Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Kentucky State University baseball team split a non-conference doubleheader with Oakland City Saturday at Alumni Field. The Thorobreds dropped the opener, 3-1, before exploding for an 18-3 victory in the night cap.

Kentucky State (12-4-1) returns to Alumni Field noon Sunday for another non-conference doubleheader with the Mighty Oaks. Sophomore Solomon Reed (Cincinnati, Ohio) will start the first game of the doubleheader, while the starter for the nightcap is yet to be determined.

COACHES COMMENTS
"We had a pretty good approach all day today," said Kentucky State University head coach Rob Henry. "We just ran into a pitcher in game one who commanded multiple pitches for strikes and didn't walk anyone. Hats off to him for a great performance. We got on track early in game two and were able to stretch out that early lead behind some timely hitting in the middle innings. We had five players with at least two hits and that was the key to getting our offense going. Dashawn and Brady both pitched well and gave us a chance to win both games."

GAME ONE: OAKLAND CITY 3, KENTUCKY STATE 1
Kentucky State scattered 10 hits and all of the runs were scored in the third inning as the Thorobreds fell to Oakland City, 3-1, in the opener.

THE MOMENT THAT MATTERED
A double play in the seventh inning short circuited a potential rally as the first two runners reached on a sophomore Jace Wilson (Shepherdsville, Ky.) double and senior Kevin Givhan (Chicago, Ill.) bunt single.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Givhan and junior Dom Lawson (Bloomfield, Ky.) combined for six of Kentucky State's 10 hits, both going 3-for-4. Givhan recorded a run scored and Lawson ripped a double.
Freshman Kelton Saylor (Rossville, Ind.) had the team's only RBI, while Wilson was 2-for-3 with a double.

Sophomore Dashawn Hureskin, 3-1 (Benton Harbor, Mich.) surrendered three earned runs on just four hits in seven innings of work with nine strikeouts.

BRED BITS
It's the fifth time, and the second straight game, Kentucky State recorded double-digit hits.

The nine strikeouts were the second most for Hureskin this season.

GAME TWO: KENTUCKY STATE 18, OAKLAND CITY 3
Kentucky State scored in four of their six at-bats and scored a season-high 18 runs in the Thorobreds' 18-3 victory in the nightcap of the twinbill.

THE MOMENT THAT MATTERED
The first seven batters reached in the bottom of the fourth inning and when the dust finally cleared, Kentucky State led 11-2.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Junior Adren Thompson (Lexington, Ky.) was 3-for-3 with two doubles, two runs scored, a walk and three RBI.

Senior Chance Egnor (Shepherdsville, Ky.) was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a team-high tying four RBI. Junior Jared Pierce (Lexington, Ky.) was 2-for-4 with a run scored and team-high tying four RBI.

Redshirt freshman Trey Walker (Farmington Hills, Mich.) recorded the second multi-hit game of his career, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Wilson scored a career-high four runs with two hits and an RBI, while Lawson dented the plate three times with two hits and two RBI.

Senior Brady Bibbs, 3-1, (Hornersville, Mo.) allowed just one earned run, three total runs, on five hits with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.

BRED BITS
Six different players recorded multiple hits for the Thorobreds in the win.

Kentucky State has scored double figures five times this season. The 18 runs were the most since the Thorobreds scored 20 runs last season against Alice Lloyd.

Eight different players drew a walk in the game and six different players scored multiple runs.

Every starter tallied at least one hit and scored at least one run in the victory.