Eagle Baseball Swings Back into OVC Play to Host Lindenwood

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Morehead, Ky. -- The Morehead State baseball team gets back to Ohio Valley Conference play this weekend as the Eagles host Lindenwood at Allen Field at Prefontaine Park. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 Friday, 3:05 Saturday and 1:05 Sunday (All times Eastern). Sunday's game is scheduled to be aired on ESPN+. Airtime is set for 1:00 p.m. ET.
 
Morehead State and Lindenwood are tied with UT Martin for fifth place in the conference standings at 5-7.
 
The Eagles come into the series winners of their last two games. MSU downed Bellarmine 13-3 Tuesday night in Morehead. Aubrey Kearns paced the Eagle attack with two home runs and four runs batted in.
 
Sunday, Morehead State shortstop Jaden Correa provided some late fireworks with a two-run home run in the top of the ninth to power the Eagles to a 6-5 win to salvage the third game of the series with Southeast Missouri.
 
Lindenwood comes into Morehead off a series sweep over Western Illinois last weekend. While all three games were closely contested, the series finale Sunday was a 14-inning marathon with the Lions prevailing 3-2. Leadoff hitter Charlie Isom-McCall went 3-6 with a home run and scored the winning run.
 
The Lions ran their win streak to four games Tuesday with a 9-1 win at St. Louis. Lindenwood scored four runs in the seventh inning and three more in the ninth to break open a close game. Lion pitching combined to scatter eight hits, allowing an earned run. They walked four batters and struck out nine.
 
RECORDS/ STREAK (through games Tuesday)

Morehead State           18-18, 5-7 OVC / W2
Lindenwood                  18-18, 5-7 OVC / W4
 
SERIES

• Morehead State is 4-5 against Lindenwood all-time. The Eagles won the first matchup between the two teams 9-5 on April 14, 2023, in St. Charles. The last meeting was April 4, 2025; MSU fell 12-9 also in St. Charles.
• The Eagles have won two series 2-1 each and were swept last season in St. Charles.
• In Morehead, the Eagles are 2-1 against the Lions. In St. Charles, MSU is 2-4 against LU.

The series, game-by-game:

5/4/25                Lost, 12-9 in St. Charles
5/4/25                Lost, 6-5 in St. Charles
5/2/25                Lost 5-4 in St. Charles
4/21/24             Won, 14-13 (10 inn.) in Morehead
4/20/24             Won, 10-4 in Morehead
4/19/24             Lost, 8-6 in Morehead
4/16/23             Lost, 6-5 (12 inn.) in St. Charles
4/15/23             Won, 8-4 in St. Charles
4/14/23             Won, 9-5 in St. Charles
 
NOTABLE

• Morehead State ranks 2^nd in the OVC with 402 hits; that tied for the 12^th-most in the country. The Eagles' 59 home runs rank second in the OVC is tied for 22^nd-most in D-I.
• Morehead State has totaled 10 or more hits in eight of the last nine games. In that stretch, the Eagles have averaged 12.2 hits per game.
• The Eagles are 16-4 this season when they out-hit their opponent. When MSU is out-hit, the Eagles has gone 1-14.
• Morehead State has slugged 59 home runs, leading the OVC and ranking 23^rd in the country.
• MSU is 16-7 when it holds opponents to eight runs or less.
• Morehead State pitching has hit 77 batters this season, tied for the fourth-highest total in Divison I to-date this season.
• Aubrey Kearns leads the OVC hitting .418. That ranks 16^th in the country. His 61 hits are tied for third-most in the nation. He has hit safely in 32 of the Eagles 36 games. He is riding an eight-game hitting streak. He has recorded multiple hits in 20 games.
• Kearns' 98 total bases leads the OVC and is third-highest in the country.
• Jaden Correa leads Morehead State with12 home runs (3^rd in the OVC) and 44 runs batted in (2^nd in the OVC).
• Correa is on a seven-game hitting streak. In that span, he hit 17-28 (.607) with four home runs, four doubles, a triple and 13 RBI and raised his average 68 points.
• Correa is hitting .529 (18-34) with runners in scoring position (RISP).
• Griffin Olson has hit safely in seven of the last nine games. In that span he hit 14-27 (.519) and raised his batting average 63 points to .353, second on the club and in the top-10 in the OVC.
• Olson is 17-20 in stolen base attempts this season (6^th in the OVC).
• Kyle Krupp heads into the weekend on a six-game hitting streak. He has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games. Krupp has stolen 21 bases in 29 attempts; that ranks second in the OVC. He is hitting .479 with RISP.
• Nick Griffith has hit safely in nine of the last 10 games.
• Ian McCubbin had his nine-game hitting streak snapped Tuesday against Bellarmine. He did reach base on a fielder's choice extending his reached base streak to 17 games, the longest current streak on the club.
• In the last month McCubbin has raised his average 81 points to .349.
• Davis Germann leads MSU with 13 doubles and is tied for the lead in the OVC.
• Catcher Caden Sheridan has thrown out 19 would-be base stealers this season, leading the OVC.
• Friday's projected starter Callum McGill had a solid start last Friday at Southeast Missouri. He threw four innings allowing five hits and two runs. He walked three and struck out three. He got his first win of the season on April 2 against UT Martin.
• Saturday's starter Kamden Hawks got his second win of the season April 3 against UT Martin. He scattered six hits, allowing four runs while walking just one and recording four strikeouts.
• Sunday's starter freshman Connor Davis picked up his third win of the season against UT Martin on April 4^th. He went six innings allowing four hits and two runs. He walked one batter and struck out one.
• Devin Costa picked up his second win of the season Sunday at SEMO. 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, giving up two hits and notching a strikeout.
• Freshman Cole Wells threw three hitless innings Sunday setting up MSU's win at SEMO. He's posted a 1.80 WHIP, second-lowest on the Eagle staff.