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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Will Johnson
7
Eastern Kentucky EKU 23-21, 10-11 OVC
8
Winner Murray St. MUR 19-21, 13-8 OVC
Eastern Kentucky EKU
23-21, 10-11 OVC
7
Final
8
Murray St. MUR
19-21, 13-8 OVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Kentucky EKU 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 4
Murray St. MUR 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 X 8 6 0

W: THOMAS, Justin (3-0) L: Overton, Brenden (2-4) S: COOK, Braydon (5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Racers Stage Late Comeback Again To Beat Colonels In Series Finale

Box Score

MURRAY, Ky. – For the second day in a row, Eastern Kentucky built a 7-1 lead and Murray State staged a late comeback, this time beating EKU 8-7 in the series finale on Sunday.
 
The Colonels will play Northern Kentucky on Tuesday at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington.  The game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
 
Will Johnson's RBI double in the top of the fourth brought home two runs and put EKU in front 7-1.
 
Murray State's comeback started with three runs in the bottom of the fifth, two of which came home on a single through the left side by Bryan Chilton.  MSU trailed 7-5 before scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the lead for good.  Ryan Perkins hit a two-run home run over the wall in right field to tie it.  Jake Slunder scored on a balk later in the inning for the go-ahead run.
 
Johnson finished 3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs for Eastern Kentucky (23-21, 10-11 OVC).  Perkins went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs for Murray State (19-21, 13-8 OVC).  Chilton had a 2-for-2 day with a walk, a run and two RBIs.

 
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