LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Interstat) — Pedro Moreno drove in five runs, including a fourth-inning grand slam, and Eastern Kentucky defeated Bellarmine 9-4 on Sunday at Knights Field to complete a three-game ASUN sweep.

Moreno finished 2 for 4 with a home run and five RBIs, while Jacob Price threw six innings of no-hit ball for the Colonels, who improved to 17-37 overall. Bellarmine fell to 19-34.

Eastern Kentucky took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Jackson Cauthron doubled to right center, scoring Ricco Longo, who had led off with a bunt single. The Colonels added four more runs in the fourth, highlighted by Moreno’s grand slam to left center off Bellarmine starter Chase Chamberlain. The blast scored Cauthron, Julius Scearce and Kobe Benson, putting Eastern Kentucky ahead 5-0.

The Colonels extended the lead in the fifth. Longo singled, advanced on a walk and a groundout, and Moreno drew a bases-loaded walk to force in a run. After a pitching change, David Alvarez was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, scoring another run to make it 7-0.

Eastern Kentucky added two unearned runs in the sixth. Longo singled, moved to third on a fielding error by the shortstop, and Scearce doubled to right center, scoring Longo and Cauthron for a 9-0 advantage.

Bellarmine broke through in the bottom of the sixth against Price. AJ Swader singled, Luke Scales doubled, and Eli Watson was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Bryce Anderson’s sacrifice fly scored Swader, and Nick Gnardellis singled up the middle to drive in Scales, cutting the deficit to 9-2.

The Knights rallied again in the seventh. After a double by Charlie Rife and a walk to Swader, Scales walked to load the bases. Watson singled up the middle, driving in Swader and Rife, pulling Bellarmine within 9-4. But reliever Gavin Faulkner entered and struck out Anderson to end the inning. Faulkner pitched two scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out two.

Eastern Kentucky’s offense collected 12 hits, with Longo going 4 for 5 and Cauthron adding two hits and an RBI. Scearce had two hits and two RBIs. Price earned the win, striking out four while allowing two earned runs on zero hits over six innings. He walked four.

Bellarmine had 11 hits, led by Watson’s 2-for-4 day with two RBIs. Scales went 3 for 4 with a double and a run. Cade Rusch pitched three scoreless innings of relief for the Knights, allowing three hits and striking out two. Bellarmine starter Chase Chamberlain took the loss, yielding five runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings.

Eastern Kentucky had won the first two games of the series, 11-3 on Friday and 16-11 on Thursday, after dropping three games at home to Bellarmine in April. The Colonels entered the weekend having lost seven of their previous eight games.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Eastern Kentucky 7, Bellarmine 2, and its ELO system gave the Colonels a 52.00 percent probability to win.