Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University erased Stetson's 5-0 lead, but the Colonels couldn't hold off the Hatters in a 13-9 loss on Saturday in the 3-game Atlantic Sun Conference series finale at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
Trailing 5-0 with no outs in the bottom of the third inning, EKU got on the board when Santiago Peralta hit a 2-run home run over the wall in right center.  It was his second of the season. Colby Ott followed with a solo shot over the wall in left field to make it 5-3.  It was his second this year as well.
 
With one out in the bottom of the fourth, the Colonels took a 6-5 lead on a 3-run home run by Ehinger Adrianza.  It was his first of the season.
 
The Hatters (19-9, 7-2 ASUN) grabbed the lead back on a 2-run home run by Logan Hughes in the top of the fifth inning.  Stetson went up 8-6 on an RBI single from Kyle Jones in the sixth.
 
The Colonels (8-21, 5-4 ASUN) rallied again, scoring twice in the seventh to tie the score.  Conner Davis drove in Ott with a double to left center.  Elijah Underhill's first collegiate hit was an RBI single to right center that knotted the score at 8-8.
 
The game didn't remain tied for long.  Yohann Dessureault, the first batter in the top of the eighth, hit a home run over the wall in center field.  Stetson tacked on four more runs in the inning to stretch the margin back to five, 13-8.
 
Ott went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.  Peralta finished 2-for-4 with a run and two driven in.  Adrianza had one hit in four at bats, walked once, scored twice and had three RBIs.
 
Hughes was 4-for-5 with three runs and two RBIs for the Hatters.
 
The Colonels are scheduled to play at Morehead State on Tuesday at 6 p.m.