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Box Score

OXFORD, Ohio – Eastern Kentucky scored twice in the ninth and brought the tying run to the plate, but fell 6-5 at Miami (Ohio) on Wednesday.

The Colonels (11-23) trailed by three heading into the ninth inning.  Austin Grisham led off the inning with a single and then scored on a ball hit by Luke Wurzelbacher that was ruled a three-base error.  Wurzelbacher came home on a ground ball by Sean Hagen to make it a 1-run game.  Miami retired the next two batters to end the rally.

The RedHawks (16-18) swept the two-game, home-and-home series.

EKU got on the board first.  Grisham led off the game with a double down the right field line and then moved to third on a stolen base.  A ground ball to short was enough to make it a 1-0 game.  However, Miami answered in the bottom half of the inning when Matt Honchel scored on a fly ball to right field.

The RedHawks took the lead in the bottom of the third on Kevin Bower’s RBI single through the right side.  This time Eastern answered.  In the top of the fourth, Kyle Nowlin’s double to left field platted Bryan Soloman to tie the game 2-2.

In the bottom of the fourth, Alex Johnson put Miami back in the lead with an RBI double to right field.  Ryan Elble followed with a sacrifice bunt to bring home another run for a 4-2 advantage.  Shaun Ball shaved one run off the deficit with a 2-out, RBI single up the middle in the top of the fifth inning.

Miami stretched its lead to three, 6-3, in the bottom of the sixth.  With two outs, Jake Romano singled to right center to drive in Johnson.  Elble came home from third when the Colonels attempted to throw out Romano at second.

Romano finished 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  John Crummy went 3-for-3 with an RBI.  In both games of the series, Crummy was 8-for-8 with four runs and seven RBIs.

Grisham had three hits in five at bats and scored twice.  Nowlin went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Miami starter Cory Klenke (1-0) allowed two runs, one of which was earned, on four hits over four innings.  He walked two and struck out four. 

Junior college transfer Matt Lynch (0-3) made his first start as a Colonel.  He allowed four runs on nine hits in five innings.  He did not walk a batter and struck out three.

The Colonels will take to the road for a 3-game Ohio Valley Conference series at Southern Illinois Edwardsville this weekend.  Friday’s series opener is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.