RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University and Marshall will play a home-and-home baseball series this week starting Tuesday at Earle Combs Stadium in Richmond.
 
The game, presented by Chick-Fil-A, will begin at 4 p.m. and air live on ESPN+.  Tuesday will be $2 Day at the ballpark.  Tickets, beer, soda and hot dogs are all $2 for every midweek home game this season.
 
The Colonels will play at Marshall on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU (15-20, 6-9 ASUN) won two of three at home against No. 15 ranked Florida Gulf Coast over the weekend.  The Colonels are now 5-4 in their last nine ASUN games.
 
-  In three games against FGCU, Logan Thomason hit .500 with a home run in every game, four runs, six RBIs and a 1.214 slugging percentage.
 
-  As a team, the Colonels posted a .350 batting average, hit 10 home runs, averaged 10.7 runs per game, totaled 24 walks, had a .484 on-base percentage and a .760 slugging percentage.
 
-  In the series-opening win over the Eagles, freshman Chase Alderman did not allow a run and struck out seven while pitching the final four innings of the game.  He struck out the side in the final inning.
 
-  Bryce Travis will make his first start of the season on Tuesday.  The junior left-hander is 1-2 with a 4.08 ERA in 17 and two-thirds innings of work this season.  He has struck out 22 and walked only nine.  Rian Yates, a junior right-hander is expected to start on the mound Wednesday.  He is 0-1 this season with an 8.27 ERA over 20 and two-thirds innings.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Marshall is 14-19 this season and 4-11 in the Sun Belt Conference.  The Thundering Herd have lost seven of their last eight, with the only win coming last Tuesday at Ohio, 8-6.
 
-  Senior first baseman Daniel Carinci has a team-high .308 batting average.  Senior outfielder Kyle Schaefer leads Marshall with five home runs and 26 RBIs, while hitting .302.
 
-  Ryan Capuano is the top arm out of the bullpen.  The senior right-hander is 1-2 with a 2.36 ERA and five saves in 14 appearances.  He has struck out 28 and walked only nine in 26 and two-thirds innings of work.

-  Chad Heiner will start for the Thundering Herd on Tuesday.  The senior right-hander is 1-1 with a 8.37 ERA in 12 appearances, including four starts.  Ray Pacella, who has started nine times and made 11 appearances, will take the mound on Wednesday.  The redshirt senior lefty is 0-4 with a 6.20 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 45 innings.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  EKU leads the all-time series against Marshall 39-25.  The teams have split the last 10 meetings.
 
-  In the most recent meeting, on March 9, 2022, the Colonels earned an 8-2 win in Huntington.  Max Williams went 2-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, two runs and two RBIs.  Cameron Kalandros, Chris Hamann and Anthony Vargas combined for four innings of scoreless relief.