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Brendan Cutting
Freshman Brendan Cutting's two-run double gave EKU the lead in the bottom of the fourth
4
Marshall University MAR 6-12
8
Winner Eastern Kentucky EKU 6-11
Marshall University MAR
6-12
4
Final
8
Eastern Kentucky EKU
6-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Marshall University MAR 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 6 2
Eastern Kentucky EKU 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 X 8 8 1

W: Brooks, Ben (1-0) L: Heston Van Fleet (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

EKU Baseball Scores Midweek Win Over Marshall, 8-4

Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Junior Kyle Nowlin's solo home run in the bottom of the sixth untied the game and sophomore Logan Starnes' bases-clearing double in the bottom of the eighth broke it wide open as the Eastern Kentucky University baseball team defeated visiting Marshall, 8-4, on Tuesday afternoon at Turkey Hughes Field.
 
Billy Sager put Marshall (6-12) on the board first with a solo home run in the top of the third; however, EKU (6-11) tied it on an RBI groundout by junior Doug Teegarden in the bottom half of that inning and then took the lead on a two-run double by freshman Brendan Cutting in the bottom of the fourth.
 
The Thundering Herd got a run back in the top of the fifth and then knotted it up at 3-3 on an RBI base hit by Ryne Dean in the top of the sixth.
 
Nowlin led off the home half of the sixth, though, with a mammoth blast to left center field that gave the Colonels a lead they would not relinquish.
 
Junior Mandy Alvarez made it 5-3 in favor of the Colonels with a sacrifice fly to left that plated sophomore Shea Sullivan in the bottom of the seventh. After Marshall scored a run in the top of the eighth to, again, pull to within one, Starnes – who had just entered the game at catcher – delivered the knockout punch in the bottom of the eighth by lacing a double into left field that scored junior Kenny Hostrander and sophomores Ben Fisher and Taylor Blair.
 
Senior right-hander Cameron Langfels closed out the game in the top of the ninth.
 
Junior right-hander Chris Cervantes started on the mound for the Colonels and pitched 5.2 solid innings, allowing only three runs on three hits while striking out four. It was senior southpaw Ben Brooks (1-0), however, that earned the win by being the pitcher of record when Nowlin launched his decisive home run in the sixth.
 
Right-hander Heston Van Fleet (0-2) picked up the loss for Marshall, going 5.1 innings and surrendering four runs on five hits.
 
Hostrander finished the day 2-for-3 at the plate and scored three runs for the victorious Colonels.
 
EKU will take a break from conference play this weekend to play Illinois State in a three-game set in Normal, Illiniois.  
 
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