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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Alex Holderbach
8
Tennessee Tech TTU 34-17, 20-5 OVC
12
Winner Eastern Kentucky EKU 24-26, 10-15 OVC
Tennessee Tech TTU
34-17, 20-5 OVC
8
Final
12
Eastern Kentucky EKU
24-26, 10-15 OVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tennessee Tech TTU 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 8 10 2
Eastern Kentucky EKU 4 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 X 12 13 1

W: Smither, Brandon (1-0) L: MOTHS, Travis (3-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Holderbach's Six RBIs Leads EKU Past Tech

Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Alex Holderbach drove in six runs to help Eastern Kentucky beat visiting first place Tennessee Tech, 12-8, on Friday at Earle Combs Stadium.

Eastern trailed 8-7 heading into the bottom of the sixth.  After the first two batters were retired, Cornell Nixon started the rally with an infield single.  Shea Sullivan followed with a single to right center and Ben Fisher walked to load the bases.  Holderbach, down to his last strike, laced a triple to center to clear the bases and give the Colonels a 10-8 advantage.
 
Holderbach finished 3-for-3 and scored two runs to go along with his half-dozen RBIs.
 
EKU (24-26, 10-15 OVC) got off to a good start, scoring four runs in the first inning.  Holderbach got it started with a sacrifice fly.  With two outs in the inning, Nick Howie drove in a run with a single up the middle.  Ryland Kerr's 2-run double to right center capped the big inning.
 
Howie had a 4-for-5 game with a run and three RBIs.
 
The Golden Eagles (34-17, 20-5 OVC) erased the deficit in the top of the fourth inning.  Chris Brown's three-run home run over the wall in left field started the rally.  The two tying runs scored on an EKU error later in the inning.
 
TTU took the lead with three runs in the fifth.  Collin Harris drove in a pair with a double to right center.
 
Chase Chambers finished 2-for-5 with two runs scored for Tennessee Tech.  Brown had one hit in five at bats, scored one run and drove in three.  Kevin Strohschein went 3-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored.
 
Brandon Smither (1-0) tossed the final four innings without allowing a run to earn the win.  He allowed just two hits and struck out one.

"It was great to see Smither come out of the bullpen to throw four solid innings and to get the win on senior weekend," said EKU Head Coach Edwin Thompson. "Holderbach came up big with six RBIs and the bases clearing triple against a very good team. I love the fight we showed. We found ourselves down and came back to find a way to get a win to open the series. It's all you can want from your guys."
 
EKU and Tech will continue their series with game two on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Earle Combs Stadium.

 
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