Baseball Splits with UVA Wise in Day One of Series

WISE, Va. - The Coker University baseball team split its doubleheader with UVA Wise today (April 2), falling in game one 8-4 and defeating the Cavaliers 10-4 in game two. 

Game One

Drew Klaserner's double to center would plate Reilly Hall, putting Coker up 1-0 in the first. UVA Wise would plate four in the bottom of the first to take the 4-1 advantage. 

In the third, Hall's sacrifice fly to center would score Lake Lybrand, cutting into the Cavalier lead making it 4-2. UVA Wise would respond in the bottom half of the third by plating three more runs, making it 7-2.

In the fourth, Kody Hanna would send one over the right field wall, bringing the score to 7-3.

UVA Wise plated one more run in the sixth to make it 8-3. 

In the eighth, Hall would send a solo shot over the right field wall, bringing the game to its final score at 8-4.

Game Two

Drew Klaserner's single would bring home Phill Griffor to put Coker up 1-0 early in the first.

The very next at-bat, Kody Hanna would launch a three-run rocket over the right field wall for his second home run of the day to put Coker up 4-0 with only one out.

Cam Murray's infield single would later plate Jackson Williams, giving Coker a commanding 5-0 lead early in game two. 

UVA Wise would chip into the Coker lead in the bottom half of the first by plating three runs, making it 5-3. 

In the second, Klaserner's double to right would plate Hall, extending Coker's lead to 6-3. Coker would add another in the third from Hall's RBI groundout that scored Murray, making it 7-3.

The Cavaliers would plate their final run of the day in the fourth making it 7-4.

In the sixth, Hanna's single would bring home Hall, extending the Cobra lead to 8-4.

Coker would add two more runs in the eighth, first from Klaserner's solo home run over the right field wall (9-4) and another from Jackson Williams single to right, scoring Hanna to bring the game to its final score at 10-4. 

Jonathan Ford (1-0) picked up the win for the Cobras. Ford scattered three hits while striking out seven over 4.0 innings of work for Coker. 

Coker is back in action tomorrow (April 3) as it wraps up its conference doubleheader series with UVA Wise. First pitch is set for 12 p.m., with coverage available at www.cokercobras.com.