B-CU Comes Up Big to Halt FIU Rally in 5-4 Win

MIAMI, Fla. - The Wildcats came out on top earning the 5-4 win against FIU on Wednesday.

Jordan Dailey picked up the save on the mound, with assistance from B-CU's defense, including a diving catch in the outfield for Brashad Johnson, allowing the Wildcats to hold on for the win.

Emmanuel Castro put up the first run for the Wildcats, stealing home on a DJ Leonard sacrifice bunt. The Wildcats scored in three consecutive innings to take a three-run lead as Paul Biocic and Alejandro Sanchez used an FIU throwing error to turn a Ryan Durrence infield shot into two RBI in the third, and Brashad Johnson batted in Leonard in the fourth.

The Wildcats got their fifth and final run in the top of the sixth as Leonard batted in Castro for another run with a single to second base.

Solid B-CU defense held the Panthers to just a single run until the seventh inning, as the Wildcats showed excellent performances on the mound. As the game went into crunch time, FIU started to make noise offensively, taking advantage of B-CU errors, scoring two in the seventh.

Starter Julio Morales (1-0) finished with four strikeouts in the win, while Dailey closed out the game for his fourth save of the season.

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Hornets Fall Short To Towson

Dover, Del. (Apr. 6, 2011) --- Delaware State left 13 on base, including three in the bottom of the ninth inning, in a 4-3 loss to Towson at Soldier Field this afternoon.

The Hornets trailed 4-3 when Scott Davis doubled to lead off the bottom of the ninth. After Christian Duclos came in to pitch for Towson, Ryan Haas reached base on a fielder's choice to put DSU runners on third and first with none out.

Duclos struck out the next two batters, Aaron Nardone and Cameron Cecil, to give the Hornets two outs. Justin Allen, a pinch runner for Haas, stole second on the strike out to Cecil. Towson intentionally walked the next batter, Eddie Sorondo, to load the bases. Duclos then retired Tony Gatto on a foul pop to first baseman Austin Harclerode to end the game.

Tyler Bugna (3-1) pitched three innings of relief to earn the win, while Duclos recorded his first save for the Tigers. Starter Elliot Gardner (1-3) took the loss for Delaware State.

Hernandez, Davis and DJ Miller had two hits each for Delaware State, which fell to 13-16 this season. Towson improved to 12-16-1.

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Camels Outlast Diamond Eagles In Twinbill Sweep

DURHAM, N.C.  (NCCUEaglePride.com) -North Carolina Central dropped both contests 8-2 and 15-1 against Campbell while managing just ten combined hits on the afternoon.

The Camels jumped in front in the top of the first inning following a Jimmy Brenneman walk and stolen base, which led to back-to-back doubles by Josh Holskey and Alan Denman for Campbell to take a 2-0 advantage.  Denman finished game one 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI.

Campbell got its only other earned run of the first contest in the third inning when Brenneman walked and stole two more bases followed up by a Holskey RBI groundout putting the Camels up 3-0.

For the next three innings despite getting runners on base, Russell and the Eagle defense kept the Camels off the board until NCCU finally made its move in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Starting pitcher freshman Jacob Russell who threw by far his best ballgame as an Eagle going six and one-thirds innings and allowed only three earned runs.

Game two was never in doubt for Campbell as the Camels scored four runs in both the first and second inning to take an 8-0 lead and never looked back.  CU recorded six hits including Denman's third double of the day.

Down 8-0, NCCU finally got on the board in the third inning thanks to a Ross Plummer single to left field which drove in freshman Dylan Drayton cutting the Camel advantage to 8-1.

That was the last run the Eagles would manage on the day on racking up a season-low four hits in the loss. 

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Wright Leads ODU Past NSU, 13-5

NORFOLK, Va. - Josh Wright went 3-for-4 with a triple, homer and four RBI to lead Old Dominion to a 13-5 win over visiting Norfolk State on Wednesday evening at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex.

The Monarchs (15-16) outhit NSU (10-17) 15-12 and strung together three innings of at least three runs to fend off NSU. Chris Warren went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, and James Taylor knocked in two runs for the Spartans.

The Spartans tied the game at 1-all in the top of the fourth. Brandon Hairston led off with a double and scored on Warren's two-out single.

But the Monarchs scored eight runs in their next two innings. Wright hit a two-run homer in the fourth, while Kenny Stoneback's two-run single highlighted ODU's five-run, six-hit bottom of the fifth.

The Spartans fought back with four runs of their own in the top of the sixth. Chris Joyce led off with a solo home run, his first of the year. With two outs, Taylor knocked in Warren and Sammy Serafine with a single, and Taylor came around to score on a John Rasberry single to cut NSU's deficit to 9-5.

But ODU scored once more in the seventh and three times in the eighth to account for the final margin.

Joe Haumacher (1-2) earned the win for ODU despite allowing seven hits and five runs in 5.2 innings. Chasse Kyriacou (0-1) took the loss for the Spartans, allowing three hits and four runs - three earned - in four innings. He walked three and struck out four.

For the complete story, visit www.nsuspartans.com

Other MEAC scores:

Saint Peter's 5, UMES 1
Saint Peter's 5, UMES 3
Savannah State 1, Edward Waters 0
Savannah State 8, Edward Waters 5