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LEXINGTON, Ky. – David Alvarez and Julius Scearce each hit a home run in Eastern Kentucky University's 17-7 loss to Louisville on Tuesday at Legends Field in Lexington.
 
EKU will host Austin Peay for a 3-game series starting Thursday.  All three games will begin at 7 p.m. ET and will air live on ESPN+.
 
Thursday will be Aviation Night, in partnership with the EKU School of Aviation.  It will also be $2 Day with tickets, popcorn, hot dogs and beer for $2 each.  Baseball Bingo is back on Friday, giving fans a chance to win an EKU Swag Bag.
 
Alvarez finished Tuesday's contest 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs.  His 3-run home run in the bottom of the first inning tied the game at 3-3.  Later in the first, Jackson Reid drove in a run with a single through the right side to put the Colonels ahead 4-3.
 
The Cardinals (18-11) tied it on Jimmy Nugent's RBI double down the left field line in the top of the third inning.  UofL began to pull away with six runs in the fourth.  Ben Slanker capped the big frame with a grand slam over the wall in left center for a 10-4 lead.
 
A 2-run home run for the Colonels (8-21) in the bottom of the sixth off the bat of Scearce closed the gap to six again, 13-7.  However, Louisville scored four times in the top of the seventh to put the run rule in effect.
 
Scearce went 1-for-1 with a run and two RBIs.  Kobe Benson had a 2-for-4 game with a run scored.
 
Bayram Hot finished 3-for-5 with three runs and four RBIs for the Cardinals.  Tague Davis went 2-for-3 with four runs and two driven in.  Slanker's only hit was the grand slam, but he walked three times and scored three times.