Morehead State Eagles Baseball Drop Game One of Grambling Series

GRAMBLING, Louisiana  -- The Morehead State baseball team dropped a 5-2 decision to Grambling State on Friday night in the opening contest of a three-game weekend series at Ellis Field.

The Tigers improve to 1-4 this season, while the Eagles fall to 2-4. Each team registered eight hits i

"I told the guys we didn't deserve to win tonight, because we didn't do the little things right," Head Coach Mike McGuire said. "We hit too many weak ground balls, and had trouble finishing innings on the mound."

GSU senior righty Edvaradas Matusevicius (1-1), who picked up the win, allowed eight hits and only two runs in 6.2 innings. MSU junior right-hander Matt Anderson (0-2) was saddled with the loss, despite allowing only six hits in 6.1 innings.

Grambling State struck first, plating one in the bottom of the second on an RBI from junior catcher Roger Diaz.

Morehead State junior shortstop Robby Spencer evened things in the top of the fifth when he drove in junior first baseman Kane Sweeney on an RBI single. The Tigers plated two in the bottom half of the inning, on two hits and an MSU error, to retake the lead, 3-1.

The teams traded runs in the sixth, MSU's coming on a sacrifice fly from junior center fielder Clayton Meyer, before another in the eighth for GSU to put away the victory.

Senior designated hitter Bobby Burns and junior right fielder Brandon Rawe both went 2-for-4, and were the only Eagles to register multiple hits in the contest.

Game two of the series is set for Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, with the start time of Sunday's finale moved up one hour to 1 p.m.

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