SUMMARY

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks fell to the Navy Midshipmen, 7-3, on Wednesday evening at Max Bishop Stadium.

THE SCORE

Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (7-28, 6-15) - 3

Navy Midshipmen (27-14, 13-7) - 7

HOW IT HAPPENED 

After two scoreless innings from Elijah Benton, Julian Jimenez homered to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead in the third inning. In the following frame, Darrius Brown tripled in two more runs to put UMES ahead by three.

Navy responded by scoring six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and an additional run in the fifth to cement a 7-3 advantage. 

Neither team scored the rest of the way en route to a midweek victory for the Midshipmen.

THE NUMBERS

The Hawks finished with three runs on nine hits and no errors while the Midshipmen tallied seven runs on eight hits and no errors

Benton, Carter Champey, and Henry Clausell all posted scoreless outings on the mound

Brown paced the UMES in hits, finishing 4-for-5 at the plate with a team-high two RBI. He also set his new season-high for hits

Jimenez recorded a three-hit game and his fourth home run of the season. Jimenez is now second on the team in homers

UP NEXT

UMES returns home to Hawk Stadium to take on Wagner at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 24. The game will be streamed on YouTube, and live stats will be available at UMESHawkSports.com

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