ATLANTA, GA – The Kentucky State baseball team opened Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action with a split with Morehouse Saturday.

GAME ONE: MOREHOUSE 9, KENTUCKY STATE 8
Morehouse scored five runs in the last inning and two-thirds, including a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning to record the 9-8 victory.

The Maroon Tigers recorded two singles and two hit batters to push a run across, and a then a fielder's choice brought home the tying run. Morehouse took the lead as two runs scored on a two-out error.

After a walk, double and hit batter had Kentucky State in business with bases loaded and nobody out. Senior Bryan Wilson (Chattanooga, TN) drew a bases loaded walk to pull the Thorobreds to within one. A bit of hard luck struck KSU as Kevin Givhan II (Chicago, IL) lined into a double play.

However, senior Russell Sims (Harrodsburg, KY) brought home the tying run with a two-out single.

A leadoff walk came back to haunt KSU in the bottom of the seventh. The runner moved to second on a groundout and to third on a wild pitch. After a groundout back to the mound almost brought the inning to an end, the winning run was scored via an infield single.

Sims led the Thorobreds, going 3-for-5 with an RBI, while Wilson was 2-for-3 with a home run and a season-high four RBI. Sophomore Adren Thompson (Lexington, KY) and sophomore Dom Lawson (Bloomfield, KY) had two hits each.

Senior Jordan Ransom, 0-1, (Ringgold, GA) was saddled with the loss, allowing one run in two-thirds of an inning. Senior Joe Crisp (Shelbyville, KY) allowed eight runs (six earned) on eight hits in six innings of work. He surrendered six walks with two strikeouts.

GAME TWO: KENTUCKY STATE 16, MOREHOUSE 2
Kentucky State scored in five of the seven innings, multiple runs in four of those five, in rebounding with the resounding 16-2 victory.

The Thorobreds tallied a single run in the first inning, two in the second and blew the game open with six runs in the third inning. They tacked on a three-spot in the fourth inning and concluded their scoring with four runs in the seventh inning.

Nine players factored into the team's 11 hits with Ransom taking the most advantage of his two hits, both homeruns. He finished with a career-high seven RBI with two runs scored. Lawson was the only other KSU player with multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI.

Thompson recorded three RBI for Kentucky State.

Junior Greg Tye, 4-0, (Chattanooga, TN) yielded just two runs, both in the seventh inning, on four hits in a complete-game effort. Tye tied a career-high with nine strikeouts with three walks.

Kentucky State (11-5-1 overall, 1-1 SIAC) concludes the four-game SIAC series with a doubleheader Sunday. Junior Brady Bibbs, 2-0, makes his third start of the season, while freshman Solomon Reed, 0-0, makes his first career start.