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Eagle Baseball to Host Western Illinois in Final Home Series of Season

5/7/2026 2:00:00 PM

By: Dean Hardin, Athletic Media Relations
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Morehead, Ky. -- The Morehead State baseball team returns home this weekend for the final home series of the 2026 campaign as they host Western Illinois in. First pitch times for Friday and Saturday are set for 6:05 p.m. ET. Sunday's series finale is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. ET. Sunday's game is scheduled to be aired on ESPN+; airtime is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET.
 
Morehead State beat Ohio 5-1 Wednesday in Athens, Ohio in its final nonconference game of the season. Ian McCubbin and Davis Germann led the MSU offense each with two hits a  home run apiece. Freshman starter Sam Smith tossed six shutout innings allowing just an infield single and two walks while striking out three Bobcat batters and ran his record to 3-0 on the season.
 
Western Illinois ran its season record to 17-30 with a 13-3 win in eight innings at Indiana State Wednesday. The Leathernecks pounded out 14 hits led by right fielder Karyn Link, who collected three hits in four at-bats with a home run and four runs batted in. Shortstop Josh McClintock and third baseman Isaiah Monge had three hits each to fuel the attack. It was the fifth game in a row WIU finished with a double-digit hit total.  
 
The series could have OVC conference tournament implications: Morehead State is tied with UT Martin for 6th in the conference at 9-12. The Skyhawks host Little Rock this weekend. Western Illinois is a game back at 8-13, tied with Southern Indiana for 8th place and the final seed in the OVC tournament. USI is playing at Southeast Missouri this weekend.  
 
RECORDS/ STREAK

Morehead State           25-23, 9-12 OVC / W 1
Western Illinois            17-30, 8-13 OVC / W 1
 
SERIES
 
  • Morehead State has a record of 3-3 against Western Illinois.
  • The Eagles took two of three in 2024 in Morehead. Last season, the Leathernecks took the first two games of the series before MSU salvaged the last game 3-1.
The series game-by-game:

May 11, 2025                W, 3-1 in Macomb
May 10, 2025                L, 3-2 in Macomb
May 9, 2025                   L, 7-6 in Macomb
April 14, 2024               W, 16-5 (7 inn.) in Morehead
April 13, 2024               L, 6-4 in Morehead
April 12, 2024               W, 10-6 in Morehead

NOTABLE
 
  • Morehead State ranks second in the Ohio Valley Conference with a team batting average of .309. The Eagles also rank second in the conference in hits (516), runs (375), and home runs (73).
  • Morehead State's 516 hits are tied for 11th-most in Division I. It's .309 batting average ranks 19th. The Eagles' 73 home runs are tied for 32nd-most in Division I.
  • The Eagles average 7.8 runs per game and 10.8 hits per game.
  • When the Eagles have out-hit their opponents, they are 19-5. When they were out-hit, they posted a 3-17 record. When hits were even, they posted a 3-1 mark.
  • Morehead State pitching has hit 91 batters this season; that's tied for 22nd-most in Division I.
  • Eagle pitchers have issued 230 walks this season, fifth-most in the OVC and an average of 4.8 free passes per game. Last Sunday at Little Rock, Eagle pitchers issued no walks for the first time this season. In the Eagles' last three conference series, MSU pitching averaged 3.1 walks per game. MSU pitchers issued just three walks on Wednesday at Ohio.
  • When Morehead State has held its opponents to six runs or less, the Eagles went 16-5.
  • Aubrey Kearns leads Morehead State hitting .386, ranking third in the Ohio Valley Conference and 35th in Division I. He has hit safely in 40 of the Eagles' 48 games. He has 73 hits this season, second-most in the OVC and tied for 16th in the country.
  • Kearns' 52 runs batted in ranks fifth in the OVC.
  • Ian McCubbin had his eight-game hitting streak snapped last Sunday at Little Rock. That game also snapped a 27-game reached base streak, the longest of the season on the club. He bounced back with two hits Wednesday at Ohio, including his 13th home run of the season.
  • McCubbin had a hot April, going 28-69 (.406) raising his average 51 in the month to .366, He piled up seven home runs, four doubles and triple and drove in 23 runs.
  • McCubbin's .359 average ranks 6th in the OVC. His .404 average in conference play is the third highest in the OVC.
  • Griffin Olson is hitting .336, the third-highest average on the team. He was also hot in April, going 26-59 at the plate (.441) with seven doubles, a triple and 13 RBI. He raised his average 81 points in the month.  
  • Olson is hitting .391 in conference play, fifth highest in the league. He is second on the team with 17 stolen bases in 21 attempts this season. That's tied for 8th-most in the OVC.
  • Davis Germann has hit in the leadoff spot the last nine games. In the 10 games he's hit in the top spot in the order, he hit .395. When leading off an inning, he's hit .500 (22-44) this season.
  • Germann leads MSU with 14 doubles; that's tied for 5th-most in the OVC.
  • Caden Sheridan had an eight-game hitting streak snapped last weekend in Little Rock.  During that streak he went 14-34 (.412) with two home runs, two doubles and 12 RBI.
  • Sheridan has thrown out 20 base stealers this season, the most in the OVC.
  • Shortstop Jaden Correa has 12 home runs on the season, one behind team-leading McCubbin and ranks tied for fifth in the conference.
  • Correa sustained a leg injury in the Lindenwood series opener that caused him to miss the next three games. It also broke some momentum: he entered the Lindenwood series on a seven-game hit streak. In six of those games, he rapped out multiple hits. In that stretch he went 17-28 (.607) at the plate with four home runs, three doubles and 13 runs batted in and raised his average 68 points to .348.
  • Freshman Kyle Krupp had his 13-game reached base streak snapped Friday at Little Rock. He's fifth on the club hitting .324. He leads Morehead State with 22 stolen bases, fourth in the OVC.
  • Projected Friday starter Callum McGill had the best outing of his career last Friday at Little Rock. He took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and ended up giving up three hits in seven shutout innings. He walked three batters and struck out four.
  • Devin Costa picked up his fifth win of the season last Friday at Little Rock. He got the final five outs of the game for Morehead State. He faced six batters allowing one hit and notched a strikeout. His 4.46 ERA is third on the team.
  • Projected Saturday starter Landon Waugh was solid in his start last Saturday at Little Rock. He no-hit the Trojans through the first four innings; the Trojans got two runs off of him in the fifth. He threw six innings (he faced two batters in the seventh) allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits and four walks with one strikeout.
  • Sunday starter Connor Davis was solid in his start at Little Rock last Sunday, he scattered four hits in his first five innings. He was touched up in the sixth and ended up allowing four runs on six hits. He struck out two.
 
 
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