LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University baseball team will conclude the 2026 season with three games at Bellarmine starting Thursday.
 
The first two games of the series Thursday and Friday will begin at 3 p.m. ET.  The finale on Saturday will start at 1 p.m. ET.  All three games will air live on ESPN+.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU improved to 15-37 overall and 7-20 in Atlantic Sun Conference games after winning a road series at Austin Peay over the weekend.  The Colonels have won five of their last eight.
 
-  Over the last 10 games, Dylan Littlefield is hitting .342 with a home run, three doubles, six RBIs and six runs scored.
 
-  Pedro Moreno is tied for second in the ASUN in triples (4), tied for fifth in doubles (15), tied for sixth in walks (34) and eighth in runs scored (47).
 
-  Khaleel Pratt (35) and Kobe Benson (35) are tied for third in the ASUN in walks.
 
-  Starter Jacob Price earned ASUN Pitcher of the Week honors for the second straight week on Monday.  In his last two starts, Price has allowed one run in 14 innings.  He has given up nine hits and two walks while striking out 14.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Bellarmine sits at 19-31 overall and 11-16 in conference play after being swept at Lipscomb over the weekend and falling at Louisville on Tuesday.
 
-  AJ Swader, a graduate student first baseman, leads the team in average (.378), doubles (20), triples (3), home runs (10), RBIs (58) and walks (27).
 
-  As a team, Bellarmine is second in the ASUN in runs (355), second in doubles (94) and third in batting average (.290).  The Knights have the second-highest team ERA (8.24) in the league.
 
-  Deaton Oak has started a team-high 12 games on the mound.  The right-handed graduate student is 2-4 with an 8.54 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 52 2/3 innings.  Cade Rusch has made 20 relief appearances.  The senior righty is 3-2 with a team-best three saves and 36 strikeouts in 30 1/3 innings.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  EKU leads the all-time series 27-16-1.  Bellarmine has an 8-7-1 edge in games played in Louisville.  The Knights have won six straight in the series.
 
-  Bellarmine completed a series sweep with an 11-9 victory on April 12 in Richmond.  The Knights scored six runs in the eighth inning.  Pratt went 2-for-3 with two runs and four RBIs.  He hit a grand slam in the bottom of the eighth.  Swader finished 2-for-5 with a run and four RBIs for Bellarmine.