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The 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship got underway on Wednesday with two games.
The first game of the day saw No. 4 Morehead State top No. 5 seed Tennessee Tech in 12 innings. In the second game of the day No. 3 Austin Peay topped No. 6 Belmont 12-7.
This season marks the 38th time the event has been held and the seventh year in a row it has been held at The Ballpark at Jackson (formerly Pringles Park) in Jackson, Tennessee. The venue is home of the Jackson Generals, the AA-affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.
The entire tournament is being streamed live and free of charge on the
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Game 1: #4 Morehead State 3, #5 Tennessee Tech 2 (12 innings)
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Game 2: #3 Austin Peay 12, #6 Belmont 7
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#4 MOREHEAD STATE 3, #5 TENNESSEE TECH 2 (12)
JACKSON, Tenn. - In a game that saw almost five hours of weather delays, freshman shortstop Reid Leonard singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning to push Morehead State to a 3-2 victory.
The first game of the Championship started an hour and 14 minutes late due to rain that passed through the area. After the delay the teams each put up zeros through the first five innings. Tennessee Tech (31-23) struck first with Trevor Putzig sacrifice fly in the sixth inning.
After the top of the seventh inning was completed, a storm system passed through the area and delayed the game for three hours and 28 minutes. Tech would take on an insurance after the delay as Chris Brown smashed his 11th home run of the season in the eighth inning.
The big hit of the game cae in the bottom of the eighth as No. 9 hitter Braxton Morris hit a two-run home run (his first of the season to left-field) to tie the game.
Both teams would make big plays to keep the game scoreless until the bottom of the 12th when Leonard's hit plated pinch runner Jake Hammon.
Neither starting pitcher factored into the decision as each left the game after the lengthy rain delay. Matt Anderson struck out six in 6.1 innings for the Eagles while Michael Wood scattered just three hits over six frames before exiting.
Patrick McGuff (5-3) was credited with teh win after retiring the only batter he faced in the 12th. Tech's Travis Moths (2-3) suffered the loss.
#3 AUSTIN PEAY 12, #6 BELMONT 7
JACKSON, Tenn. - Alex Robles struck out nine over seven innings and Austin Peay used a six-run sixth inning in topping Belmont 12-7 on Wednesday at the OVC Baseball Championship.
In a game that was originally started to start at 5 p.m. but did not begin until 10 p.m., the Governors (29-21) netted 18 hits including scoring multiple runs in the second, fifth, sixth and eighth innings.
Garrett Copeland led the charge with three RBI while Ridge Smith had a team-high four hits. Eight of the nine APSU starters had at least one hit.
Robles (10-5) picked up his 10th victory of the season in allowing five hits and two earned runs. Aaron Quillen (5-5) suffered the loss after allowing four runs (two earned) in four innings.