Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Daniel McFarland hit two home runs and Ben Fisher homered for the sixth time in the last six games as the Eastern Kentucky University baseball team beat Northern Kentucky University, 10-8 on Tuesday at Earle Combs Stadium. 
 
It was McFarland's three-run home run that got the Colonels (13-9) on the board in the bottom of the second inning.  Fisher's solo shot in the third made it a 4-0 game. 
 
Two, two-run doubles in the fourth allowed Eastern to double its lead.  Cole Warrenfeltz brought home two with a double down the right field line.  Two batters later, Nick Howie hit a two-run double to right field.
 
The Norse cut into the lead on Ty Amann's two-run home run in the top of the fifth.
 
With Eastern Kentucky leading by just two, McFarland hit his second home run of the game and fourth of the season.  The two-run shot extended the lead to 10-6 after seven innings.
 
McFarland finished 4-for-4 with three runs and five RBIs.  Fisher walked three times while going 1-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI. 
 
NKU got the tying run on with one out in the top of the ninth, but Caleb Johnson got Mike Moffatt to hit into a game-ending double play.
 
Jake Richmond had a 3-for-5 day with two runs and two RBIs for Northern Kentucky (6-11).

"Great job to close out our home stand, to win against an in-state rival is always special," said EKU Head Coach Edwin Thompson. "We couldn't have gone 13-3 in this home stand without performances like McFarland's 4-for-4 and five RBIs today. Ben Fisher, he's been something special over the past couple weeks. Any time he comes to the plate you know he could take it out of the park. Brandon Smither calmed things down when we needed him to, and Johnson closed the door in the ninth. We're in a good place right now."
 
Eastern Kentucky begins a three-game series at rival Morehead State on Friday at 3 p.m.