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Jacobs Breaks School Record On-Base Streak as Baseball Sweeps Austin Peay

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In the final game of the regular season Saturday, the Morehead State baseball teamed continued their winning ways with a 13-5 victory over Austin Peay, sweeping the Governors in Clarksville for the first time in program history. Morehead State will play the winner of Tennessee Tech and Murray State, who will play an elimination game Wednesday prior to playing the Eagles at 7:30 p.m. ET at Wild Health Field in Lexington. The Eagles took two of three from both the Golden Eagles and the Racers earlier in 2022.

During the sixth inning explosion, Alex Jacobs (1-4, HR, 2 RBI) drew a walk, breaking Reid Leonard's school record on-base streak of 50 games set in 2018. Jacobs has reached safely in 51 straight games and 52 of 53 overall in 2022. The graduate student left fielder has been an essential cog in the machine that is the Morehead State offense this season, finishing up the regular season with a .364 batting average and five home runs.

The Eagles fell behind early in the first, as Austin Peay perfectly executed the hit-and-run on an RBI double from Jack Alexander. Just as they did in the prior two games, the Eagles quickly got the run back on a RBI groundout from Isaias Guzman.

In the third inning, Roman Kuntz put the Eagles on top with his ninth home run of the season, a solo shot to make the score 2-1 in favor of MSU. APSU tied the game in the bottom half on a two-out RBI single by Ty Alexander. Isaias Guzman continued his big day at the plate with an RBI double in the fourth to give the Eagles a 3-2 lead. The Govs wouldn't go away; however, as a two-run homer put them on top 4-3 after four innings.

A scoreless fifth inning passed before the Eagles put up seven runs with two outs in the top of the sixth. After the first two batters were retired, Colton Becker reached on an error and Isaias Guzman (2-3, 2B, RBI) drew a walk, and both men scored on Brody Shoupe's second home run of the season. Ryley Preece then walked and stole second and then third on a walk from Jackson Feltner and scored on Roman Kuntz's RBI single. Jacobs drew his record-breaking walk, and Nick Gooden stepped in to clear the bases with a three-run double to give the Eagles a 10-4 lead.

A run crossed for each side in the seventh inning before Alex Jacobs smashed a no doubt two-run homer to right field to give the Eagles a 13-5 lead they held until the end.

Alex Kafka got the start and held the Govs to two runs. With the win, the Eagles (27-26, 14-10 OVC) have finished above the .500 mark in eight straight seasons (2020 season not counted due to COVID). Will Grimmett, Zach Miller (W, 1-0), Sam Replogle, and Trevor Callahan assisted Kafka in shutting down the Govs.

By Hunter Hurst, Morehead State Athletic Media Relations