LAKELAND, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle baseball team dropped the first game in a three-game series against 11th-ranked Florida Southern on Thursday. The Eagles had 10 hits, three walks and a hit batter, but left 10 runners stranded in a 20-6 loss to the Moccasins.
 
Cooper Schmidt, Max Kops and Aiken Santana had two hits apiece while Drew Clymer drove in two runs in the Eagle effort.
 
RECORDS
Embry-Riddle:22-23, 7-18
Florida Southern: 33-12, 18-8
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Inning
• AJ Marinello started the game with a lead-off homer to right field to give the Eagles an early 1-0 advantage.
• The Eagles put two more runners on base but were unable to push another run across.
• The lead was short-lived as the Moccasins scored five in the bottom of the inning to go up 5-1.
 
Second Inning
• A double and a home run helped FSC add three more runs in the second.
 
Fourth Inning
• After the Moccasins scored another run in the third, the Eagles got one of their own in the fourth.
• Santana hit a two-out double to right centerfield and scored on Elias Campbell's single to center.
 
Fifth Inning
• The teams combined for 11 runs in the fifth.
• In the Eagle half of the inning, singles by Schmidt and Kops and a walk to Timo Aracena loaded the bases for Clymer.
• Clymer hit an 0-1 pitch to the wall in right field to score Schmidt and Kops on his sixth double of the season.
• A ground out scored Aracena and Santana's second hit of the night scored Clymer to cut the FSC lead to three (9-6).
• The Moccasins countered with seven runs in the bottom half of the inning to increase their lead to 16-6.
 
Sixth Inning
• The bottom of the sixth inning saw the Moccasins hit their sixth homer of the game to add four more runs to cap the scoring.
 
UP NEXT
The three-game series concludes with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Friday.