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Colby Ott stands in the box against Bellarmine
10
Winner Bellarmine BELL 4-13, 1-0 ASUN
0
Eastern Kentucky EKU 0-17, 0-1 ASUN
Winner
Bellarmine BELL
4-13, 1-0 ASUN
10
Final
0
Eastern Kentucky EKU
0-17, 0-1 ASUN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bellarmine BELL 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 10 14 0
Eastern Kentucky EKU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2

W: Chase Carver (1-3) L: Walton, Ryker (0-5)

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Bellarmine BELL 4-14, 1-1 ASUN
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Winner Eastern Kentucky EKU 1-17, 1-1 ASUN
Bellarmine BELL
4-14, 1-1 ASUN
1
Final
2
Eastern Kentucky EKU
1-17, 1-1 ASUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bellarmine BELL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Eastern Kentucky EKU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2 7 0

W: Foley, Wyatt (1-1) L: Cooper Hellman (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

EKU Splits Doubleheader To Open ASUN Play

Game 1 Box Score  |  Game 2 Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University opened Atlantic Sun Conference play with a doubleheader split against visiting Bellarmine on Friday at Earle Combs Stadium.  The Knights won game one 10-0 before the Colonels picked up a 2-1 win in game two.
 
Bellarmine scored first in game two when Eli Watson drew a bases loaded walk in the top of the third inning.  The Colonels tied it up in the bottom of the fifth when Colby Ott led off with a home run over the wall in left field, his first of the season.
 
EKU (1-17, 1-1 ASUN) took the lead in the bottom of the seventh.  Ott started the inning with a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt.  With two outs, Julius Scearce drove a 2-1 pitch through the right side to give his team a 2-1 lead.
 
The Knights started the top of the ninth with a single to get the tying run on base.  However, a double play erased that runner and put the Colonels one out from the win.  Another single kept the game going before Wyatt Foley got a ground ball to second base to end the game.
 
Foley earned the win after pitching the final 3 1/3 innings without allowing a run.  He gave up two hits, walked two and struck out one.  Scearce had a 2-for-4 game with an RBI.  Ott finished 1-for-2 with a walk, two runs and an RBI.
 
Landon Akers went 4-for-5 for Bellarmine (4-14, 1-1 ASUN).
 
In game one, the Knights got all they would need with three runs in the top of the first inning.  Joey Milto started it with a 2-run home run over the wall in left field.  Charlie Rife hit a solo home run in the second and Milto added an RBI single for a 5-0 lead after two innings.
 
Milto finished 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs.  Watson had four hits in five at bats, scored a run and drove in one.  Bellarmine starter Carver Chase pitched six scoreless innings with three walks and seven strikeouts.
 
AJ Groeneveld went 3-for-5 for the Colonels in the first game.
 
The two teams will not play on Saturday due to the threat of severe weather.  The series finale is on Sunday at 1 p.m. and will air live on ESPN+.  Sunday will be Kids Day.  All kids 12 and under receive FREE admission and get to run the bases after the game.  One child in attendance will be chosen to make the "play ball" announcement and another will be chosen to serve as the guest public address announcer.


 
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