Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky scored five runs in the third and six in the fifth on its way to a 14-2 win over visiting Norfolk State on Friday at Earle Combs Stadium.  It was the Colonels fifth straight victory.
 
EKU (9-2) had a 1-0 lead heading into the bottom of the third.  The first three batters reached and then A.J. Lewis got the big inning going with a 2-run single to center.  Logan Thomason followed with a single up the middle to score Chris Botsoe and make it 4-0.  A one-out, 2-run home run down the right field line by Daniel Harris IV capped the 5-run third and gave the home team a 6-0 advantage.
 
Lewis had another 2-run single in the fifth, this time through the right side.  Harris finished off the 6-run inning with an RBI single to right and the Colonels had a 12-0 lead.
 
Lewis was 2-for-5 with a run and four RBIs.  Harris had a 2-for-4 day with a walk, two runs and four RBIs.  Newcomer Caleb Upshaw scored three times and drove in two while going 2-for-4 at the plate.
 
Brennan Kelly (1-0) started for the Colonels.  He allowed one run on six hits, walked one and struck out four in six innings of work.
 
Mason Velasquez finished 2-for-4 with a home run, a run scored and an RBI for Norfolk State (2-10).
 
Saturday's game time has been changed to 1 p.m.