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Jose Mariano Home Run Trot
Sophie Willen
10
Winner Elon ELON 12-17, 4-9 CAA
3
North Carolina AT NCAT 8-20, 2-8 CAA
Winner
Elon ELON
12-17, 4-9 CAA
10
Final
3
North Carolina AT NCAT
8-20, 2-8 CAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Elon ELON 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 10 12 0
North Carolina AT NCAT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 8 0

W: Strange, Brian (2-3) L: Sentell, Gavin (1-5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Elon Athletics

Elon Dominates North Carolina A&T

Phoenix Scores Ten In Wire-To-Wire Win

GREENSBORO – The Elon baseball team (12-17, 4-9 CAA) cruised to a 10-3 victory over North Carolina A&T (8-20, 2-8 CAA) on Friday night. The win marked Elon's second straight over an in-state opponent and snapped a four-game skid in CAA play.

Brian Strange turned in one of his strongest outings of the season, tossing seven innings and allowing just one run to earn the win.

Offensively, the Phoenix capitalized on a fast start and multiple multi-hit performances to put the game out of reach early. Jose Mariano led the charge with his second home run of the season and two RBIs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Elon wasted no time setting the tone in the opening inning. Brian DuRoff sparked the scoring with an RBI double, and Gar Hindle followed with a groundout to extend the lead. Back-to-back singles from Mariano and Gavin Bogdanchik pushed the advantage to 4-0.
  • Strange kept the Aggies quiet with three scoreless frames before Elon added on in the fourth, as Nate Sterling delivered an RBI double.
  • Mariano added to the lead in the fifth with a solo home run, giving Elon a 6-0 cushion.
  • North Carolina A&T broke through in the bottom half of the inning with a sacrifice fly, but Elon quickly responded. In the sixth, Hindle drove in another run and Jared Hall added a two-RBI single to stretch the lead to 9-1.
  • Sterling later drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh to push Elon into double digits.
  • The Aggies plated two runs in the ninth, but the outcome was never in doubt as Elon secured the 10-3 win.
 
QUICK HITS
  • Elon wins its third straight game over the Aggies this season.
  • Over the last three wins against A&T, Elon has averaged nearly 10 runs per game.
  • Four different Phoenix had multi-hit games while four had multi-RBI games.
  • Phoenix baserunners stole six bases on Friday night. Brent Smith stole a pair of bases for the first time in his career.
  • Eight of the nine starters in the field had a hit.
  • Six different players drove in a run.
  • Jose Mariano had his second home run of the season on Friday. Mariano had two hits, two runs scored and two RBI.
  • Jared Hall singled twice, drove in two runs and scored two runs.
  • Jackson Alford led off the game with a single and scored twice. Alford extended his reached base streak to a season-high 10 games.
  • Brian DuRoff finished 2-for-5 with a double on Friday.
  • Jake Hajdu extended his hitting streak to five games with an infield single.
 
UP NEXT
Elon returns to War Memorial Stadium on Saturday for a doubleheader against North Carolina A&T. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
 
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