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Winner Morehead St. MOREHEAD 5-3
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Northern Ky. NORTHERN 2-6
Winner
Morehead St. MOREHEAD
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Northern Ky. NORTHERN
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Morehead St. MOREHEAD 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 10 0
Northern Ky. NORTHERN 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 0

W: J. FURTADO (1-0) L: McClanahan, Nick (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball takes Morehead State down to the wire

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky baseball program once again took an opponent down to the final inning, but NKU found itself on the wrong side of a 7-5 decision to in-state foe Morehead State at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex on Tuesday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 5, Morehead State – 7 (9 innings)
LOCATION: Bill Aker Baseball Complex – Highland Heights, Kentucky
RECORDS: NKU 2-6 (0-0 HL), MSU 5-3 (0-0 OVC)
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Mitch Wood continues to swing one of the hottest bats in the Horizon League as he went 2-for-5 at the dish with a home run and two RBI. It was his fourth straight game with a homer.
- If Wood's bat isn't the hottest, Liam McFadden-Ackman is right next to him with a 3-for-4 outing that included a home run, two RBI, two runs scored and a base on balls.
- Tyler Shaneyfelt added a 2-for-4 day with NKU's other RBI.
- Logen Devenport and Cleary Simpson also came around to score for the Norse.
- Treyvin Moss chipped in a stolen base in the contest.
- On the mound, Matthew Lopez threw 2.2 scoreless innings in relief to go with three strikeouts.
- Ryan Pehrson also added two scoreless innings of work with a punchout.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Morehead State got on the board first with a run in the top of the second to make it a 1-0 game.
- Northern Kentucky answered immediately with two runs in bottom half of the inning to jump ahead 2-1.
- Back-and-forth it went as the Eagles dropped another two runs in the top of the third to push back ahead, 3-2.
- Once again, NKU punched right back with two more runs in the bottom half of the inning to make it a 4-3 contest.
- The Norse got another tally in the bottom of the fifth to give them a 5-3 edge.
- The two sides would continue to remain scoreless before Morehead State went off for three runs in the top of the ninth to retake the lead at 7-5.
- MSU closed out the game with a scoreless bottom of the ninth to escape with the 7-5 win.
 
NEXT UP 
The Norse hit the road for a showdown with Southeastern Conference (SEC) foe Missouri in a series that runs Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3. All three games will be played in front of a national audience on SEC Network+.
 
 
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