RICHMOND, Ky. – Riding a 5-game winning streak, Eastern Kentucky University will host Northern Kentucky on Tuesday at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
The game will now begin at 2 p.m. and air live on ESPN+. 
 
Tuesday will be Country Music Day and $2 Day, with $2 tickets, beer, soda and hot dogs.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU (17-31, 11-13 ASUN) moved into a tie for seventh place in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings after sweeping in-state rival Bellarmine over the weekend.
 
-  Justin Carinci has hit .500 with four doubles and 10 runs scored during EKU's current 5-game winning streak.
 
-  Conner Davis hit .538 with two doubles, five runs and six RBIs in the 3-game sweep of Bellarmine.  He had a .600 on-base percentage.  Davis has reached base in 18 straight games.

-  Isaac Milburn hasn't allowed a run in his last three appearances, totaling 7 2/3 innings.  He has allowed four hits, walked four and struck out seven.
 
-  Freshman right-hander Elijah Underhill will start on the mound.  He is 2-2 in 11 appearances, including four starts this season.  Last week in a start at Marshall, Underhill allowed just two hits in a career-high three innings of work.  He struck out a career-best four and walked just one while not allowing a run.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Northern Kentucky is 27-20 this season and 15-9 in the Horizon League.  The Norse ended their series against Youngstown State with two wins over the weekend.
 
-  First baseman Liam McFadden-Ackman leads the team in average (.401), home runs (18) and RBIs (70).  He is second on the team with 57 runs scored.
 
-  NKU has one of the most prolific offenses in the nation.  The Norse are seventh in NCAA Division I in walks, seventh in on-base percentage, 10th in runs, 12th in hits, 18th in average (.315), 21st in doubles and 49th in home runs.
 
-  Nick McClanahan is the most called upon arm out of the bullpen.  The right-hander has made 24 appearances and leads the team with four saves.  He is 1-3 with a 7.34 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 41 2/3 innings.

-  NKU's starter has not been announced.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  EKU holds a 30-18-1 advantage in the all-time series.  The Colonels are 16-9 in games played in Richmond.  The first meeting between the two programs came in 1972.  EKU has won seven of the last nine against the Norse.
 
-  The last meeting between the two programs came earlier this season on March 26 in Richmond.  The Colonels snapped NKU's 11-game winning streak with a 20-15 victory.  Carinci went 3-for-6 with two doubles, four runs and four RBIs.  Max Williams drove in five, hitting a home run and a double while going 2-for-3 with three walks and a run scored.  Treyvin Moss was 3-for-5 with two runs and four RBIs for Northern Kentucky.