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Silas Shaffer waits for a pitch against Lipscomb
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Eastern Ky. EKU 15-36, 7-19 ASUN
15
Winner Austin Peay APSU 23-27, 13-13 ASUN
Eastern Ky. EKU
15-36, 7-19 ASUN
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Final
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Austin Peay APSU
23-27, 13-13 ASUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern Ky. EKU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 0
Austin Peay APSU 3 0 5 0 1 6 0 15 12 0

W: Dj Merriweather (4-2) L: Briese, Jack (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Colonels Drop Series Finale At Austin Peay

Box Score (pdf)

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky University fell behind by eight runs in the first three innings and lost the series finale at Austin Peay, 15-2, on Sunday.
 
Cole Johnson's 2-run double and Trevor Conley's RBI single gave the Governors three runs in the first inning.  A 2-run single from Paris Pridgen and a 2-run home run by DJ Merriweather fueled a 5-run third inning that gave the home team an 8-0 advantage.
 
EKU got on the board in the top of the fifth when Silas Shaffer hit a solo home run over the wall in left field.  It was his second of the season.
 
APSU (24-27, 14-13 ASUN) scored once in the bottom of the fifth and added six more in the sixth to put the run-rule in effect.
 
Five different players had one hit each for EKU (15-37, 7-20 ASUN).  Shaffer finished 1-for-2 with a walk, a run and an RBI.
 
Pridgen went 2-for-3 with a walk, three runs and two RBIs.
 
The Colonels will close out the season with a series at Bellarmine starting Thursday at 3 p.m. ET.

 
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