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Game One Box Score  I  Game Two Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Pitcher Brent Cobb and catcher Sean Hagen led Eastern Kentucky to a 2-1 victory in the first game of an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader against Austin Peay on Friday.  The Governors won game two 10-8.

Both teams scored a run in the fifth inning of game one and that’s the way it stayed until the bottom of the ninth.  Bryan Soloman led off the final inning with a single through the right side.  Demetrius Moorer came on to run and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt.  Moorer then moved to third on a fielder’s choice.  With two outs, Hagen singled up the middle, just out of the reach of the diving Governor shortstop, to plate the game-winning run.

Cobb started for Eastern and allowed one run on just four hits over eight innings.  He walked two, struck out three and retired the final 10 batters he faced.  Myles Scott (2-1) earned the win after tossing one inning of hitless and scoreless relief. 

Hagen had four of the team’s seven hits, going 4-for-5 with two RBIs.  Three other Colonels had one hit each. 

Austin Peay got on the board first with a two-out RBI single by Rolando Gautier in the top of the fifth inning.  The Colonels answered in the bottom half of the inning.  After a two-out walk by Doug Teegarden, Hagen ripped a double down the left field line to tie the game 1-1.

EKU got runners on second and third with one out in the seventh but APSU went to closer Tyler Rogers who retired the next two batters to get out of the jam.

Gautier finished 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Governors.

Austin Peay starter Lee Ridenhour pitched six and one-third innings, allowing one run on five hits.  He walked four and struck out two.  Rogers (5-2) suffered the loss after allowing one run on two hits in two and one-third innings.

APSU drew first blood in game two as well, taking a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by Craig Massoni.  Just like in game one, Eastern answered in its half of the inning.  Shaun Ball’s 2-out single to left scored Teegarden from second base to tie the game.

The Governors took a 3-1 lead in the second.  With one out and two on, Dylan Riner doubled to left center to drive in a pair of runs.  APSU stretched it to 5-1 in the fifth.  Massoni scored on an error and Reed Harper drove in a run with a double down the left field line.

Eastern Kentucky closed the gap to one in the bottom of the fifth.  Luke Wurzelbacher drove in a pair with a single up the middle and then later scored on a balk to make it a 5-4 game. 

The Colonels (15-25, 11-9 OVC) loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth.  After a strikeout, Wurzelbacher was hit by a pitch, forcing in the tying run.  APSU starter Casey Delgado got a strikeout and a fly ball to end the inning and limit the damage to a single run.

Austin Peay (31-13, 12-7 OVC) went back on top, 6-5, in the seventh when a bad throw on a ground ball to third allowed Massoni to score from first base.  However, Hagen scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to knot the game again. 

The seesaw continued with the Governors taking the lead in the eighth.  Three straight 2-out singles led to one run.  A double steal made it 8-6.  A fourth straight hit, this time a 2-run home run by Massoni, made it 10-6 in favor of the visitors.

Hagen brought EKU to within three, with an RBI single in the eighth.  The Colonels brought the tying run to the plate with one out in the bottom of the ninth.  With two outs, Austin Grisham kept Eastern alive with an RBI single to left field. 

After suffering the loss in game one, Rogers earned the save in game two when he came on with two out in the ninth and got Teegarden to fly out to end the game.

Massoni went 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs in game two.  Kenny Hostrander had three hits in four at bats and scored twice for Eastern Kentucky.  Hagen was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.

Weather permitting, the two teams will attempt to play the series finale at noon on Saturday.