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JACKSON, Tenn. – Fifth seeded Eastern Kentucky lost to No. 2 seed Austin Peay, 13-4, in the second round of the Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament on Thursday.  With just one loss, the Colonels remain alive in the double elimination event.

EKU took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI double by Sean Hagen and a run scoring single by Bryan Soloman.  Soloman finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.

The Governors got one back in the bottom of the first and then took the lead in the second.  An Eastern fielding error allowed two runs to come home to give APSU a 3-2 lead.  Michael Davis made it 4-2 in the third with a double down the left field line.

Austin Peay pulled away with six runs in the fifth.  Jordan Hankins had a 2-run double in the inning and Reed Harper had a 2-run single.

Eastern Kentucky freshman TJ Alas hit his first career home run in the ninth inning.

Hankins finished 3-for-6 with two runs and two RBIs.  Harper had four hits in five at bats, scored once and drove in two.

Myles Scott (3-3) started for Eastern.  He allowed nine runs on nine hits in four and two-thirds innings.  He walked five and struck out three.  Zach Hall (8-2) earned the win after allowing three runs, just one of which was earned, in seven and one-third innings of work.  He gave up six hits, walked three and struck out six.

The No. 5 seeded Colonels will face No. 6 seed Southeast Missouri or No. 3 Belmont at 4 p.m. ET on Friday.  Eastern’s opponent will be determined by an elimination game early Friday afternoon.

NOTES
Eastern’s recent starting line-ups have featured four freshmen – Doug Teegarden (3B), Kyle Nowlin (LF), Kenny Hostrander (2B) and Luke Wurzelbacher (SS).

Luke Wurzelbacher has started 18 straight games and has hit safely in 13 of those.

Sean Hagen has reached base in 14 straight games.  The most by a Colonel this season is 15 straight.

Austin Peay starter Zach Hall allowed two runs, one of which were earned, walked four and struck out four in seven innings against EKU earlier this season.