Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University picked up an 12-5 win over Marshall on Tuesday at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
Ron Franklin Jr. hit a 3-run home run in the second inning to put EKU (13-31) in front 4-0.  It was his 15th of the season and his eighth in the last 11 games.  Colby Ott and Elijah Underhill added RBI singles and the Colonels led 6-0 after two.
 
Hayden Duffield's first hit of the season, a solo home run in the third, made it 7-0.  Franklin added a sacrifice fly in the inning.
 
After the Thundering Herd (13-30) closed the gap to 8-2 with a run in the fourth and another in the fifth, EKU scored two more in the bottom of the fifth.  Conner Davis drove in two with a single down the left field line.  Franklin drove in his fifth run of the game with another sacrifice fly, this time in the sixth to make it 11-2.
 
Franklin's sixth RBI of the game came in the eighth when he reached on a fielder's choice with the bases loaded, scoring Mauri Bejarano.  Franklin finished 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs to go along with his half-dozen RBIs.
 
Justin Carinci had a 4-for-5 day with three runs scored.  Duffield scored four runs, going 1-for-1 with three walks.
 
Owen Ayers went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI for Marshall.
 
Rese Brown (2-4) started for EKU and allowed just two runs on three hits in five innings.  He walked one and struck out four.
 
The two teams continue their home-and-home series on Wednesday in Huntington.  First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game will air live on ESPN+.