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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Caleb Upshaw
4
Eastern Kentucky EKU 10-21
6
Winner Vanderbilt VU 26-5
Eastern Kentucky EKU
10-21
4
Final
6
Vanderbilt VU
26-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Eastern Kentucky EKU 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 1
Vanderbilt VU 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 X 6 13 1

W: Thomas Schultz (3-2) L: Abbott, Jacob (1-2) S: Luke Murphy (7)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Ninth Inning Rally Comes Up Short, Colonels Edged By No. 2 Vanderbilt

Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky got the tying run to second base in the top of the ninth inning, but couldn't complete the comeback in a 6-4 loss at No. 2 Vanderbilt on Tuesday.
 
The Colonels began the ninth down three.  With one out, Max Williams was hit by a pitch.  Cam Ridley reached on a Vanderbilt error and the runners advanced to second and third.  With two outs, Daniel Harris IV extended his hitting streak to 15 straight games and drove in Ridley with an infield single.
 
A passed ball allowed Kendal Ewell to move to third and Harris, representing the tying run, to advance into scoring position at second base.  However, a fly ball off the bat of Caleb Upshaw ended the comeback bid and the game.
 
Eastern Kentucky scored first and tied the game in the fourth.  Cam Ridley was hit by a pitch to start the game.  Ewell followed with a single through the left side to put runners at the corners.  Ridley came home on a ground ball by Harris for a 1-0 lead.
 
The Commodores scored one in the second and one in the third to go in front 2-1.  However, Upshaw had the answer in the top of the fourth when he led off the inning with a home run over the wall in right field.  It was his eighth of the season.
 
Vanderbilt (26-5) put up four in the bottom of the fifth to break the tie.  The scoring started with a three-run home run off the bat of Parker Noland.
 
The margin remained at four until the eighth inning.  Ewell began the frame with a single to center.  He moved to second on a ground out and then scored on a single to right by Charlie Ludwick.
 
Ewell was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.  Upshaw went 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.  Ridley scored twice.  Jordan Fox, Jake Lewis and Louis Davenport III combined for three and one third innings of scoreless relief to end the game.  The trio allowed two hits and struck out four.
 
CJ Rodriguez had a 4-for-4 night with two runs for the Commodores.  Noland was 1-for-3 with a run and three RBIs.
 
EKU (10-21) will host Jacksonville State for a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series this weekend.  Friday's series opener is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 

 
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