CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Coppin State's baseball team fell at Charlotte, 14-4, in the rubber game of a three-game series at Hayes Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Basics
- Final Score: Coppin State 4, Charlotte 14
- Records: Coppin State (6-5), Charlotte (8-7)
- Location: Charlotte, N.C. (Hayes Stadium)
- Series History: Charlotte Leads, 6-1
How It Happened
- Both teams went down in order in the first but Charlotte put a three spot on the board off starting pitcher Aaron Rea in the second. The 49ers put together four hits in the inning with back-to-back doubles driving in runs.
- Coppin finally got to Charlotte pitcher Carson Pinkey in the fourth as Erik Crossman drove in a run with a single. Scoring on the play was Nazier McIlwain who singled and got to third on Justin Banks' single.
- Charlotte got the run back in the fourth to take a 4-1 lead but Matt Day hit his second home run of the series in the fifth, cutting the deficit in half at 4-2.
- Three hits led to two 49ers runs in the fifth and that would do it for Rea on the mound.
- Charlotte scored two more in the sixth off Jonathan Rice but Coppin got one of the runs back in the seventh thanks in large part to back-to-back singles by Crossman and Carlos Alviarez to start the inning.
- The 49ers got three more runs in the seventh off Matt Urban to take an 11-3 lead and added two more off relief pitcher Corey Treyes in the eighth.
- CSU fought for a run in the ninth as Crossman reached on a fielder's choice and scored after a single by Alviarez and a wild pitch.
Inside the Numbers
Up Next: Coppin goes on the road to face Georgetown University on Wednesday, March 13 at 3 pm in its final test before open MEAC play against Maryland Eastern Shore at Joe Cannon Stadium on March 15-17.
