Eagle Baseball Gets Back to Action with a Pair of Midweek Games

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Morehead, Ky. -- The Morehead State baseball gets returns to action with a pair of midweek non-conference games Tuesday and Wednesday. The Eagles host Marshall Tuesday at Sonny Allen Field in Prefontaine Park. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. ET. The game can be watched on ESPN+; airtime is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET.
 
Morehead State travels to Louisville Wednesday to visit Bellarmine. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. ET. The game is scheduled to be aired on ESPN+.
 
Morehead State comes into the game on a four-game winning streak after its sweep of Southern Indiana last weekend. The Eagles won a couple of tight ones, taking the first two games 4-3 and 6-5 Friday and Saturday. Sunday was a wild affair: the Eagles put up eight runs in the top of the third and held off the Screaming Eagles 17-13.
 
Marshall comes into Morehead on a two-game skid after getting shut out against Troy 1-0 Sunday at Jack Cook Field in Huntington. The Herd took the series opener against Troy Friday 7-4.
 
Morehead State and Marshall met last Tuesday at Jack Cook Field last Wednesday in Huntington. The Eagles pounded out 18 hits en route to an 11-2 win. Davis Germann led the MSU offense going 5-6 at the plate with a double and four runs batted in.
 
Ethan Davis threw five and a third shutout innings allowing just two hits and striking out three Marshall batters.
 
Bellarmine was swept last weekend by Central Arkansas at Knights Field capped by a 6-3 loss Sunday.
 
Bellarmine visited Morehead State on April 14. The Eagles pounded out 14 hits en route to a 13-3 win in seven innings. Aubrey Kearns led the Eagles with two home runs and four runs batted in. Jaden Correa was 3-3 at the plate with a triple Davis Germann was 2-4 with a double.
 
RECORDS/ STREAK

Morehead State           22-21, 8-10 OVC / W 4
Marshall                        19-23, 10-11 SBC / L 2
Bellarmine                    17-26, 9-12 ASUN / L 3
 
SERIES

• Since the 2000 season, Morehead State has posted a record of 29-18-1 against the Herd. In Huntington in this millennium, the Eagles are 11-14-1. In Morehead, MSU holds a 17-8 advantage.
• The teams first met on the diamond in 1926, with the Eagles winning 12-8. The last meeting between the two teams was last Wednesday with the Eagles winning 11-2

The last 10 games:

4/22/25             W, 11-2 in Huntington
4/23/25             L, 32-15 in Morehead
4/22/25             L, 10-0 (7) in Huntington
4/17/24             W, 18-7 (7) in Morehead
4/16/24             W, 7-2 in Huntington
5/10/23             W, 6-2 in Morehead
5/17/22             W, 4-2 in Huntington
5/10/22             W, 9-5 in Morehead
3/7/21                W, 6-2 in Huntington
3/6/21                W, 13-10 in Morehead
 

• Morehead State is 19-9 overall against the Knights. The Eagles are 15-2 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:
 
4/14/26             MSU won 13-3 (7 inn.) in Morehead
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
 
NOTABLE

• Morehead State is hitting .320 as a team, tops in the Ohio Valley Conference and ranking 11^th in Division I. The Eagles' 486 hits this season ranks 7^th in the country and their 355 runs scored are the 31^st-most in Division I.
• Morehead State has smacked 68 home runs this season, second-most in the OVC and ranks t-28 in the country.
• When the Eagles have held their opponents to eight runs or less, they have posted a 19-8 record. MSU pitching is averaging issuing five walks per game this season. In the Eagles' last nine games, they averaged 2.6 walks per game. The Eagles won six of those nine games.
• MSU pitching has hit 88 batters this season, tied for 12^th-most in the country.
• When the Eagles have out-hit their opponents, they have won 18 of 23 games. Morehead State averages 10.9 hits per game. They have finished in double-digits in hits in 28 games.
• Aubrey Kearns leads the OVC hitting .398. That ranks 20^th in Division I. His 68 hits are also tops in the league and are tied for 13^th-most in the country.
• Kearns' 50 RBI are third-most in the OVC. His 10 home runs are tied with teammate Ian McCubbin for 10^th in the OVC.
• Griffin Olson has hit safely in the last five straight games and in 14 of the last 16. In that span (dating back to April 3^rd) he's raised his average 74 points to .368, the fourth-highest in the OVC. In conference play, he is hitting .433.
• Olson had a big day Sunday against Southern Indiana going 4-5 at the plate with three RBI and three runs scored.
• Olson ranks seventh in the OVC with 17 stolen bases in 21 attempts.
• Since the beginning of conference play, Ian McCubbin has raised his average 87 points, from.268 to .355, ranking 5^th in the OVC. In conference play, he is hitting .418.
• McCubbin has a reached base streak of 24 games.
• Davis Germann is riding a five-game hitting streak and has hit safely in nine of the last 10 games. He hit 20-44 in the last 10 games (.455).
• Germann had a big game last Wednesday against Marshall, going 5-6 with a double and four RBI. Germann has 19 multi-hits games this season, the second-highest total on the team after Kearns' 21.
• Caden Sheridan has the longest current hitting streak on the team at six games. He's gone 11-24 (.458) at the plate in that span.
• Sheridan has thrown out 19 would-be base stealers this season, the most in the OVC.
• Freshman outfielder Kyle Krupp has stolen 22 bases in 32 tries, tied for second-most in the OVC.
• Devin Costa picked up two wins this past weekend against Southern Indiana. He threw a scoreless ninth inning to keep the Eagles within a run. The Eagles came back with two runs in the bottom of the ninth including a rare walk-off balk to win.  Sunday, he threw a scoreless fifth inning allowing just one hit, setting up the Eagle victory.