Baseball powers past UHV, 8-1

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi baseball program composed yet-another strong showing in non-conference play on Tuesday evening, knocking off Houston-Victoria by an 8-1 margin at Chapman Field to clinch a two-game sweep of the Jaguars in this year's home-and-home set.
- Bolstered by a solid performance on the mound from freshman Mason Hopkins, the Islanders offense managed to routinely pick apart the UHV pitching staff, scoring two runs in both the second and fifth frames before driving home four in the sixth.
- The Blue & Green improve to 23-12 overall with a 10-5 league mark.
- Meanwhile, Houston-Victoria falls to 16-21 on the year.

Game One Islander Statistics
- The Islanders scored eight runs on seven hits with no errors while UHV picked up one run on seven hits with four errors.
- Hopkins earned his third victory of the season, tossing a career-high 6.0 innings with no runs allowed on four hits.
- Junior Mike Williams put together a brilliant performance at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a trio of RBIs, two runs scored and a homer over the right-field fence.
- Itchy Burts, meanwhile, joined Williams as the only other Islander with a multi-RBI game, driving home two on one hit (a double down the left-field line).
- Both Andriud Martinez and Trevor Beard picked up RBI walks for the game, combining for three walks, two runs scored and one hit.
- Following Hopkins, three Islanders -- John Gaddis, Luke Malone and Kal Kilgo -- each received 1.0 inning on the hill in relief, surrendering one run on a combined three hits along with four strikeouts.

Game One Islander Key Innings
- Williams, Beard and Steven Rivera-Chijin got things moving early in the second, as the first two pushed singles through the right side before the latter loaded the bases on a hit-by-pitch. Martinez cleaned up with a five-pitch walk, scoring the game's first run, before Tyler Mendoza reached on an error to score Beard.
- With Nick Anderson sitting on second following a walk, Williams jacked a two-run homer down the right-field line, pushing the Blue & Green advantage up to a 4-0 margin.
- After Martinez and Mendoza worked their way on base via a hit-by-pitch and error, respectively, Enrique Sannchez Jr. set up another bases-loaded situation behind an infield single. Burts took advantage during the next at-bat, driving a double down the left-field line to score two runs and set up Sanchez Jr. at third.
- Following a Luke Marbach hit-by-pitch loading the bases again, both Williams and Beard picked up back-to-back RBI walks in the Islanders' final two runs of the matchup.

Up Next
- With the eight-game homestand concluded, the Islanders shift focus to the first of four road matchups, traveling north to face Prairie View A&M at 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. Fans can watch live HERE and follow live statistics HERE.

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