Morehead State Preview

The games on Thursday and Saturday will both be streamed on ESPN+.  

Live audio play-by-play of all three games of the series will be broadcast on the Bruin Sports Network, and live stats will be available at BelmontBruins.com. 

What's Bruin 

• Belmont began a stretch of nine straight road games with their contest against No. 24 Alabama on Tuesday in Tuscaloosa, the longest stretch of road games this season 

• Belmont kept Tuesday's game close throughout, and brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning, but fell, 3-1, for their second loss on the season to a top-25 opponent 

• At 21-12, Belmont is off to their best record through 33 games since 2013 

• The Bruins are out to a 7-2 start in conference play, with series wins over their first three Ohio Valley Conference opponents (2-1 over Austin Peay, 3-0 over Murray State, 2-1 over Tennessee Tech) 

• In Belmont's lone road conference series this season, they swept Murray State in three games across April 1-3, outscoring the Racers 34-13 

• With a win on Thursday, the Bruins would match their best start to conference play since 2019, when they began OVC action 8-2 

• Senior closer Kyle Brennan is currently tied for the most saves in the country with 11 on the season. The native of Franklin, Tenn., is the program's all-time leader in career saves, with 28. 

• Belmont's projected rotation this weekend will be: RHP Joshua South (4-1, 5.44 ERA) on Thursday, LHP Andy Bean (5-1, 3.92 ERA) on Friday, and LHP Jalen Borders (2-2, 2.62 ERA) on Saturday. 

• Bean, a sophomore from Fisherville, Tenn., was named OVC Co-Pitcher of the Week on April 11 after throwing eight strong innings with seven strikeouts and just one run allowed against Tennessee Tech in a series-clinching 4-1 win last Saturday 

• In three conference starts, Borders is 1-1 with a 1.65 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 16.1 innings 

• Belmont is currently 7th in the nation in fielding percentage (.984) and 9th in the nation in stolen bases (70) 

• Guy Lipscomb is currently 2nd in the country in stolen bases (28), and is two stolen bases shy of tying Matt Reynolds for the most stolen bases in a single season in program history (30, 2005) 

• In addition to stolen bases, Lipscomb currently leads the team in batting average (.391), on-base percentage (.478), slugging percentage (.539), hits (45), and triples (3). 

• Leadoff hitter Carson Shacklett has been outstanding at the plate, hitting .364 with a sparkling .461 on-base percentage while playing stellar defense in left field 

• As the weather has gotten warmer, so too has the bat of John Behrends, who is hitting .400 in conference play with 4 doubles and 9 RBIs 

• Tommy Crider has two multi-homer games this season (March 9 vs. Evansville, April 2 at Murray State), and Brodey Heaton has one multi-homer game this season (April 1 at Murray State) 

• The 2022 season marks the final OVC campaign for Belmont, as the university will join the Missouri Valley Conference effective July 1, 2022 

• Head coach Dave Jarvis recorded his 1,000th career victory on Feb. 23 with an 11-1 victory over Middle Tennessee 

About the Eagles 

• Morehead State has won nine consecutive home series dating back to 2020 

• Morehead State is out to a 4-2 start in conference play with series wins over Murray State and Tennessee Tech. The Eagles hosted Presbyterian this past weekend and won two out of three 

• Morehead State is coming off a 13-4 loss at home to Northern Kentucky on Tuesday 

• The 2021 OVC Freshman of the Year, first baseman Jackson Feltner was a Preseason All-American and was the Preseason OVC Player of the Year 

• Morehead State is 3rd in the OVC in batting average (.286) and 6th in team ERA (5.57) 

• Mik Aoki is in his third season as the head coach (43-49) 

Series History 

• Belmont is 38-13 against Morehead State, with all 51 meetings coming since 1998 

• The two teams met during the final weekend of the regular season in 2021, with the Bruins taking two out of three games at E.S. Rose Park 

• Jackson Campbell walked off the Eagles in Game 1 of the series last season, and Brodey Heaton walked off the Eagles in Game 2 of the series 

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