Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Daniel Harris IV tied the game with a solo home run in the fourth, five relief pitchers combined to pitch the final six and two-thirds innings without allowing a hit and Eastern Kentucky scored three runs in the seventh to beat No. 7 ranked Louisville, 6-3, on Tuesday at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
With one on and one out in the top of the third for the Cardinals (11-5), Luke Brown singled through the left side.  UofL would take a 3-2 lead later in the inning on a sacrifice fly, but the visitors did not record another hit the rest of the game.
 
Harris led off the fourth with a home run over the wall in left center to tie the game 3-3.  EKU (6-9) loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but Tate Kuehner struck out two straight batters.  One strike away from getting out of the jam, Kuehner hit Caleb Upshaw with a pitch to force in the go-ahead run.  Pinch hitter Brent Lovell then singled to left to score two more and give the Colonels a 6-3 advantage.

Jacob Abbott came on after the single by Brown in the third.  He walked a batter and gave up the sacrifice fly before getting a ground ball to end the frame.  Freshman Jordan Fox pitched the next two innings and allowed just two walks.  Freshman Garret Simpson pitched a perfect sixth inning.  Freshman, and Richmond native, Bryce Travis didn't allow a base runner and struck out two while pitching the seventh and the eighth innings.  He earned his first collegiate win.  Will Brian closed it out for his fourth save of the season, striking out one in a perfect ninth inning.  

Harris finished 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.  Cam Ridley went 2-for-3 and scored twice.  Lovell was 1-for-1 with two driven in.
 
Brown had two of the Cardinals' four hits, going 2-for-3 with a run scored.
 
The Colonels are scheduled to begin a three-game series at home against Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee-Martin on Friday.  Monitor EKUSports.com for changes to the Friday schedule.  The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at noon.