LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A short trip west awaits the Eastern Kentucky University baseball team on Tuesday at the University of Louisville.
 
The game will begin at 3 p.m. and air live on the ACC Network Extra.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU (1-6) picked up its first win of the season on Friday, a 10-5 decision over Oakland.  However, the Golden Grizzlies won the final two games of the series.
 
-  Senior third baseman Conner Davis leads the team with a .375 average.

-  Senior outfielder Max Williams has two home runs and a team-best seven RBIs while batting .304 through the first seven games.
 
-  Freshman Mauri Bejarano got two starts over the weekend at second base and hit his first career home run.  He is now batting .400.
 
-  Senior right-hander Rese Brown is scheduled to start.  He is 0-0 on the season in three relief appearances.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  The Cardinals won three out of four over the weekend against St. Bonaventure to move to 3-4 on the season.  UofL won the final three games of the series, scoring 54 runs combined.
 
-  Senior outfielder JT Benson leads the team with a .471 average.  He also has five stolen bases and six runs scored.
 
-  Brandon Anderson, a junior third baseman, has played in three of the team's first seven games, but leads the squad with eight RBIs, going 5-for-10 at the plate.
 
-  Tucker Biven, a sophomore right-hander, has made three appearances out of the bullpen for a total of two innings.  He has not allowed a run and has given up two hits.

-  Louisville has not announced its starting pitcher for the game.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  The Cardinals lead the all-time series 68-41.  The Colonels are 15-49 in games played in Louisville.  UofL has won two straight in the series, including an 11-0 decision last season.
 
-  In last year's game, EKU fell to then No. 4 ranked Louisville on Feb. 28, 2023 in Louisville.  The Cardinals got a solo home run from Patrick Forbes in the second inning.  A three-run dinger off the bat of Jack Payton in the third made it 4-0.  Forbes hit a second homer, this time a two-run shot, in the fourth to push the home team out in front 6-0.  Three players – Charlie Ludwick, Miguel Larreal and Jalen Jones – had one hit each for the Colonels.  Forbes finished 2-for-2 with a walk, three runs and three RBIs.