Eagle Baseball to Host Southern Indiana in Weekend OVC Set

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Morehead, Ky. -- Morehead State Baseball returns to action this weekend as the Eagles host Southern Indiana in a three-game series beginning Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m., ET Friday. The game is scheduled to be aired on ESPN+; airtime is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET.
 
Morehead State is coming off an 11-2 win over Marshall Wednesday in Huntington. The Eagles pounded out 18 hits in the game, led by Davis Germann who went five for six at the plate with a double and four runs batted in. JJ Dutton banged out four hits in five at-bats with a double and an RBI.
 
Freshman Sam Smith got his second win of the season pitching his first start and going two innings, allowing two runs on three hits. Senior Ethan Davis was effective; he relieved Smith and threw five and a third shutout innings allowing just two hits and notching three strikeouts. 
 
Southern Indiana took on cross-town rival Evansville Wednesday at USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles broke open the game with four runs in the fifth inning and an eight-run outburst in the sixth and won 14-4 in seven innings.
 
USI, was led by first baseman Patrick McClellan, who went 3-4 at the plate with a double and designated hitter Micah Wall, who was 2-3 at the plate with five RBI. Six USI pitchers combined to allow four hits and four walks and struck out nine Evansville batters.
 
RECORDS/ STREAK

Morehead State           19-21, 5-10 OVC/ W1
Southern Indiana          23-18, 6-9 OVC/ W 3
 
SERIES

• Morehead State is 6-4 against the Screaming Eagles all-time. In Morehead, the Eagles are 2-1against USI. In Evansville, MSU is 3-3. The schools met at the Ohio Valley Conference tournament in 2024 in Marion, Illinois, with the Eagles winning 6-4.

 
The series game-by-game:
April 7, 2025                  L, 6-4 in Evansville
April 6, 2025                  L, 14-6 in Evansville
April 6, 2025                  L, 9-5 in Evansville
May 25, 2024                W, 6-4 in Marion, Illinois in OVC Tournament
March 30, 2024            W, 18-9 in Morehead
March 29, 2024            L, 8-7 in Morehead
March 28, 2024            W, 11-10 in Morehead
March 26, 2023            W, 5-1 (8) in Evansville
March 26, 2023            W, 11-4 in Evansville
March 25, 2023            W, 3-2 in Evansville
 
NOTABLE

• Morehead State leads the Ohio Valley Conference hitting .320 as a team. Their 454 hits this season leads the OVC and is sixth-most in Division I. The Eagles also lead the OVC with 328 runs scored this season.  
• Morehead State pounded out 18 hits Wednesday at Marshall, its 26^th game of the season the Eagles tallied double digits in hits. MSU has totaled 10+ hits in 10 of its last 12 games.
• The Eagles are 17-5 this season when they out-hit their opponent. When they have been out-hit, the Eagles have posted a 1-16 record. MSU is 1-0 when hits are tied.
• The Eagles are 16-8 this season when their opponents have been held to eight runs or less this season. When MSU has scored in the first inning, the Eagles have won 10 of 14 games.
• The Eagles' 65 home runs this season are second-most in the OVC, behind SIUE's 71 clouts this season.
• Morehead State pitching has walked 206 batters this season, averaging 5.1 walks per game, the most in the OVC. In the Eagles' last six games, Eagle hurlers have averaged 2.7 free passes per game.
• Aubrey Kearns leads the OVC hitting .405. That ranks 16 in the country. His 66 hits this season is the most in the conference and ranks tied for 5^th-most in the country.
• Kearns' 1.135 OPS is tied for third-highest in the OVC (with SEMO's Cal Sullivan). He also ranks in the top-10 in the OVC statistically in runs (47, 4^th) and doubles (11, tied for 9^th).
• Kearns leads the team with 21 multi-hit games and is tied with Jaden Correa with 13 multi-RBI games.
• Davis Germann went 5-6 with a double and four RBI Wednesday at Marshall. It was his 18^th multi-hit game of the season and his ninth multi-RBI game of the season.
• Germann's 14 doubles leads the team and ranks tied for second-most in the OVC with Eastern Illinois' James Love.
• Ian McCubbin is second on the team hitting .352, ranking tied for fifth in the OVC. He has hit safely in 12 of the Eagles' last 14 games. Since the series finale at Western Carolina just over a month ago (March 15), he has raised his batting average 90 points.
• McCubbin comes into the weekend riding a 21-game reached-base streak.
• Nick Griffith has hit safely in 11 of the last 13 games. Wednesday at Marshall he went 3-5 at the plate and scored a run.
• Jaden Correa is third on the team hitting .348. His 44 RBI total ranks tied for fourth in the OVC.
• Correa leads MSU and ranks tied for fourth in the OVC with 12 home runs.
• Kyle Krupp is hitting .469 (23-49) with RISP.  He has proven an able table-setter, hitting .381 when leading off an inning.
• Krupp is tied for second in the OVC with 21 stolen bases this season.
• Catcher Caden Sheridan has hit safely in eight of his last 10 games. He's tied with Kearns for second on the team with 10 home runs. They rank seventh in the OVC.
• Sheridan has gunned down 19 would-be base stealer this season, leading the OVC.
• Friday's projected starter Callum McGill will be making his sixth start of the season. He got his first win of the season against UT Martin on April 2 at Allen Field. He threw five innings, allowing five runs on six hits, walking two and striking out two.
• In McGill's last outing last Friday against Lindenwood, he allowed three runs on six hits in four innings of work. He walked two and struck out two.
• Saturday's projected starter Cole Wells will be making his third start of the season. Last Sunday against Lindenwood, he allowed two runs on three hits while striking out two in 1.2 innings pitched.
• Sunday's projected starter Connor Davis took the loss last Sunday against Lindenwood. Three weeks back against UT Martin, he picked up his third win of the season allowing two runs on four hits in six innings pitched. He walked one and struck out one.