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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

DJ Sullivan
6
Florida Gulf Coast FGCU 26-8, 10-3 ASUN
17
Winner Eastern Kentucky EKU 14-19, 5-8 ASUN
Florida Gulf Coast FGCU
26-8, 10-3 ASUN
6
Final
17
Eastern Kentucky EKU
14-19, 5-8 ASUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Florida Gulf Coast FGCU 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 6 8 0
Eastern Kentucky EKU 1 1 3 3 6 3 X 17 11 1

W: Alderman, Chase (2-2) L: RIPPL, MAX (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Colonels Beat No. 15 FGCU, 17-6, In Series Opener

Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Playing against the 15th ranked team in the nation, and a squad that has hit the second-most home runs in NCAA Division I baseball this season, the Eastern Kentucky University baseball team turned the tables and hit five homers in a 17-6 victory over Florida Gulf Coast on Friday at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
The series schedule has changed.  The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 3 p.m.  There will not be a game on Sunday due to the forecast for poor weather.  Saturday will be Jackie Robinson Day and the 2012 EKU conference championship team will be recognized.
 
EKU's home run barrage started early and came often.  Logan Thomason led off the bottom of the first inning with his fifth of the season to stake the home team to an early 1-0 lead.  Thomason drew a bases loaded walk in the second to make it 2-0.
 
The Eagles (26-8, 10-3 ASUN) got on the board in the third when Jake Mummau hit a solo home run, the only round tripper of the day for FGCU.
 
After the Colonels (14-19, 5-8 ASUN) scored three times in the bottom of the third to go up 5-1, Florida Gulf Coast answered in the top of the fourth.  A two-run single by Brian Ellis highlighted a five-run frame that put the visitors on top 6-5.
 
From that point on, it was all EKU.
 
The Colonels scored three in the bottom of the fourth on a solo home run from Will King and a two-run shot off the bat of Jalen Jones.  Miguel Larreal and DJ Sullivan hit a pair of three-run home runs in the fifth to push the EKU lead to 14-6.
 
Three bases loaded walks in the bottom of the sixth allowed the Colonels to stretch the margin to 11.  The game ended by run rule after the Eagles were held scoreless in the seventh.  Chase Alderman, who struck out seven in four innings of work, struck out the side in the seventh.
 
Sullivan finished 2-for-2 with three walks, two runs and five RBIs.  Jones went 1-for-2 with three walks, three runs and three RBIs.  Larreal was 1-for-4 with a walk, two runs and three RBIs.  Charlie Ludwick drew four walks and scored four runs.
 
In addition to hitting five home runs, EKU walked 15 times in the game.
 
Ellis went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run and two driven in for FGCU.

 
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