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RICHMOND, Ky. - The Eastern Kentucky University baseball team will play host to the Kentucky State Thorobreds in a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Turkey Hughes Field. The Colonels enter the day with a record of 15-8 (4-2 OVC) while Kentucky State stands at 2-15 (2-4 SIAC).

EKU is fresh off a 9-6 victory of Miami (Ohio) on Tuesday. The Colonels scored seven runs in the fourth inning to surge past the RedHawks.

The Colonels are 8-1 against Kentucky State since 1984.

EKU is paced by its offense. The Colonels are currently 10th in the country with a .354 team batting average and their 9.4 runs per game are 18th in the country. Senior Matt Davis is the motor behind that explosive offense. The speedy leadoff man is hitting .421 with four home runs, three triples and eight doubles to accompany a .509 on-base percentage. He has also scored an OVC-best 38 runs.

Sophomore third baseman Jayson Langfels provides the power. Langfels is batting .404 with a team-best seven home runs and 32 RBI. He is also one of the OVC’s leaders with a .777 slugging percentage.

Senior Tyler Rehmel and junior Anthony Ottrando have also been swinging hot bats. Rehmel currenly leads the Colonels with a .424 batting average while Ottrando batted .550 last week with 10 runs driven in. 

Both games are scheduled to last seven innings.