Box Score
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Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – The first six batters reached base to start the game and Eastern Kentucky scored in each of the first five innings on its way to a season-ending 14-1 victory over Murray State on Saturday at Turkey Hughes Field.
 
Eight EKU seniors – Anthony Bazzani, Brent Cobb, Sean Hagen, Jake Hall, Matt Lynch, Tanner Perkins, Myles Scott and Bryan Soloman – were honored in a pregame ceremony.
 
Six straight Colonels reached base to start the game as EKU scored seven first inning runs.  Hagen's two-run triple made it 3-0.  Freshman Cole Warrenfeltz extended the lead to 6-0 with a two-run double.  Kyle Nowlin's sacrifice fly capped the scoring.
 
Cobb (4-6) was spectacular in the final start of his career.  The senior allowed one run on seven hits in eight and one-third innings of work.  He walked two and struck out four.
 
Taylor Blair's two-run double highlighted a three-run second inning that extended the EKU advantage to 10-1.  Soloman hit his 14th home run of the season in the third to make it an 11-1 game.
 
Soloman finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two knocked in.  Ben Fisher had two hits in three at bats, scored three times and drove in a pair.  Hagen was 1-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.  Sophomore Doug Teegarden went 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs.
 
Dalton West had a 2-for-3 day with one RBI.  His double to left center in the second inning scored the Thoroughbreds only run of the game.  Sheldon Baxter (2-6) suffered the loss.  He gave up five runs on five hits and did not record an out.
 
Eastern Kentucky concludes the 2014 season with a 24-31 record and a 12-18 mark in Ohio Valley Conference play.  Murray State finishes its season 23-29 overall and 14-16 against league teams.