IU wins two of three against Morehead St.

After pounding the Morehead State Eagles in the first two games of the series, the IU baseball team dropped the third game of the series 8-7.

The Hoosiers fall to 21-11, while Morehead State improved to 17-18.

Sophomore Will Coursen-Carr started for IU but only went one inning after showing almost no control on the mound. He was replaced by sophomore Evan Bell, who also showed little control of his pitches, as he threw several wild pitches, one of which let in a run.

Junior Luke Harrison kept the game close until the eighth, where the Eagles pushed across three more runs to make it 8-3. The IU offense wasn’t able to get hits with runners in scoring position until the ninth where junior designated hitter Scott Donley hit a grand slam to bring IU within one.

Junior catcher Kyle Schwarber hit a two-run home run in the first inning, and the Hoosiers got a run on an error in the fifth.

IU plays host to Western Kentucky on Wednesday night. 

Andrew Vailliencourt