Box Score

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team fell to Coppin State by a score of 15-8 on Tuesday night.  Redshirt junior Ryan Brennan (Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville) led the Knights with three hits and two runs batted in.  The Knights fall to 14-16 on the season with the loss, while Coppin State improves to 9-22.

The Knights jumped out to an early one to nothing lead as Brennan led off the second inning with a double and came around to score on a sacrifice fly by senior Joel Roman (East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford).

Coppin State answered with a run in the bottom of the frame and tacked on two more in the fourth to grab a 3-1 lead.

FDU cut the deficit to a single run as sophomore Jason Fatzinger (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning, but Coppin State broke the game open with four runs in the bottom of the fifth.

The Knights made it a 7-5 game with three runs in the sixth, including a two-run home run by Brennan.  An additional run in the seventh made it a 7-6 game, but Coppin State scored four times in the seventh and four in the eighth to up 15-6.

The Knights scored a pair of runs in the top of the ninth, but it was not enough.

Brennan finished three-for-four at the plate and drove in two runs.  He also scored three times.

Senior Dylan Sprague (Brunswick, N.Y./Averill Park), Fatzinger and Roman each picked up two hits for the Knights.

Senior Nick Cuono (Hawthorne, N.J./Montvale Saint Joseph ) started on the mound and took the loss.  He falls to 0-1.  Darien Percell improved to 1-0 by earning the win for Coppin State.

The teams will meet again on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m.