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Richmond, KY \u2013 The Austin Peay State University (APSU) baseball team won its third Atlantic Sun Conference series after coming away with a 12-9 victory over Eastern Kentucky to close out the weekend series, Saturday, at Turkey Hughes Field in Richmond, Kentucky.<\/p>\n
Eastern Kentucky jumped on the board first with a two-run second inning following an RBI double and a sacrifice fly from the Colonels. The Governors, however, responded in the top of the third, scoring a pair of runs themselves. Both Governor runs came from sacrifice flies from senior Zion Taylor<\/a> and graduate Andres Matias<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Colonels would get their runs back and retake the lead with a three-run third, but not before Austin Peay tied it up in the fourth with an RBI single to left from redshirt junior Paris Pridgen<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Governors would take the lead for the first time in the game at the top of the fifth inning, which began with a bases-loaded wild pitch to score Matias. Freshman Houston Hebert<\/a> then proceeded to foul off three straight two-strike pitches before doubling to left field to clear the bases and put the Governors up by a run. In the bottom of the fifth, Eastern Kentucky\u2019s Khaleel Pratt homered to left center to tie the game.<\/p>\n Austin Peay State University would go on to score six more runs in the ballgame from the sixth inning on, with Taylor\u2019s two-RBI single being the game-winning hit in the top of the seventh inning.<\/p>\n Senior Gavin Alveti<\/a> picked up his first win of the season after throwing 1.1 innings and not allowing a run in his relief work.<\/p>\n