RICHMOND, Ky. – WKU Baseball dropped its midweek matchup with Eastern Kentucky, 6-4, Tuesday afternoon at Earle Combs Stadium.
The loss snapped a five-game win streak for the Hilltoppers, moving the squad to 7-5 on the season.
"We had some opportunities but just couldn't come up with the big hit we needed," said head coach John Pawlowski. "I thought EKU did a really good job against the middle of our lineup, they really held them in check today. Andrew Delaney had a really good day offensively, but other than that we couldn't really come up with anything offensively. We made some mistakes on the mound too. We left a couple of balls out over the plate and they did some damage with it. Overall, it's just tough when you have guys on base but can't get them in. Just a tough ballgame for us tonight."
Bill Duby earned the starting nod on the mound for WKU, allowing four hits and three runs while striking out three in 2.2 innings. The Hilltoppers utilized five relief pitchers from there, with the group combining to allow six hits and three runs while recording six strikeouts in 5.1 frames.
Offensively, WKU tallied eight hits and six walks, with two players producing multi-hit performances. Andrew Delaney led the way with a 3-for-4 outing, while Matthew Meyer went 2-for-5 to go along with two RBI.
SCORING SUMMARY
Eastern Kentucky opened the scoring in the second inning, using a solo home run to take a 1-0 advantage.
The Colonels tacked on two more in the third, recording an RBI double to left field and RBI single to right center to make it 3-0.
WKU tied things up in the fourth frame, with an RBI groundout by Brett Blomquist and two-RBI single by Meyer putting the score at 3-3.
Eastern Kentucky jumped back ahead in the fifth, using an RBI single and RBI triple to pull ahead 5-3.
The Colonels added another run in the sixth inning, recording an RBI single to left field to make it 6-3.
WKU added its last run of the game in the seventh, with a bases-loaded walk by Justin Carlin scoring Tristin Garcia, but the squad was unable to put any more offense together from there, leading to the eventual 6-4 defeat.
UP NEXT
The Hilltoppers will host Illinois for a three-game series beginning at 3 p.m. CT on Friday, March 11 at Nick Denes Field.
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