SUMMARY

The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks were shut out by the Long Island Sharks, 12-0, on Saturday afternoon at Hawk Stadium.

THE SCORE

LIU Sharks (9-11, 9-2) - 12

Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (4-19, 3-8) - 0

HOW IT HAPPENED 

After a scoreless first inning from Richard De Jesus, the Sharks took the lead with a two-run second inning. 

The third, fourth, and fifth innings were a pitcher's duel, where neither team was able to score. Although the Hawks loaded the bases after a hit from Champion Shipley in the bottom of the fifth, LIU retired the side with the go-ahead run on the base path.

Leading 2-0, the Sharks, spurred on by retiring the side with the bases loaded, rattled off nine runs in the sixth inning and one run in the seventh inning en route to a 12-0 shutout victory.

THE NUMBERS

The Hawks totaled no runs on four hits and zero errors while the Sharks amassed 12 runs on nine hits and no errors

Shipley went 1-for-2, recording his first collegiate base hit

Jonathan Rodriguez, Amari Hackett, and Kedrick Alicea all went 1-for-3 at the plate

UP NEXT

The Hawks conclude their series with Long Island at noon on Sunday at Hawk Stadium. The game will be streamed on YouTube, and live stats for the game will be available at umeshawksports.com

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