RICHMOND, Ky. – The Colonel baseball team will host Northern Kentucky on Tuesday at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
The game is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. and air live on ESPN+.
 
Tuesday will be EKU's first $2 Day of the season.  Tickets, beer, soda and hot dogs are all $2 for every midweek home game this season.  In addition, Gumbo will be served from the concession stand on Mardi Gras.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  The Colonels lead the all-time series 21-14-1.
 
-  The two teams split the season series last year.  EKU won 6-2 in Richmond on March 22, 2022.   The Norse earned a 16-5 victory in Highland Heights on April 27, 2022.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU started the season 3-1 after playing four games at the Jaguar Classic hosted by South Alabama.  The Colonels beat Alabama-Birmingham, South Alabama and Northwestern State.  The only loss was in game two of a doubleheader against the host Jaguars.
 
-  EKU is 94-46 (.671) at Earle Combs Stadium since it opened in 2017, and 45-15 (.750) over the last three seasons.
 
-  In EKU's first three wins, the bullpen combined to pitch 15 and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief.
 
-  Newcomer Miguel Larreal is off to a hot start, hitting .500 with a .750 slugging percentage in his first three games as a Colonel.  He has a .571 on-base percentage and has scored three runs.
 
-  Brock Blanton has made two relief appearances through four games.  He's tossed one and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief with two strikeouts.
 
-  Through four games, Will King leads the team with five RBIs.
 
-  Freshman Chase Alderman will make his first collegiate start.  The right-hander from Morehead, Kentucky pitched two innings during the Colonels' 2-0 win over South Alabama, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out one.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Northern Kentucky won a weekend series against Eastern Michigan in Hoover, Alabama.  The Norse won the first two games by scores of 9-2 and 5-4 before falling in the finale 13-9.
 
-  Shortstop Noah Fisher is hitting .615 with three runs, a home run and six RBIs through three games.  He has a 1.077 slugging percentage.  Fisher went 4-for-5 with a run and three RBIs in the season opener.
 
-  Four Norse relievers haven't allowed an earned run five and two-thirds innings combined.  Junior right-hander Kyle Klingenbeck has struck out three and hasn't allowed a base runner in one and two-thirds innings.