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Baseball Rallies, Uses Late Offensive Push to Earn First Victory of 2023

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HOOVER, Ala. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University baseball pushed 10 runs across in its final two trips to the plate to secure its first victory of the 2023 season, a come-from-behind, 13-9 win over Northern Kentucky University today, Feb. 19, at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

Down 5-1 heading into the bottom half of the sixth inning, Eastern Michigan (1-2, 0-0 MAC) put forth its best at-bats of the young season between the sixth and eighth innings, scoring 12 runs en route to the victory. Northern Kentucky (2-1, 0-0 Horizon) retook the lead, 9-8, in the top half of the eighth, but could not slow down the red-hot EMU offense.