TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University baseball team hosted Coppin State in a mid-week contest at John B. Schuerholz Park on Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Tigers (10-19, 2-4 CAA) had no scoreless offensive frames and scored multiple runs in the second, third, fifth and sixth to win 19-3 over the Eagles (4-22, 2-7 NEC) in seven innings.
 
Key Stats

• Towson reliever Dutch DeProspero (2-4) earned the win, tossing 1.1 perfect innings out of the pen.
• Coppin State starter Jobe Olson (2-0) took the loss, allowing four earned runs on five hits in two innings pitched. Olson struck out three and walked one.

 
How it Happened

• Max D'Alessandro put the Tigers on the board in the bottom of the first inning, scoring on a wild pitch moments after his triple to center field.
• Coppin State tied the game in the next frame, scoring on Thompson's single to left field with a runner on second base.
• The Tigers added three runs in the home half, scoring two on MJ Phillips' home run to right field following Josh Janove's infield single. Later in the frame, Jordan Peyton singled to right center with a runner on third, extending the lead to three.
• The Eagles responded with two runs in the top of the top of the third, scoring on a sacrifice fly and a single to right center with runners on first and second.
• The Tigers pushed their lead to nine in the bottom of the third with eight runs. Phillips, Jordan Peyton, Brian Heckelman and Brett Ahalt each recorded an RBI in the frame. Michael Mallas had a bases-clearing double in the inning too.
• Towson added a run in the bottom of the fifth inning, with AJ Kolb scoring on a wild pitch.
• The Tigers pushed the lead to 16-3 in the fifth, scoring on a Janove walk, Mallas single and Kolb single.
• Towson extended its lead to 16 in the sixth, capped by Kolb's two-run single up the middle.
• After a scoreless top of the seventh inning for the Eagles, the Tigers won 19-3 on a ten-run rule.
   

Inside the Numbers

• AJ Kolb finished the day 3-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and three RBIs. He had his first multi-run game, multi-RBI game and extra-base hit today.
• Michael Mallas went 2-for-4 with a double, run scored and five RBIs. Its his first multi-hit or multi-RBI game of the season. Three of his four hits this season have gone for extra bases.
• Four Tiger relief pitchers – Dutch DeProspero, Nick Karls, Henry Ortiz and Brett Seils – combined to allow just one runner on base over the final 4.1 innings. Karls and Seils each struck out two.

 
On Deck:
The series between the Tigers and Hawks concludes tomorrow at 1 p.m. at John B. Schuerholz Park.