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Brad Laux
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Western Illinois WIU 6-23, 2-8 OVC
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Winner Morehead State MOR 18-15, 5-5 OVC
Western Illinois WIU
6-23, 2-8 OVC
6
Final
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Morehead State MOR
18-15, 5-5 OVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Illinois WIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 9 0
Morehead State MOR 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 X 10 14 2

W: HELTON, Luke (6-2) L: Buhl, Jason (1-6)

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Winner Western Illinois WIU 7-23, 3-8 OVC
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Morehead State MOR 18-16, 5-6 OVC
Winner
Western Illinois WIU
7-23, 3-8 OVC
6
Final
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Morehead State MOR
18-16, 5-6 OVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Illinois WIU 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 10 0
Morehead State MOR 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 2

W: Kapraun, Tyler (2-3) L: OWENS, Carter (2-3) S: Kratz, Caden (7)

Game Recap: Baseball | | WIU Athletic Communications

Western Illinois Splits the First Two Games of Weekend Series with Morehead State

MACOMB, IL – Western Illinois split the first two games of their weekend series, with Morehead State falling 10-6 in game one before winning game two 6-4. Western Illinois picks up their third win in OVC play and seventh on the season.

With a chance of rain on Friday night, Western Illinois got through the first seven and a half innings before play was suspended until Saturday morning. The Leathernecks found themselves down 10-0 heading into the seventh inning on Friday night before they put together a little rally. Chris Hege started the seventh with a single to second base. Trevor Leon was hit by a pitch, putting the first two base runners on. After a flyout, Liam Bushey wore a pitch, loading the bases. Cesar Franco put Western Illinois in the scoring column as he lined a ball down the right field line for a ground rule double. The double brought in a pair of runs, and J.R. Heavilin capped off the three-run inning with a single through the left side, scoring Bushey. The Leathernecks would not plate any more runs on Friday as the rain started to pour.

Game one resumed Saturday morning, and the Friday night showers did not slow down Western Illinois. The Leathernecks found the run column in the eighth inning with three runs. Hege started the scoring rally once again with a one-out double. Leon traded places with him as WIU cut the deficit to six, 10-4. Liam Bushey was hit by the pitch for the second straight time and came around to score on a Franco double as Western Illinois trailed by four 10-6. The Leatherneck's bats ran out of steam as they fell in game one 10-6.

WIU kept on the offensive pressure heading into game two. Trailing 1-0 in the third inning, J.R. Heavilin went deep to left field, giving WIU a 2-1 lead. Adam Juran came around to score after reaching on an error. The Leathernecks lead did not last long as Morehead State countered with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning.

Once again trailing by one, Western Illinois found offensive magic to put up a crooked number on the scoreboard. Back-to-back singles by Hege and Leon started the fourth inning. After an out, Bushey walked as WIU loaded the bases. Franco stated that the patient was at the plate, working a full-count walk to score Hege, tying the game at three. The Leathernecks were not done as Juran brought home Bushey and Leon with a two-run single to left field as WIU reclaimed a 5-3 lead.

After the Eagles trimmed the Leatherneck lead down to one at the bottom of the fourth, WIU responded with an insurance run in the fifth. A leadoff single by Kyree Alexander started the half-inning. He moved 90 feet on a sacrifice bunt and came around to score as Leon earned the RBI single.

Western Illinois pitching staff locked down the Eagles offense in game two. Tyler Kapraun got the start going five innings, allowing just four runs while striking out seven. After the fifth inning, it was the bullpen turn. Jacob Greenen, Mason Telford, Kyle Rosenfeld, and Caden Kratz combined to shut out the Eagles over the next four innings. Kratz picked up his seventh save of the year.

J.R. Heavilin had a phenomenal start to his weekend. The graduate senior went 4-10 (.400) with a double, homerun and three RBI's. Adam Juran, Cesar Franco, and Trevor Leon all had a multiple-hit game. After only working one walk in the first game, Western Illinois stayed patient and worked six walks. The Leathernecks tallied seven extra-base hits throughout the first two games.

Western Illinois and Morehead State wrap up their three-game set tomorrow, with the first pitch scheduled for noon.
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