Wildcats Fall in Walk-Off Fashion At Florida International
MIAMI – Zach Files hit a walk-off, two-run home run Wednesday afternoon to lift homestanding FIU past Bethune-Cookman, 4-3 at FIU Baseball Stadium.
Two weeks after a decisive 21-8 decision in favor of FIU at Jackie Robinson Ballpark, Wednesday’s game would be the exact opposite, providing late drama that appeared in both games of the mid-week series between the two sides a season ago.
Bethune-Cookman (14-20) sent ace closer senior right-hander Clint Clymer to the hill in the bottom of the ninth, holding a 3-2 advantage.
After FIU left fielder Nick Day singled to open the bottom of the ninth, first baseman Zach Files drove a 1-1 pitch deep to right field for his third home run of the campaign. Thus, giving FIU (16-19) a walk-off 4-3 victory in the process.
The win was picked up by FIU’s Williams Durruthy, improving his record to 1-3 on the year. Meanwhile, Clymer took the loss to fall to 1-3 himself.
B-CU starter Donté Lindsay went just two innings, scattering five hits and allowing zero (0) runs and walking one with two strikeouts.
The B-CU offense was paced by Rakeem Quinn with a 3-for-4 performance, adding a run scored. Danny Rodriguez added three hits in five appearances, scoring once and driving in a run.
Bethune-Cookman returns to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play this weekend, welcoming Florida A&M for a three-game series at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex in Ormond Beach, Florida. The series begins with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 16, at 1 p.m.
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Fast Start Keys Midshipmen Past Hornets
DOVER, Del. --- Navy scored five runs in the first two innings and never looked back in a 16-4 win over Delaware State at Soldier Field.
Robert Currie and Sean Trent had three hits and three RBI each to lead the Midshipmen’s 17 hit attack. Six Navy hitters had at least two runs batted in, while five players collected two-or-more hits, Cameron Onderko had two hits and two RBI for Delaware State.
Navy starting pitcher Colin Brady (3-0) was the winning pitcher, while DSU starter Cole Davis (0-7) took the loss.
The Middies completed a two-game sweep of the Hornets this season to improve to 26-9-1, while the Hornets fell to 6-26.
Delaware State returns to MEAC play with a three-game series against Coppin State this weekend. The Hornets and Eagles will play a doubleheader on Saturday (Apr. 16) beginning at 12 p.m. and wrap up the series with a single game on Sunday at noon.
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Coppin State Falls in Shootout Against Fairleigh Dickinson
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Eagles and Knights totaled 59 runs in their final game of the mid-week series on Wednesday, April 13th at Joe Cannon Field. Coppin State fell in the end 35-24, highlighted by a pair of home runs by senior outfielder John Kraft and freshman infielder Jamar Criss.
Coppin State will travel to Dover for a weekend series against Delaware State University with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 16 beginning at 4:00 p.m. and a single game Sunday, April 17 at noon. All games will be played at Soldier Field.
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Aggies rally to knock off Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Right-hand reliever Leon Hunter, Jr., was strong out of the bullpen and sophomores Milton Rivera and Adan Ordonez came up with key RBI late to the lead North Carolina A&T State to a big 9-7 midweek win over the Charlotte 49ers Wednesday night at Hayes Stadium.
It was the Aggies first win over the 49ers since the 2006 season.
Senior Ryan Jantsch led the Aggies by going 2-for-5 with three RBI. Ordonez went 3-for-5 with two RBI while Rivera finished with a 2-for-4 night that included him scoring three times. Rivera’s hitting streak now stands at 20 games and he has reached base safely in his last 25 games.
The Aggies improved to 9-27 on the season as they head into a big weekend conference series in Durham against North Carolina Central with the first two games occurring on Saturday as a part of a 1 p.m., doubleheader.
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Duke Takes Crosstown Tilt with NCCU Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University out-hit Duke University eight to six, but the Blue Devils used timely hitting to win the crosstown battle over the Eagles, 3-0 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Wednesday, April 13.
Duke (19-15) picked up a pair of runs in the first two frames after Chris Proctor generated an RBI single in the second to give the hosts a 2-0 lead. Proctor would go on to get a second RBI hit, and he was responsible for driving in two of the three runs scored for the Blue Devils.
Christian Gonnelli turned in a five strikeout performance for NCCU (17-19) over six complete innings and scattered five hits with two earned runs, but the Eagles just couldn’t find the key to push a run across.
A pair of Eagle hitters picked up two hits as both James Dey and Thomas Prospero (Batavia, N.Y.) went 2-for-4 for the evening. Dey also came in from the bullpen and pitched two-thirds of an inning with both outs recorded by a swinging strikeout.
The Eagles will meet Duke again at the Durham Athletic Park on April 27 at 6:00 p.m., but first NCCU hosts a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference three-game series with rival North Carolina A&T State University starting with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 16.
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