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RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky won game two 5-3 to split a doubleheader against Presbyterian College on Saturday at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
The Blue Hose won game one by a score of 12-9.
 
The two teams are scheduled to conclude the series with a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
After PC (1-5) grabbed an early lead in the top of the third inning of game two, EKU (2-4) answered in the bottom of the frame.  With one out and two on, Logan Thomason singled through the right side to tie the score.  A ground ball from Daniel Harris IV was enough to bring home the second run and give the Colonels the 2-1 advantage.
 
The Blue Hose tied it up in the top of the fifth, but Eastern Kentucky had the answer again.  With two outs and runners at the corners, Caleb Upshaw brought home both with a double to right field to make it 4-2.  A sacrifice fly by Upshaw in the bottom of the seventh tacked on an insurance run.
 
Louis Davenport III (1-0) started for Eastern and provided a quality start, going six innings and allowing three runs on seven hits.  He walked two and struck out five.  Freshman, and Richmond native, Bryce Travis tossed a perfect seventh inning.  Will Brian earned his second save of the season after pitching the final two, allowing one hit and striking out four batters.
 
Newcomer Cam Ridley went 2-for-2 with two runs scored.  Max Williams also scored twice.  Upshaw finished 1-for-3 with three RBIs.
 
Chris Veach had three hits in four at bats, scored a run and drove in one for PC.
 
It took the Colonels a little while to get going in the first game but Presbyterian had no trouble early, scoring 10 runs in the first three innings.  However, over the final six EKU allowed just two runs.
 
A three-run home run by Harris, his first of the season, got Eastern within one, 5-4, in the bottom of the second.  That is as close as the Colonels would get.  PC plated five in the third to go up 10-4.  Sean Klein drove in a pair with a single up the middle in the big inning.
 
Eastern Kentucky scored four runs combined in the eighth and ninth to get back into the game.  Kendal Ewell had an RBI single and Ryan Nelson drew a bases loaded walk as part of a three-run eighth inning to make it 12-8. 
 
After the first two batters were retired in the bottom of the ninth, the Colonels tried to keep the rally going.  A walk, a single and another walk loaded the bases.  Freshman catcher Will King followed with a single through the left side to score one and get the home team within three, 12-9.  However, with the tying run at first, a ground ball ended the comeback bid and the game.
 
Harris was 2-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs in game one.  King finished 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Veach led Presbyterian with a 3-for-5 game, four runs and an RBI.
 
Freshman Garret Simpson kept the Blue Hose scoreless over the final three innings.  He allowed just two hits and struck out two.
 
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