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RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky will host Tennessee Tech this weekend for a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
Friday's game will serve as EKU Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day.  Faculty and staff will receive FREE admission to the game and their guests can get discounted tickets for $3.  Friday is also a Bark in the Park game.  Dogs will receive FREE admission and a FREE dog biscuit.
 
Head coach Edwin Thompson will be coaching Saturday's game barefoot to raise awareness for Samaritan's Feet, a non-profit organization that provides shoes to children that need them.
 
Game one of the series is currently scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m.  Game two will be Saturday at 11 a.m.  The series concludes on Sunday at 1 p.m.  Monitor EKUSports.com for any changes to the schedule due to weather conditions.
 
The games on Friday and Saturday are currently scheduled to air live on ESPN+, weather permitting.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  Eastern leads the all-time series 75-72-1.
 
-  Tennessee Tech, ranked 19th in the nation at the time, swept the Colonels last season in Cookeville. 
 
THE COLONELS
-  Eastern Kentucky is 24-21 overall and 10-11 against OVC teams.  The Colonels were swept last week at Murray State, but beat Northern Kentucky on Tuesday.
 
-  As a team, EKU is seventh in the nation in stolen bases (105), 19th in runs (343), 19th in scoring (7.6 runs per game) and 21st in home runs (54).
 
-  Will Johnson leads the conference in stolen bases (23) and walks (44).  Nick Howie is tied for second in the OVC with 38 walks and is second with a .476 on-base percentage.  Ryland Kerr is second in the league in runs (50).
 
-  Logan Teague, a senior right-hander who is 2-3 with a 6.66 ERA, will start for the Colonels on Friday.  The game two starter will be freshman righty Jacob Ferris, who is 4-4 with a 6.25 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 44 and two-thirds innings.  Brennan Kelly, a junior left-hander who is 2-4 with a 5.37 ERA, will start Sunday.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Tennessee Tech is 18-25 this season and 6-15 in OVC play.  
 
-  The Golden Eagles lost two of three at home to Belmont last weekend and were beaten by No. 2 Vanderbilt on Tuesday.
 
-  Kevin Strohschein leads the team with a .364 average and 47 runs scored, to go along with 11 home runs and 35 RBIs.  Jason Hinchman has a team-best 19 home runs and 48 RBIs.
 
-  Senior Andrew O'Dwyer will start for TTU on Friday.  The left-hander is 1-1 with a 3.52 ERA and 31 strikeouts in just 30 and two thirds innings.  Mark Leonard, a junior right-hander, will start game two of the series.  He is 2-2 with a 6.13 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 47 innings of work.  Sunday's starter has not been named.