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Charleston Gm 1 final
8
Winner Charleston COFC 31-15, 13-6 CAA
3
Towson TOWSON 12-34, 5-11 CAA
Winner
Charleston COFC
31-15, 13-6 CAA
8
Final
3
Towson TOWSON
12-34, 5-11 CAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Charleston COFC 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 8 0
Towson TOWSON 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1

W: Love, Carter (6-0) L: Marriggi, David (3-6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Tough First Inning Costs Tigers

TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University baseball team could not overcome a six-run first inning in falling, 8-3, to the College of Charleston Friday afternoon at Schuerholz Park.
 
Game Information
Score: College of Charleston 8, Towson 3
Records: College of Charleston (31-15, 13-6 CAA), Towson (12-34, 5-11 CAA)
Series: CofC leads 1-0
Location: Schuerholz Park (Towson, Md.)
 
Key Plays
  • The Cougars collected five hits, including three doubles, in the first inning to jump out to the 6-0 advantage.
  • The Tigers scored two runs in the fourth inning to pull within three. They had a chance to make it closer as they had the bases loaded with two outs, but a grounder up the middle was snared by the shortstop to end the inning.
 
How it Happened
  • The Cougars jumped out quickly as the first two hitters of the game doubled. They would go on to collect a third double and push across six runs on five hits in the frame.
  • Tiger starter David Marriggi (3-6) would settle down after that and keep the Cougars off the board for the next three innings.
  • Over that time, the Tigers got their first run in the second after Colin Gimblet doubled to right and scored on a Noah Cabrera groundout.
  • Gimblet started another rally in the fourth with a single down the left field line. Mark Grunberg followed with a single to right center that put two runners in scoring position.
  • Cabrera came through with his second RBI of the game, a sacrifice fly to left center. With two outs, Logan Burke doubled into the left-field corner to score Grunberg.
  • Neither starter was on top of their game as both were out of the game by the top of the fifth.
  • Marriggi took the loss after allowing seven runs on six hits over four-plus innings.
  • Cougar starter Evan Sisk did not factor into the decision after giving up three runs on five hits over 3.2 innings.
  • Gavin Weyman entered the game in the fifth inning with two runners on and no outs. After a sacrifice bunt moved both runners, Weyman got a strikeout and a groundout to end the inning.
  • Weyman would continue his strong pitching the remainder of the game as he allowed just one unearned run on two hits and four strikeouts over the final five innings.
  • Unfortunately, Charleston reliever Carter Love (6-0) was just as effective. The right hander allowed only hit over 5.1 shutout innings.
 
Inside the Boxscore
  • Colin Gimblet led the offense by going 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.
  • Noah Cabrera drove in a pair of runs and has now driven in six runs in the last two games.
  • Richie Palacios drew a pair of walks to raise his season total to 41. He is now tied with Dusty Reynolds (1999) and John Andrade (1983) for third place on the single-season list.
  • David Marriggi struck out four hitters to raise his career total to 171, passing former major leaguer Chris Nabholz for fifth place on the all-time list.
 
On Deck
The two teams play the middle game of the three-game series Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. Towson will send RHP Michael Adams to the mound, while the Cougars will counter with RHP Griffin McLarty. Saturday will be Alumni Day at Schuerholz Park.
 
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