TEANECK, N.J. - FDU Baseball (6-7, 3-1 NEC) set a new season high for total runs scored on Friday afternoon in a decimation of the Coppin State Eagles (2-11, 2-2 NEC), as the Knights got the victory 24-5 in seven innings, as the game was called due to a mercy rule.
The Knights started the game down by three runs after a three run second inning by Coppin State. The Knights punched back with ten runs of their own in their half of the second inning, starting with a perfectly executed first and third steal play, as
Jimmy Mantuano stole home to get the Knights on the board.
The Knights tied the game after a fielders choice and a Eagles error that tied the game at three, but FDU would break the tie with a
Garryn Plummer two run double that made the game 5-3 FDU.
Jeremy Cheeseman would be the next Knight to tally an RBI, as he recorded an RBI walk that continued to have the bases loaded.
Nick Quagliato then cleared the bases with a triple down the right field line that scored all FDU Knights on base, and made the game 9-3 FDU.
Jeremy Delamota singled home Quagliato that made the game 10-3 Knights, and an even 10 run second inning.
The Knights would add two more in the fourth and two more in the fifth, as Quagliato hit a two run single, and then Cheeseman hit a two run homer to make the game 14-3 FDU at the conclusion of five innings.
The Eagles added a run in the sixth, and then FDU responded in a big way in the sixth inning, as the Knights got the party started with a grand slam from
Anthony Sarro, as Sarro hit a round tripper in his first plate appearance of the season. Cheeseman then launched his second home run of the game and his fourth of the season, this one being a solo shot that made the game 19-4 FDU.
Following a
Johnathan Gomez RBI walk that made the game 20-4,
Brady Fandl hit a grand slam in a pinch hit appearance to extend the FDU lead to 24-4 which would be FDU's last runs of the ballgame. Coppin State would add one more run in the top of th seventh, but the game would be called in the middle of the seventh frame due to the NEC's mercy rule.
FDU ended the ballgame with 24 total runs on 13 hits, while also stealing 10 bases in the Friday victory.
FDU and Coppin State will meet again at Naimoli Family Baseball Complex on Saturday afternoon, with the first pitch being set for 1 p.m. FDU's starter for the ballgame is set to be
Jeremy Cheeseman.
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