NORFOLK, Va. – Coppin State baseball fell 4-2 to Norfolk State University on Friday, April 21
st at Marty L. Miller Field. The Eagles fall to 9-24 overall record and 6-10 in the MEAC.
The Eagles finished with four hits by junior
Brett Helmbrecht, junior
Andres Santana, senior
Clinton Arnold and junior
John Bonanca against the Spartans.
Sophomore pitcher
Krystian Negron (1-3) struck out five batters in 6.0 innings on the mound with a pair of walks. Norfolk State scored one run in the first inning and three in the sixth inning.
Coppin State scored their only runs in the second inning on three hits.
Brett Helmbrecht had his fourth double of the season and then
Andres Santana followed with an RBI double which was his third of the season scoring
Helmbrecht. Arnold was next and has CSU's third consecutive hit with a single to left field bringing in Santana.
The Spartans finished with five hits and held on for a win in game one of the weekend series against Coppin State. The teams will meet for a doubleheader on Saturday, April 22
nd at Marty L. Miller Field.
