The Kentucky State University baseball team scored nine of their 10 runs with two outs as the Thorobreds claimed their home opener with a 10-7 non-conference victory over Cedarville at Alumni Field.
KSU took the lead with four runs in the second, extended its lead to 6-2 in the third and added five runs in the fourth. A single run in the sixth inning capped the Kentucky State scoring.
Kentucky State (6-2) resumes its four-game weekend homestand 2 p.m. Saturday, hosting Salem University.
THE MOMENT THAT MATTERED
After falling behind 0-2, sophomore
Jace Wilson (Shepherdsville, Ky.) had an 11-pitch at-bat to drive home a pair of two-out runs in the bottom of the third inning that pushed the KSU lead to 6-2. Cedarville had trimmed the margin to 4-2 with a pair of runs in the top half of the inning. Wilson finished 2-for-4 with a team-high three RBI.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Senior Kevin Givhan (Chicago, Ill.) reached on his first four at-bats and was 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
- Freshman Kelton Saylor (Rossville, Ind.) went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI.
- Sophomore Josh Graves (Springfield, Ky.) and sophomore Aram Kumar (Georgetown, Ky.) had extra-base hits for Kentucky State.
- Sophomore Dashawn Hureskin, 2-0, (Benton Harbor, Mich.) picked up his second win of the season, allowing four runs – one earned – in five innings of work. He yielded four hits with six strikeouts.
- Freshman Damion Strong (Nashville, Tenn.) earned his first career save with a scoreless ninth.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Kentucky State went 6-of-14 (.429) with four walks with two outs.
- Only two of the seven runs allowed, thanks to four errors, were earned.
- Seven of the nine batters crossed the plate for the Thorobreds.
- Junior Dom Lawson (Bloomfield, Ky.) and senior Chance Egnor (Shepherdsville, Ky.) each walked three times.
