Temple Blanks Coppin State, 5-0BALTIMORE -- Three Temple pitchers combined to limit Coppin State to five hits and the Owls defeated the Eagles 5-0 on Wednesday at the Bachman Sports Complex.
The trio of Phil Gianakos, Zach Batchelor and Steve Visnic combined to hold the Eagles to five hits while striking out four batters.
Batchelor earned the victory as he went 5.0 innings and allowed two hits and Visnic picked up his second save of the season by pitching the final two innings.
Andrew Kiessling was the hard-luck loser for Coppin State as he went 7.0 innings and allowed nine hits and only two earned runs.
Ryan Ferguson and Daniel Dragos had three hits apiece for the Owls and Steve Nikorak, Henry Knabe, Jabair Khan and Ben Flanary drove in runs.
Chris Kashangaki led the Eagles with three hits, while Derek Richards and Jim Vagnier each had one hit.
The Eagles best opportunity to score came in the seventh inning.
With one out, Kashangaki lined a single to right and advanced to second when Vagnier reached on an error. Both runners moved up when Batchelor tried to pick off Kashangaki, but threw the ball into center field.
Batchelor was able to retire the next two Coppin State hitters and escaped the inning.
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Hornets Storm Back To Defeat Explorers
Phila., Pa. (Apr. 20, 2011) --- Delaware State overcame a 5-0 deficit en route to a 9-5 win over La Salle at Hank DeVincent Field this afternoon.
The Hornets began their comeback with four runs in the sixth inning. Justin Allen singled to lead off the inning. Allen advanced to second on a groundout by Keith Hernandez and moved to third on a single by Scott Davis.
After a walk to Ryan Haas loaded the bases, Aaron Nardone chased everyone home with a triple to left center to cut the Explorers' lead to 5-3.
The Hornets pulled to within 5-4 when Nardone scored on fly ball by Tony Gatto that was booted by La Salle left fielder Brendon Norton.
After La Salle failed to score in the bottom of the sixth, Delaware State pulled ahead with two runs in the seventh inning. Cameron Cecil walked to lead off the seventh and was sacrificed to second by Troy Drummond. Hernandez followed with a single to score Cecil and tie the game at 5-5. Hernandez advanced to second on a wild pitch and sped home on an infield single by Haas to give the Hornets a 6-5 lead.
Delaware State added a run in the eighth when Gatto walked to lead off the inning and later scored on a La Salle error.
The Hornets put two insurance runs on the board in the ninth inning. Haas tripled in Davis with the first run of the inning and Nardone collected his fourth RBI of the game on a grounder to score Haas and give DSU a 9-5 lead.
Hernandez and Haas had two hits each for the Hornets.
Delaware State's bullpen shutout La Salle on three hits over the last five innings. Derek Marshallsea, Tommy Dill, Chad Sturgeon, Jose Portela and Gatto each pitched a scoreless inning out of the pen for the Hornets. Dill (4-1) was credited with the win.
The Hornets have won three of their last four games to improve to 18-18 this season. La Salle fell to 20-15.
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Charlotte Walks To Mid-Week Victory Over Diamond Eagles
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Nine walks issued by the North Carolina Central pitching staff allowed the host Forty-Niners of Charlotte just enough of an opening to make the Eagles pay in the 8-1 win on Wednesday evening at Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
After a scoreless first inning, the No. 28 team in the nation Charlotte got the help they needed by freshman Jacob Russell who began the bottom of the second frame with two consecutive walks in which second baseman Corey Shaylor got the first of his extra base hits with a double down the left field line driving in the game's first two runs putting the Niners up 2-0. A second double of the inning by right fielder Justin Wilson drove in Shaylor and gave Charlotte the 3-0 lead.
With two outs in the third inning Russell got himself into trouble by walking Cory Tilton again and Shaylor made him pay with his third home run of the season to left field vaulting Charlotte to the 5-0 lead after three innings.
The 49ers scored more runs to take a 7-0 in the bottom of the fourth as Russell walked the bases loaded but junior Timothy Rennard came on in-relief and forced Tony Montalbano into a double play but the first run of the inning scored. The final run of the frame came off the bat of Justin Seager who doubled to drive in Justin Wilson.
Three Charlotte errors aided in NCCU scoring its only run of the game giving the Eagles 10 consecutive earned runs scored in the last three ballgames.
A stolen base by Shane Basen recorded the 49ers final run of the game in the home half of the sixth inning putting the contest at its final tally of 8-1.
NCCU (6-33) finished the night with seven hits scattered throughout the evening as Pegues led the way with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate.
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#20 Miami Uses the Long Ball to Get Past Bethune-Cookman 5-3
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Taking on the last of the 13-game road swing, the Wildcats headed south to take on #20 University of Miami. The Hurricanes hit a combined three home runs and used a big third inning to edge out the Wildcats, 5-3, at Alex Rodriguez Park.
The Wildcats struck first, putting a run on the board in the first, as Peter O'Brien hit one to third base to send Alejandro Sanchez home, taking the 1-0 lead in the opening frame.
The Hurricanes came back to tie, then move ahead in the second with back-to-back home runs by Harold Martinez and Brad Fieger, followed up with a UM RBI single to take a 3-1 lead before Bryan Rivera came in to close out the inning.
In the third, the Hurricanes tacked on another solo home run from Ronnie Rodriguez, but Emmanuel Castro was quick to make a response for the Wildcats, leading off the fourth by firing out a solo shot of his own.
Though B-CU held UM without a run for three, the Hurricanes were able to add another in the seventh, scoring an unearned run on a wild pitch to lead 5-2.
In the top of the eighth, facing a new pitcher for the Hurricanes, Castro got that run back on an RBI groundout to send David Lee home.
The Wildcats had an opportunity to rally in the ninth, working bases loaded with two outs, but a fly out ended the game in a 5-3 loss to the 20th ranked Hurricanes.
Despite the loss, reliever Rivera had a solid outing of 6.2 innings on the mound, allowing just a single earned run on four hits, with one walk and five strikeouts.
Sanchez hit 2-for-5 to lead the hitting for B-CU, but Castro's two RBI's held the Wildcats in keeping the score within striking distance. However, Sanchez was the only multi-hit Wildcat, and B-CU found problems with strikeouts again, tallying up 11 on the night.
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