Box Score

CLINTON, S.C. – An eighth inning RBI single by Daniel Harris IV broke a 4-4 tie and sent Eastern Kentucky to a series clinching 6-4 win at Presbyterian College on Saturday at the PC Baseball Complex.
 
Logan Thomason led off the top of the eighth with a triple to right center for EKU (2-0).  Harris followed with a single up the middle to bring home what proved to be the game-winning run.
 
Harris added an insurance run in the top of the ninth when he drove in Chris Botsoe with a sacrifice fly.
 
Darren Williams, who pitched the final two and one-third innings without allowing a hit, closed out the game in the bottom of the ninth with a pair of strike outs and a pop-up after hitting the first batter with a pitch.  He struck out three and walked one while earning the win.
 
Christian Lucio's 2-run home run in the top of the third inning broke a scoreless tie.  The Blue Hose tied it in the bottom half of the frame on a RBI single and then a sacrifice fly from Jeremiah Boyd.
 
Michael Brewer's fourth-inning 2-run single up the middle gave the Colonels a 4-2 lead.  Presbyterian answered again, this time tying it in the bottom of the sixth on another sacrifice fly and an Eastern error.
 
Harris finished 1-for-3 with a run and two RBIs.  Thomason had a 2-for-4 day with a walk and two runs scored.  Jacob Ferris started on the mound and allowed two runs on three hits in four innings.  He walked two and struck out four.
 
Jimmy Marcelli went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI for the Blue Hose (0-2).
 
The two teams will conclude their three-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m.