Josh Moulton

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Keith Jackson collected four hits and four runs batted in as the Northern Kentucky University baseball team posted a 7-5 win over Bellarmine in the first game of a doubleheader.

Kory Lonergan walked four times and scored three runs for NKU, which jumped out to a 5-0 lead and held off a late Bellarmine rally. Bellarmine put runners on second and third with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, but NKU reliever Steve Thomas stopped the rally and struck out Ryan Kuhlman to end the game.

Conor McGeehan was 2-for-2 with an RBI in the opener for the Norse.

In the nightcap, Shawn O’Dell’s run-scoring single with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Bellarmine a 6-5 victory and a split of the doubleheader. O’Dell’s single down the right-field line plated Rusty Farris with the winning run.

Bellarmine scored three times in the bottom of the eighth to take a 5-4 lead, but a wild pitch enabled NKU’s Josh Moulton to score in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 5-5.

Moulton was 4-for-4 to lead NKU, which is 17-16 overall, 9-7 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Lonergan collected three hits, while Matt Wagers added two RBI.

NKU will hit the road for a four-game series at Missouri-St. Louis this Saturday and Sunday.

NORSE ADD UK TO SCHEDULE: NKU will play the University of Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. next Tuesday (April 19) at Lexington, Ky.