GAME 3

The Short Story:  Despite outhitting and coming no errors, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore softball team dropped the final game of the weekend MEAC series to Morgan State, 4-1

THE GAME FACTS
Score: Morgan State 4, UMES 1
Location: Baltimore, Md.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game was relatively quiet through the first four innings with neither team able to get a run across. 
• It was in the fifth that Paige Perkins led off with a single to left center. Two strikeouts later Jaycee Holt reached first on a fielding error by the shortstop, allowing Perkins to take second. Nola Mountain followed with a single to the outfield that pushed Holt to second and scored Perkins, giving the Hawks the 1-0 lead.
• The sixth inning is where the Bears made their come back scoring four runs on four hits, and left the bases loaded.
• After UMES was unable to plate any runs in the top of the seventh, MSU collected the series sweep with the 4-1 win.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Both Perkins and Mountain got a pair of hits for the Hawks. Mountain went 2-for-3 with an RBI while Perkins went 2-for-3 with a run scored.
• Ammenah Ballenger pitched the first 5.2 innings, striking out five while walking just one.

UP NEXT 

• The Hawks remain on the road next weekend. UMES travels to Howard for the MEAC series, starting with a doubleheader on Friday, March 29 at 1 p.m. The two teams will then play a single game on Friday, March 30 at 1 p.m. The Bison play their home games at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Washington, DC.