Eagles Outlast Southern Indiana 17-13 to Complete Series Sweep

Morehead, Ky. -- The Morehead State baseball team piled up the runs early and held on for a wild 17-13 victory Sunday at Allen Field at Prefontaine Park to complete the series sweep over Southern Indiana.
 
Morehead State (22-21, 8-10 OVC) sprinted out of the gate, posting eight runs in the bottom of the first inning. Davis Germann led off with a triple to left field, and after a Griffin Olson walk, scored on a wild pitch by USI starter Jake Porter (1-1) who took the loss. Third baseman Aubrey Kearns walked, and right fielder Ian McCubbin singled to left to load the bases.
 
MSU catcher Caden Sheridan cleared the bases with a three-RBI double off the screen in center field. Sheridan advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored MSU's fifth run of the inning on Eagle first baseman Alex Kean's grounder to short for the second out of the inning. Designated hitter JJ Dutton walked, and center field Kyle Krupp singled up the middle to put runners on the corners and chase Porter out of the game.
 
With Germann up for the second time in the inning, USI reliever Ian Anderson threw a wild pitch to allow Dutton to score and Krupp to advance to second. After Germann walked, Olson singled up the middle to plate Krupp and advance Germann to third. Kearns was hit by a pitch to load the bases. McCubbin delivered his second single of the inning to plate Germann for the eighth run of the inning.
 
Southern Indiana (23-21, 6-12 OVC) responded with two runs in the top of the second. Catcher Micajah Wall led off the inning with a home run over the screen in center field. After a hit batter, a wild pitch and a fielding error, USI scored an unearned run to trip MSU's lead to 8-2.
 
The Eagles responded with two runs of their own in the bottom of the second on a two-out, two-run single by Olson to extend the lead to 10-2.
 
Southern Indiana came back with three runs in the third. USI scratched out the first run with a single, a wild pitch and a couple of ground outs. After another single, Wall lifted a two-run homer over the screen in right center, and the Eagles lead was 10-5.
 
After both teams went down in order in the fourth, USI erupted for four runs in the fifth to trim the MSU lead to 10-9.
 
The Eagles got one of the runs back in the bottom of the inning. McCubbin led off with a double, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Sheridan and scored on a grounder to short by Nick Griffith.
 
After USI plated a run in the top of the sixth to trim the MSU lead to 11-10, Morehead State again responded. Germann and Olson led off with singles and Sheridan delivered a two-out single to right to score Germann. After Griffith walked to load the bases, USI pitcher Abdriel Figuroa balked to allow Olson to score and extend the lead to 13-10.
 
Morehead State erupted for four runs in the eighth. Olson led off with a single and advanced to second on a throwing error on a pickoff attempt. Kearns and McCubbin walked to load the bases. Sheridan lifted a sacrifice fly to center to score Olson.
 
Griffith walked to load the bases and Kean was hit by a pitch to plate another run. Krupp delivered a two-run single to extend the lead to 17-10.
 
Southern Indiana plated three runs in the top of the ninth for the final margin.
 
Devin Costa (4-1) picked up the win out of the bullpen for Morehead State. He got all three outs in the fifth inning. Alex Miller (2) picked up the save. He threw the final four innings, allowing seven hits, four runs (three earned) with one walk and five strikeouts.
 
Morehead State gets back to action Tuesday when it hosts Marshall at Allen Field at Prefontaine Park. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET. The game can be watched on ESPN+. Airtime is
scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET.
 
NOTABLE

• Morehead State rapped out 17 hits, its 27^th game with double-digit hit totals. Six Eagles notched multiple hits in the game.
• MSU pitchers issued three walks in the game. USI pitching walked 12 MSU batters. In MSU's last nine games, Eagle pitched has averaged 2.7 free passes per game.
• Olson led the MSU attack going 4-5 at the plate with three RBI, running his hitting streak to five games. He also scored three times. He has hit safely in nine of the Eagles' last 10 games.
• Sheridan finished 2-3 with a double and five runs batted.
• McCubbin was 3-5 on the day with a double and a run batted in and three runs scored. He extended his reached- base streak to 24 games.
• Germann went 2-4 with a triple and three walks. He scored three runs in the game.