Cobras Take Marathon Game at UNC Pembroke
It took more than four hours, but Coker overcame adversity to earn its first non-conference victory of the season.
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PEMBROKE, N.C. – Matthew Lipcsey's seeing-eye single drove in Luke Peterson in the top of the 11th inning to give the Coker University baseball team the lead and the Cobras held on for the 10-8 victory over UNC Pembroke in 11 innings on Tuesday evening at Sammy Cox Field.
Xander Davis picked up his first win of the season on the mound, while Ian Hawk earned a three-pitch save.
BY THE NUMBERS:
Coker 6-16 (5-7 SAC) | UNC Pembroke 16-5 (9-3 CC)
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Coker is now 2-2 in extra inning games this season.
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With his 10th inning single, Gavin Johnson extended his hitting streak to eight straight games. He has also hit safely in 19 of Coker's 22 games this season.
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Barak Boston had three hits and has now recorded seven multi-hit games this season, including a pair of three-hit outings.
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Rocco Wojcik had four hits for his second 4-plus hit game of the season.
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Xander Davis earned his first victory of the season after tossing 1.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts.
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Ian Hawk picked up his second save of the season.
TOP PERFORMERS:
SS Rocco Wojcik: 4 H, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 double
3B Dimitri Sabino: 2 H, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 double
CF Matthew Lipcsey: 1 H, 2 RBI
2B: Gavin Edens: 1 H, 2 RBI
LF Barak Boston: 3 H
P Xander Davis: Win, 1.2 IP, 3 Ks
HOW IT HAPPENED:
It took more than four hours, but Coker overcame adversity to earn its first non-conference victory of the season.
The Cobras struck first in the second inning with a pair of runs on a Dimitri Sabino RBI double and a sacrifice fly by Gavin Edens. UNC Pembroke answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 3-2 lead.
The Braves extended their advantage with two runs in the third inning and another in the fourth before Coker began to chip away at the deficit. Rocco Wojcik delivered an RBI single in the fifth inning to get the Cobras back on the board.
Coker then plated four runs in the seventh inning to take a 7-6 lead behind RBIs from Gavin Johnson, Colton Penner, Sabino and Edens.
The Cobras added a run in the top of the ninth on Matthew Lipcsey's first RBI of the game, but UNC Pembroke responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning to force extra innings.
Neither team scored in the 10th, but Coker broke through in the 11th with two runs thanks to an RBI single from Lipcsey and a passed ball.
WHAT'S NEXT:
Coker continues the road swing when they travel to Lincoln Memorial for a three-game South Atlantic Conference series that gets underway at 6 PM on Friday. The game played at Lamar Hennon Field can be seen live on FloSports.