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Tait Nunnally attempts to bunt against Central Arkansas
5
Central Arkansas UCA 18-27, 11-13 ASUN
9
Winner Eastern Kentucky EKU 10-38, 7-17 ASUN
Central Arkansas UCA
18-27, 11-13 ASUN
5
Final
9
Eastern Kentucky EKU
10-38, 7-17 ASUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Central Arkansas UCA 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 0
Eastern Kentucky EKU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 X 9 8 0

W: Bounds, Burkley (2-0) L: TITLOW, Perry (2-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Colonels Erase 5-0 Deficit With Nine In The Eighth To Win ASUN Series

Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Despite registering only two hits through the first seven innings and trailing 5-0, Eastern Kentucky University scored nine runs in the eighth to beat Central Arkansas, 9-5, and clinch the Atlantic Sun Conference series on Sunday at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
Mauri Bejarano started the eight with a double down the left field line.  After Tait Nunnally was hit by a pitch, the Colonels scored their first two runs of the game on a double down the left field line by Boone Shevey.  After a pitching change, AJ Groeneveld made it 5-3 with an RBI single to right.
 
Greg Caban walked before UCA got a fly ball for the first out of the inning.  Julius Scearce drew a walk to load the bases.  After another pitching change by the Bears, Colby Ott tied the game with a 2-run double into left center.
 
Pinch hitting, Silas Shaffer tripled over the head of the center fielder to give EKU a 7-5 lead.  Bejarano added a sacrifice fly and Nunnally hit a solo home run, in their second at bats of the inning, to complete the 9-run frame.
 
Burkley Bounds retired the side in order in the top of the ninth inning on nine pitches.  The freshman pitched the final 5 2/3 innings of the game without allowing a run.  He gave up four hits and struck out five, including the final batter of the game.
 
Nunnally was the only Colonel to record multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs and one RBI.  Ott finished 1-for-4 with a run and two driven in.
 
Central Arkansas scored three times in the top of the first inning to grab a quick lead.  Zeb Allen started the scoring with an RBI triple to center field.  Preston Curtis hit a 2-run home run over the wall in left field.  RBI singles from Keon Moseni and Allen in the fourth pushed the visitors ahead 5-0.
 
Allen went 2-for-4 with a run and two RBIs for the Bears (18-27, 11-13 ASUN).  Starter Jacob Pannell shutout EKU for 5 1/3 innings.  He allowed two hits and walked five. 
 
The Colonels (10-38, 7-17 ASUN) will play their final home game of the 2025 season on Tuesday against Miami (Ohio) at 6 p.m.


 
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