Last season, Morehead State's baseball team shocked the college baseball world by defeating then No. 1 Louisville 5-2. 364 days later, the Eagles will look to do the same as they are set to travel to Louisville on Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET. The game will be available on ESPN+, and live stats will be available as well.
INSIDE THE GAME
2022 Records: Morehead State (3-5)/Louisville (4-3)
Louisville leads all-time series 42-32.
PROBABLE STARTERS (2022 STATISTICS)
Morehead State/Louisville
Trevor Callahan (0-0, 27.00 ERA)
NOTABLE
- Morehead State's victory over Louisville in 2021 was their first win against the Cardinals since 2000.
- Grant Herron received the first win of his collegiate career in that game, pitching two and two-thirds innings and striking out five Cardinals.
- Tuesday will be freshman pitcher and West Carter High School alumni Trevor Callahan's first ever collegiate start. Callahan was a standout for the Comets while in high school, posting an 8-4 record and 135 strikeouts in two seasons on the Varsity roster.
- Ryley Preece comes in swinging a hot bat after hitting two home runs against Canisius College this past weekend, his first two of the season. Preece ranks third on the team with a .321 batting average.
- Nick Gooden, who leads MSU with a .353 batting average, saw his first starts of the season over the weekend. He was a catalyst for the Morehead State offense as his leadoff double sparked an Eagles' comeback victory in game one of Saturday's doubleheader.
- Nick Gooden enters the week with a team-best six-game hitting streak.
- After reaching base in nearly an MSU record 36 straight games last season, sophomore first baseman Jackson Feltner has picked right back up, reaching safely at least once in all eight games this year. Alex Jacobs and Nick Gooden also have lofty reached-base streaks with six each.
- Head Coach Mik Aoki will be looking for the third victory of his career over the Louisville Cardinals, with his first coming while he was the coach at Notre Dame.
By Hunter Hurst, Morehead State Athletic Media Relations