Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky completed a three-game Ohio Valley Conference sweep of Tennessee-Martin with an 8-5 win on Sunday at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
The Colonels (14-10, 3-3 OVC) took a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the second on Will Johnson's two-run single up the middle.  The Skyhawks took the lead back when they scored three runs with two outs in the top of the fourth inning.  Creighton Eldridge hit a solo home run and Sean Dixson had a two-run double to right center to make it a 5-4 game in favor of the visitors.
 
EKU scored one run in each of the next four innings to slowly take control.  Logan Thomason had a run scoring single in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game 5-5.  Ryland Kerr scored in the bottom fifth on a passed ball to put the Colonels in front for good.  Thomason had another RBI single in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Daniel Harris IV finished 3-for-4 with three runs scored for Eastern Kentucky.  Thomason had a 2-for-3 day with two runs driven in.  Johnson finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  Aaron Ochsenbein pitched the final two innings to earn his fourth save of the season.  He struck out all six batters he faced.
 
Dixson and Eldridge had two hits each for UTM (8-15, 2-7 OVC).  Dixson added two RBIs.
 
"Anytime you get a sweep in conference play it's really, really important," Eastern Kentucky Head Coach Edwin Thompson said.  "I thought we did a great job in all three phases this weekend.  We pitched well, we played good defense and obviously offensively we did what we need to do.  Today was a game where they came out aggressively and I knew they would, but we had some great moments.  Logan Thomason had two, 2-out RBIs that I thought were really big.  The back end of our bullpen, Darren Williams and Aaron Ochsenbein, had 10 strikeouts over five innings, which is what we needed as we took the lead.  We look forward to Western and hope to continue to play good baseball."
 
The Colonels will host Western Kentucky on Tuesday at 4 p.m.