UMES beats Coppin State in game two
5
Winner UMES UMES 4-15, 3-5 NEC
4
Coppin St. CSU 2-15, 2-6 NEC
Winner
UMES UMES
4-15, 3-5 NEC
5
Final
4
Coppin St. CSU
2-15, 2-6 NEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UMES UMES 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 5 7 3
Coppin St. CSU 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 4

W: Clausell, Henry (1-2) L: Keith Wallace (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Gonzalez Perez’s four-hit day lifts Hawks to a 5-4 victory at Coppin State

SUMMARY

HANOVER, Md. - Four hits from Jonathan Gonzalez Perez at the plate and seven strikeouts from Henry Clausell on the mound helped the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks edge out the Coppin State Eagles, 5-4, on Saturday afternoon at Joe Cannon Stadium.

THE SCORE

Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (4-15, 3-5) - 5

Coppin State Eagles (2-15, 2-6) - 4

(Hawks lead series 2-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED 

Coppin State opened the scoring with a two-run second inning to take the lead. Maryland Eastern Shore then answered with an RBI single from Diego Aponte and an RBI fielder's choice from Diego Guerrero in the fourth frame to tie the game.

The Maroon and Grey took their first lead of the contest, 3-2, in the top of the fifth inning when Gonzalez Perez laced an RBI double down the right field line. After the Eagles evened the match again with a run in the bottom of the fifth inning, Gonzalez Perez drove in his second go-ahead run of the afternoon on an RBI single through the right side

Trailing 4-3, Coppin State scored on a fielding error in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game for the third time. 

UMES once again pulled ahead in the ninth, 5-4, when Julian Jimenez scored on an error by the Eagles. Relief pitcher Clausell then closed the game, striking out the side en route to the Hawks' third consecutive conference win.

THE NUMBERS

The Hawks recorded five runs on seven hits and three errors while the Eagles totaled four runs on seven hits and four errors

Clausell struck out seven over 4.1 innings of work, not yielding an earned run en route to his first pitching win of the season.

Gonzalez Perez paced the Hawk offense, registering a season-high four hits and a team-high two RBI in the victory

The Hawks earned their first series win of the 2026 campaign

UP NEXT

The Hawks conclude their series against Coppin State on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Joe Cannon Stadium in Hanover, MD. Live stats for the game will be available at coppinstatesports.com.

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