Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score
RICHMOND, Ky. – Despite falling behind 6-0 in game two, Eastern Kentucky came back to win 9-8 and sweep an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader from Austin Peay on Saturday. The Colonels won game one 8-5.
With the two wins, EKU (14-21, 7-10 OVC) wins the OVC series 2-1.
APSU (21-16, 12-9 OVC) scored its first four runs of game two without a hit, drawing eight walks in the first two innings. A two-run triple by Alex Robles in the second made it 6-0.
Eastern Kentucky cut the deficit in half with three runs in the second inning. Run scoring ground outs by
Kyle Nowlin and
Ben Fisher in the third made it a one-run game, 6-5. Patrick Massoni's solo home run in the fourth pushed the Governors in front by two.
Mandy Alvarez scored on an error in the bottom of the fifth to make it a one-run game again, 7-6.
EKU finally tied it and took the lead in the bottom of the sixth. With two on and no outs,
Blake Sides laid a sacrifice bunt down the third base line. The APSU third baseman threw wide of first base and two runners came home on the error to tie the game 8-8. A sacrifice fly by
Doug Teegarden was enough to complete the comeback and put the home squad up 9-8.
Spencer Jackson and
Ben Brooks combined to keep the Governors off the score board the rest of the way. Jackson allowed one hit and one walk in one and two-thirds innings of relief. Brooks allowed one hit and one walk in the final one and one-third innings to earn his second save of the season.
Alvarez and Fisher both finished with two hits in four at bats. Massoni went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run and three RBIs for Austin Peay.
A five-run sixth inning propelled EKU to the win in game one. A pair of bases loaded singles platted four of the five runs.
Kenny Hostrander drove in a pair with a single to center field. Three batters later, Nowlin found a hole through the left side to drive home two more and finish off the big inning.
Nowlin finished 2-for-4 with a run, a walk and two RBIs. Hostrander also went 2-for-4, scored twice and drove in two.
APSU loaded the bases in the seventh, but came away empty. Massoni's two-run home run in the eighth and an RBI triple by Wesley Purcell cut the Governor deficit to two, 7-5.
Alex Hamilton (3-3) picked up the win after allowing just two runs on six hits in six innings of work. He walked two and struck out four.
Hunter Dunn earned his first save of the season after pitching the final one and one-third innings without allowing a base runner.
Massoni was 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs and two RBIs. Dre Gleason had a 3-for-4 performance with a run and an RBI.
The Colonels will play at Ohio on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
