Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – With one out and two on in the ninth inning, Ehinger Adrianza sent the first pitch he saw over the wall in right field to break a 4-4 tie and propel Eastern Kentucky University to a 7-4 win over Lipscomb on Saturday.
 
With one out in the top of the ninth, Mauri Bejarano drew a walk and AJ Groeneveld followed with an infield single.  Adrianza came on to pinch hit for Colby Ott and broke the tie with his second home run of the season.
 
Nathan Lawson (1-1), who pitched the final 1 1/3 innings, allowed one base runner with two outs in the bottom of the ninth before getting a fly ball to end the game.
 
The Colonels tied the game on an error in the eighth.  With one out, Tait Nunnally drew a walk on a 3-2 pitch.  After a pop out, Nunnally stole second.  Diego Alana lifted a fly ball into left, but Parks Bouck didn't secure the catch and Nunnally came home to make it 4-4.
 
EKU (8-35, 5-15 ASUN) scored the first two runs of the game.  With a runner at third and no outs in the top of the first, Greg Caban singled to right for a 1-0 lead.  In the second inning, Dylan Rogers scored on a ground ball off the bat of Colby Ott.
 
With one swing of the bat, the Bisons flipped a 2-run deficit into a 2-run lead on a grand slam from Keaton Mahan.
 
Rogers hit his first home run of the season, in the top of the fourth, to get EKU within one, 4-3.
 
Groeneveld was 2-for-2 with a walk and a run scored.  Rogers scored twice, walked once, drove in a run and went 1-for-3 at the plate.
 
Five different players had one hit each for Lipscomb (19-22, 12-8 ASUN).  Mahan finished 1-for-2 with two walks, one run and four RBIs.
 
Starter Carson van Haaren pitched 5 2/3 innings for the Colonels.  He allowed four runs on five hits, walked one and struck out three.  Lipscomb got three innings of scoreless relief from Joey Mitchell in the fifth, sixth and seventh.  He did not allow a hit, walked one and struck out three.
 
The series finale is scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.