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Yariel Rodriguez
Erin Kelley
14
Winner Towson TOWSON 14-15
7
Coppin St. COPPIN S 5-22
Winner
Towson TOWSON
14-15
14
Final
7
Coppin St. COPPIN S
5-22
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Towson TOWSON 0 0 4 0 2 0 8 0 0 14 8 0
Coppin St. COPPIN S 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 7 6 2

W: Salvo, Vincent (2-0) L: Mekenna Wakakuwa (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Eric Ryan

The Tigers Defeat Coppin State, Have Won Six of Last Seven

HANOVER, Md. – The Towson University baseball team faced Coppin State on Tuesday afternoon at Joe Cannon Field.
 
Towson (13-15, 4-11 CAA) went up 4-0 over Coppin State (5-21, 5-10 NEC) in the top of the third before spotting the Eagles three runs in the home half. The Tigers added two in the fifth and eight in the seventh for an 11-run lead. The Eagles scored three in the bottom half and added one run in the ninth before a ground out to third base ended the game. With a 14-7 final score, the Tigers have won six of their last seven games.
Key Stats:­­
  • Towson starter Vincent Salvo (2-0) earned the win after allowing three earned runs on three hits and two walks. Salvo struck out one batter.
  • Coppin State starter Mekenna Wakakuwa (1-2) took the loss, allowing four runs, two earned, on three hits and three walks in 3.0 innings of work. Wakakuwa struck out three batters.
 
How it Happened:
  • Nich Francuzenko drove in the first two runs of the game on a double to center field in the top of the third. Later in the frame, Coy Allman hit a two-run single to center field, putting the Tigers up by four.
  • Jordan Treadwell hit a two-run triple to left center field in the home half, cutting the Eagles' deficit to two runs. Armando Hurtado followed with a sacrifice fly to left to cut it to one.
  • The Tigers added two runs in the fifth inning, both on wild pitches, to extend the lead to 6-3.
  • Towson added eight runs on four hits in the seventh. Highlighting the frame was Yariel Rodriguez's bases-clearing double, AJ Kolb's two-run single up the middle and Francuzenko's second home run of the year, a two-run shot.
  • Coppin State added three runs on three hits in the seventh to cut it down to a 14-6 Towson lead.
  • The Eagles added one run in the ninth inning but fell short of sending the game to extras, giving the Tigers a 14-7 win at Joe Cannon Field.
 
Inside the Numbers:
  • Francuzenko posted his second-ever four RBI day after doing so against Norfolk State on Feb. 14. He finished the day 2-for-5 with a double, home run, four RBIs and two runs scored.
  • Salvo's five innings pitched marked the longest outing of his career.
 
On Deck:
The Tigers will face George Mason tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Spuhler Field in Fairfax, Va.
 
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