SALISBURY, Md. – Coppin State's baseball team got 13 base hits in an 8-1 victory in the rubber game of a three-game MEAC series at Maryland Eastern Shore Sunday afternoon at Perdue Stadium.
The Basics
- Final Score: Coppin State 8, Maryland Eastern Shore 1
- Records: Coppin State (16-12, 9-3 MEAC), Maryland Eastern Shore (9-26, 3-9 MEAC)
- Location: Salisbury, Md. (Perdue Stadium)
Inside the Numbers
- Nazier McIlwain was one of four Coppin players with two base hits and he also drove in a pair of draws and drew a walk. Erik Crossman, Corey Treyes and Conner Walker also had multi-hit games.
- Six different Eagles were credited with at least one RBI.
- Devin Rivera Ozuna improved to 5-1 on the year, allowing no runs on three hits while striking out six in 6.0 innings. Bradley Tuttle allowed a run while retiring just one batter before Corey Treyes retired all eight batters he faced, including striking out the side in the eighth.
How It Happened
- After a pair of scoreless frames, Coppin scored a pair of runs in both the third and fourth innings. The Eagles loaded the bases after two singles sandwiched a walk and Nazier McIlwain drove in Justin Banks and Erik Crossman with a two-out single up the middle.
- CSU extended the lead to 4-0 after an RBI double by Conner Walker and a single by Matt Day.
- Maryland Eastern Shore threatened to score in the sixth, putting two runners on but Devin Rivera Ozuna got the Hawks to ground into a double play to get out of the jam and finish his day with six scoreless innings.
- Coppin put three more runs on the board in the seventh to take a 7-0 lead with RBI hits by Carlos Alviarez and Corey Treyes, before an error allowed Alviarez to touch home.
- Treyes relieved Bradley Tuttle with the bases loaded and one out and got a pair of groundouts to limit UMES to just one run.
- Devyan Dyal drove in a run in the eighth to get the lead back to 8-1 which scored Day from third after the freshman walked, stole second and got to third on a sac bunt by Brandon Watkins.
- Treyes struck out all three Hawk batters in the eighth and got a pair of groundouts in the ninth to give Coppin another MEAC series victory.
Up Next: Coppin begins a five-game home-stand, starting with Georgetown coming to town on Wednesday, April 10 at 3 pm. Following the midweek clash, the Eagles host MEAC rival Delaware on April 12-14.
