Baseball takes down Texas Southern

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi baseball team defeated Texas Southern, 8-2, on Wednesday evening at Chapman Field.
- The Islanders improved to 26-18 overall with the win while the Tigers fall to 12-29.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi recorded 16 hits on the evening and held Texas Southern to eight hits, using seven pitchers.
- Nick Anderson went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored. He also notched his seventh double of the season and hit his third triple of the year in the fifth inning.

Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders scored eight runs on 16 hits with one error. A&M-Corpus Christi scored two in the third, two in the fourth and four in the fifth.
- Texas Southern had two runs on eight hits with two errors. The Tigers got a run in the seventh and one in the ninth.
- Enrique Sanchez Jr. was 4-for-5 with a pair of RBIs and two runs scored.
- Trevor Beard was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk.
- Itchy Burts went 2-for-5 with a run scored.
- Luke Marbach was 1-for-2 with a pair of runs scored. He also drew a walk in the game.
- Drake Osborn was 1-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and a walk.
- Cole Fluta went 1-for-4 with a run scored.
- Thomas Jeffries IV was 1-for-4 with a walk.
- Mason Hopkins started the game and went 2.0 innings, allowing no runs on two hits with three strikeouts.
- Dylan Duarte got the win, throwing innings three and four. He allowed no runs on two hits and struck out two without giving up a walk.
- Steven Vejil and Cody LeCompte each threw scoreless innings of relief.

Key Islander Innings
- In the third, Marbach hit a one-out single to left and went to third on an Anderson single. Osborn hit an RBI single to left to score Marbach and Beard singled in Anderson in the next at bat.
- With two down in the fourth, Burts hit a bunt single and went to second after a throw form the catcher sailed into right field. Sanchez Jr. singled in Burts for the Islanders' third run. Two batters later with the bases loaded, Osborn drew a five-pitch walk to force in Sanchez Jr. to make it 4-0 A&M-Corpus Christi.
- Sanchez Jr. hit a one out single to center to drive in Fluta who singled earlier in the inning. After Marbach was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Anderson hit a towering shot to deep center that landed on the warning track. Three runs came around to score as Anderson slid into third safely with a three-RBI triple.

Up Next
- The Islanders will host Southeastern Louisiana starting on Friday, April 26 at 6 p.m. The three-game Southland series will be broadcasted live on the Islanders Digital Network powered by AEP Texas. There will also be Live Stats and fans can purchase Tickets.

- A&M-Corpus Christi will host the University of Texas, presented by RBFCU, on Tuesday, April 30, at 6:35 p.m. at Whataburger Field. Fans can purchase tickets HERE.

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