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Louis Davenport
5
Eastern Kentucky EKU 4-9, 0-2 OVC
14
Winner Morehead State MOR 7-6, 2-0 OVC
Eastern Kentucky EKU
4-9, 0-2 OVC
5
Final
14
Morehead State MOR
7-6, 2-0 OVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Kentucky EKU 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 13 3
Morehead State MOR 3 1 1 0 4 1 1 3 X 14 13 1

W: HELTON, Luke (1-1) L: Lewis, Jake (0-2) S: CONWAY, Cory (1)

11
Winner Eastern Kentucky EKU 5-9, 1-2 OVC
0
Morehead State MOR 7-7, 2-1 OVC
Winner
Eastern Kentucky EKU
5-9, 1-2 OVC
11
Final
0
Morehead State MOR
7-7, 2-1 OVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern Kentucky EKU 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 11 6 1
Morehead State MOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

W: Davenport III, Louis (2-0) L: BETTIO, Matt (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Louis Davenport III Strikes Out 10 As EKU Splits Doubleheader At Morehead State

Game 1 Box Score  |  Game 2 Box Score

MOREHEAD, Ky. – Sophomore right-hander Louis Davenport III struck out 10 batters as EKU beat Morehead State, 11-0, in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday at Allen Field.
 
The Eagles won the first game 14-5.
 
The Colonels will host No. 10 Louisville on Tuesday at Earle Combs Stadium.  The game is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
 
EKU platted three runs in the top of the first inning of game two and then let Davenport take care of business from there.  Cam Ridley led it off with a single up the middle.  With two outs and Ridley on second, Caleb Upshaw singled to center to push across the first run.  Freshman Manny Jackson followed with his second home run of the day – having hit his first career dinger in the first game – to make it 3-0.
 
Davenport faced the minimum through the first three innings, getting help from freshman catcher Will King who threw out two runners attempting to steal.  Davenport also set them down in order in the sixth.  He finished the day having allowed two hits and three walks in six innings of work.  He struck out 10 of the 22 batters he faced.  It's just the 12th time since 2008 an EKU pitcher has struck out 10 or more in a game.
 
The Colonels (5-9, 1-2 OVC) were up 4-0 going into the seventh.  The first five batters drew walks and the sixth was hit by a pitch to force in three runs and make it 7-0.  Upshaw then sent a 1-0 pitch over the wall in right field for a grand slam and an 11-0 lead.
 
Upshaw finished 2-for-4 with two runs and five RBIs.  Ridley went 2-for-3, drove in a run and scored three times.
 
In game one, the two teams combined for eight home runs.  Morehead State had five, two of which accounted for six runs.
 
EKU grabbed the early lead when Charlie Ludwick hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning.  However, MSU answered with three runs in the bottom of the first and led the rest of the way.  Ludwick and Jackson hit back-to-back solo home runs in the top of the fifth to get within one, 5-4.
 
The Eagles smacked two home runs in the bottom of the fifth, including a three-run shot off the bat of Ryan Layne, to begin to pull away.
 
Ludwick went 3-for-3 with two walks, two runs and three RBIs.  Jackson finished 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI in his first career start.  Freshman Santiago Peralta had a 4-for-4 day with a run scored.

 
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