GAME 1 | SUMMARY
 
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks lost the opening game of the weekend series at Alabama State, 17-5.
 
 
 

GAME 1 | THE SCORE
 
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (0-7) – 5
 
Alabama State Hornets (4-5) - 17
 
 

GAME 1 | HOW IT HAPPENED
 

After the original opening game of the series was canceled, Saturday's double header began the weekend action for the Hawks in Montgomery, Alabama. The Hawks were welcomed to Wheeler-Watkins Field by the hot bats of the Hornets who stung UMES for two runs in the first inning, four runs in the second inning and another two runs in the third inning before crusing to the 17-5 win.
 

The Hornets 17 runs came off of 14 hits along with 11 walks by UMES pitching. The Hawk hitters managed eight hits and five runs with the majority of the runs coming late in the seventh inning off a t-run double by Bronson Taylor.
 
 
 

GAME 1 | BY THE NUMBERS
 

Seven ASU players recorded a hit in the opening game of the series.
 

UMES received solid plate performances from Derrick Mayes II (2-4), Bronson Taylor (2-2, 2 RBI), and Derek Blackmore (2-4, RBI).
 
 
UMES remains winless on the road.
 
 
Pitcher Joe Kelly took the loss for the Hawks while Jose Almazan picked up the win for ASU.
 
 

 
GAME 2 | SUMMARY
 
A late rally by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore was not enough in a 7-5 loss to Alabama State on Saturday night
 

 
GAME 2 | THE SCORE
 
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (0-8) – 5
Alabama State Hornets (5-5) - 7
 
 
 

GAME 2 | HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Hawks grabbed on early 1-0 lead in the top of the second by manufacturing a run as leadoff man Ryan Howe drew a walk and eventually made it around to homeplate for the score.
 
Joel Collado homered to left field in the bottom of the second to tie the game up. ASU tacked on another run in the third as a double by Randy Flores scored Ali LaPread. The ASU lead expanded to 7-1 by the fifth inning as UMES fell victim to an array of walked batters to give the Hornets a three run inning.
 
The Hawk offense woke up in the later innings as Ryan Howe hit a two-run homer to left field in the seventh inning and batted in two more run in the eighth on a double to right center. With the Hawks rallying, ASU responded with the arm of Luis Rodriguez who struck out three UMES batters to end the game.
 
 

 
GAME 2 | BY THE NUMBERS
 
Ryan Howe was 2-for-4 from the plate with four RBIs and his first home run of the year.
 
Quentin Smith was the only other UMES player with multiple hits in the Saturday night game. (2-4).
 
Hawk pitcher Justin Spencer took the loss while Jorhan LaBoy was the winning pitcher for ASU.
 
 

 
COMMENTS FROM HEAD COACH DANNY ACOSTA
 
"I thought we could have competed and had better chances to win both games but we made too many errors and had too many walks. We gave up a lot of unearned runs and it ultimately costed us."
 
"Our defense was not up to par today. I thought we did a poor job of making the simple plays needed to win. If we find a way to clean that up, I think we are a pretty good ball club moving forward.
 
"We had some good moments from our offense today. We have to find ways to piece it all together to be competitive against a quality team like Alabama State."
 
 
 
 
UP NEXT
 
The Hawks end the weekend on Sunday with a 11 am (ct) game at Alabama State.