GAME 28: Eastern Kentucky 4, Tennessee State 0
GAME 29: Eastern Kentucky 9, Tennessee State 5
RECORDS: TSU (8-21, 4-17), Eastern Kentucky (24-9, 15-4)
FIELD: Gertrude Hood Field
LOCATION: Richmond, Ky.
WEATHER: Partly Sunny, 68


RICHMOND, Ky. --- Tennessee State has dropped the first four games of its 12 game road trip. TSU fell 4-0 and 9-5 on Sunday afternoon at Eastern Kentucky.

The Tigers were shutout in game one and did not cross home plate in the first four innings of game two, to extend their scoreless skid to 22 frames. The stretch began with a pair of shutout losses at Belmont on Wednesday.

Trailing 8-0 after four innings in game two, the Tigers used a Kayli Mothershed home run to extend the contest to the sixth. In that frame the Big Blue sent nine batters to the plate, including the potential game tying run.

Renae Spears and Mothershed drove in a run each with bases loaded singles while Bri Vire earned a walk to push the third run of the inning across home plate.

The Colonels scratched a run back in the bottom of the sixth to hold a 9-4 lead heading into the final inning. TSU challenged in the seventh as they picked up a run on another RBI single by Spears. 

EKU would close out the game stranding two Tigers on base.

In game one, TSU was held hitless until Lauren Farias picked up a base knock with two outs in the third. The Tigers would continue to put runners on base over the final four innings, but could never advance a runner past second.

GAME 1

• The first eight Tigers were retired before Lauren Farias collected the first hit with a single to right field.
• TSU put two runners on in each of the final three innings, but never advance a runner past second base.
• EKU scored a run in the bottom of the first inning and it was all they would need.
• The Colonels added three more runs in the fourth off starter Francys King.
• King gave up the four runs on four hits and two walks while striking out one.
• The freshman is now 3-3 on the season.
• Lauren Powell relieved King and worked the final 2.2 innings, striking out four.
• Powell surrendered two hits and a walk in the contest.

GAME 2

• The Colonels opened the scoring with a run in the first and second innings.
• EKU looked to end the game early with six runs in the fourth to take an 8-0 lead.
• Most of the damage was done off starter Raven Loveless who gave up seven runs, six earned, on seven hits as she fanned four.
• Loveless sat down the first two batters in the fourth before EKU pieced together five straight hits.
• King entered and was greeted rudely by a home run, then settled into to end the frame with a strikeout.
• TSU put runners on in three of the first four innings, but like game one, no runner advanced past second.
• Kayli Mothershed extended the game for the Tigers with a solo home run to left field.
• In the sixth inning the Big Blue sent nine batters to the plate.
• With bases loaded, Renae Spears and Mothershed generated back-to-back RBI singles.
• Two batters later, Bri Vire earned a walk to bring home another run to make the score 8-4 and bring the tying run to the plate.
• TSU left the bases juiced and found themselves down 9-4 after EKU responded with a run in their half of the inning.
• Spears delivered another RBI single in the seventh to keep the Tigers hopes alive at 9-5.
• But the game would end with the equalizer on deck.
• Loveless fell to 2-11 on the year.

UP NEXT:
The Tigers will play the final game of the three-game series with Eastern Kentucky on Monday at 12:00 p.m. CT.

NOTES:

• The Tigers wore their white jerseys with blue pants and white socks.
• Savanah Wallace was hit by a pitch twice in game two, giving her 10 her career.
• Wallace ties Tedra Alford (2010-13), Tayler Shimizu (2012-15) and Jennifer Givens (2012-13) for eighth in Tiger history for being hit by a pitch.
• Renae Spears registered her fifth multiple hit game of the season with a three hit performance in the night cap.
• In game one, Marisa Mauroschadt recorded her fourth multi hit game while Kayli Mothershed picked up her fourth in game two.