NOTE:  SUNDAY'S SERIES FINALE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 2:30 P.M. START TIME

Game 1 Box Score  |  Game 2 Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky beat Morehead State 10-4 in the series opener and first game of a doubleheader on Friday.  The Colonels lost game two by a score of 10-2.
 
Due to poor weather expected to hit the area Friday night and Saturday, the two teams will not play on Saturday.  The series will conclude on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., weather permitting.  Check EKUSports.com for updates.
 
Morehead State took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning of game one, but the Colonels answered in the bottom of the frame.  Daniel McFarland doubled with two outs and the bases loaded to make it a 3-2 game.
 
The Eagles tied it in the top of the third, but the Colonels had the answer again.  A ground ball to the shortstop was enough to score Ryland Kerr and give Eastern a 4-3 advantage.  Chris Botsoe followed with a two-out RBI double down the left field line.
 
Another big two-out hit, this time in the bottom of the fourth by Alex Holderbach brought home two more runs and made it a 7-3 game.
 
Morehead State scored a run in the top of the seventh on a triple by Eli Boggess to get within five, 9-4.
 
Logan Teague (2-3) started for the Colonels and pitched six innings.  He allowed three runs on seven hits, walked three and struck out five.  McFarland was 4-for-4 with a run and three RBIs.  Cornell Nixon scored three times.
 
Boggess had a 3-for-4 game with a run and an RBI for Morehead State.
 
"Good to get back home and play two games," EKU Head Coach Edwin Thompson said.  "Obviously when you play a double header it comes down to execution.  In game one we executed very well offensively and defensively.  Logan Teague gave us a great performance to start game one.  We had Daniel McFarland with four hits, that was awesome and great for him."
 
Connor Pauly's two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning of game two doubled the Morehead State lead to 4-0.  The Colonels never got any closer.  The Eagles (14-10, 5-3 OVC) doubled that margin with four runs in the top of the fifth.  Reid Leonard had a two-run single up the middle.
 
Holderbach got Eastern (8-15, 1-4 OVC) on the board in the bottom of the eighth with a two-run home run over the wall in left field.  It was his third of the season.
 
Dalton Stambaugh (4-2) limited EKU to two runs on eight hits over eight innings.  He did not walk a batter and struck out three.
 
Pauly was 1-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored Bryce Hensor had three hits in four at bats.  Holderbach was 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs for the Colonels in game two.
 
"Game two was a tale of free bases and they won the free base war," said Thompson.  "We had too many walks and they did not walk guys.  Their starter did a heck of a job keeping us off balance for eight innings and coming really close to shutting us out.  But we fought at the end which I appreciate.  We come back Sunday with a chance to win a series."