                     16-19, 9-6 ASUN/ W 3
 
SERIES
  • Morehead State is 18-9 overall against the Knights. The Eagles are 14-2 against Bellarmine in Morehead. In Louisville, MSU has a 4-3 record against BU.
  • The first meeting between the two schools was on April 2, 1955. The Eagles won 5-3 in Louisville.
Last 10 games vs. Bellarmine:
 
5/7/25                BU won 19-9 in Morehead
3/18/25             BU won 18-8 in Louisville
4/30/24             MSU won 9-5 in Louisville
3/2624               MSU won 13-2 (7 inn.) in Morehead
4/18/23             MSU won 9-2 in Morehead
3/9/22                BU won 10-6 in Louisville
4/1/92                MSU won 19-1 in Morehead
3/5/91                BU won 3-1 in Louisville
3/5/91                BU won 2-1 in Louisville
 
NOTABLE
  • Morehead State has notched double-digit hit totals in seven of the last eight games, averaging 14.5 hits per game in that span.
  • The Eagles are 15-4 this season when they out-hit their opponent. When MSU's opponent has tallied more hits than the Eagles, MSU has gone 1-14.
  • MSU is 15-7 when it holds the opposition to eight runs or less.
  • The Eagles rank second in the OVC with a .314 team batting average. Their 390 runs scored and 285 hits are both also second in the league.
  • MSU hitters are hitting .350 (140-400) with RISP. The Eagles' opponents have hit .319 (127-398) in RISP situations.
  • MSU is tied with SIUE for the conference lead with 57 home runs so far this season.
  • Aubrey Kearns leads the OVC and ranks 16th in the country hitting .413. His 59 hits are tied for third-most in Division I.
  • Kearns' 90 total bases is third-highest in the OVC.
  • Jaden Correa leads the Eagles and ranks third in the OVC with 12 home runs. He 43 runs batted in total also leads the club and ranks second in the conference.
  • Correa has been clutch: he's hit .529 (18-34) with runners in scoring position (RISP). He has gotten at least one hit in 10 of the Eagles' last 12 games.
  • Griffin Olson has hit safely in five of MSU's last six games. In each of those games, he has recorded multiple-hit games. He went 11-20 (.550) in that span and raised his batting average 46 points to .349. Olson is 15-18 in stolen base attempts this season, ranking sixth in the OVC.
  • Ian McCubbin comes into the game riding a nine-game hitting streak, matching the longest of the season for the club. In that span, he's raised his batting average 63 points to .358, the second-highest on the team and sixth-highest in the OVC. He has reached base in 16 straight games.
  • Davis Germann leads Morehead State and ranks 6th in the OVC with 11 doubles
  • Kyle Krupp ranks third on the team hitting .351. His 47 hits this season in ninth-highest in the OVC. He has stolen 21 bases in 29 attempts, ranking second in the OVC.
  • Krupp has a six-game hitting streak heading into Tuesday's game.  He has hit safely in 12 of the last 13 games. In that span he hit 19-58 (.328). Krupp is hitting .479 with RISP.
  • Nick Griffith had his eight-game hitting streak snapped Sunday at Southeast Missouri. In that span he went 14-29 (.483), with two home runs, three doubles and six runs batted in.
  • Catcher Caden Sheridan has thrown out 19 would-be base stealers this season, leading the OVC.
  • Tuesday's starter Landon Waugh is second on the MSU staff with 28 strikeouts. He is averaging 9.22 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Reliever Devin Costa picked up his second win of the season Sunday. He got the Eagles out of a jam, getting the final out of the sixth inning and shut out the Redhawks over the final three innings allowing two hits and recording a strikeout.
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