Box Score

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Eastern Kentucky went into the fifth trailing 3-0, but came out of the inning leading 8-3 on its way to a 11-6 win at Alabama A&M on Wednesday.
 
Mandy Alvarez had two hits in the fifth inning, a single to lead it off and a three-run home run to finish off the eight-run frame.  With runners at the corners and no outs, Shea Sullivan's single through the left side got Eastern on the board.  After Ben Fisher scored on a wild pitch, Matt Olive gave the Colonels the lead for good with a two-run single to right field. 
 
With EKU up 5-3, Alvarez polished off the inning with a three-run home run over the wall in left field.  It was his sixth dinger of the season.
 
Alex Holderbach's double to left center in the eighth brought home a pair of runners and made it 11-4.
 
Alvarez finished 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs.  Olive went 2-for-4 with two runs and two driven in.  Doug Teegarden walked five times, one of only three players in the nation to draw five walks in one game this season.
 
Ryan Thrasher was 2-for-5 with two RBIs for Alabama A&M.
 
The Colonels will conclude their week-long road trip with a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series at Belmont this weekend.  The series opener is scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m. ET.