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Baseball Game Day vs Northern Kentucky

Baseball Plays Northern Kentucky At Whitaker Bank Ballpark In Lexington Tuesday

4/29/2019 8:20:00 AM

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LEXINGTON, Ky. –
Eastern Kentucky University's baseball team will face Northern Kentucky University at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington on Tuesday.
 
The game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  The Colonels lead the all-time series 18-13-1.
 
-  Eastern beat Northern, 17-2, on April 10.
 
-  Will Johnson was 4-for-5 with a home run four runs and four RBIs in the first meeting this season. 
 
THE COLONELS
-  Eastern Kentucky is 23-21 overall after suffering a three-game sweep at Murray State over the weekend.
 
-  As a team, EKU is 11th in the nation in stolen bases (99), 20th in runs (332), 20th in scoring (7.5 runs per game) and 23rd in home runs (52).
 
-  Nick Howie leads the team with a .352 average to go along with 11 home runs and 36 RBIs.  Ryland Kerr has a team-best 49 runs.  Johnson leads the team with 39 RBIs.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Northern Kentucky is 10-32 this season.  
 
-  The Norse have lost five in a row and are coming off a three-game sweep at Milwaukee over the weekend.
 
-  Griffin Doersching leads the team with 11 home runs and 32 RBIs, but is batting just .226 this season.
 
-  Will Haueter has a team-best .295 average and leads NKU with 26 runs scored.
 
 
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