DUE WEST, S.C. – The Erskine College baseball team (9-8, 2-4 CC) was defeated by Coker University (6-10, 3-0 SAC) by a score of 11-5 at Grier Field on Tuesday afternoon.

THE ESSENTIALS 
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THE SERIES
Erskine still holds a 16-13 lead in the all-time series.

HOW IT HAPPENED
After Erskine starter Parker Jefferson put up a pair of zeroes in his first two innings of work, the Fleet offense struck first in the bottom half of the second inning. Gregory Sanders and Kayle Marti each had a bunt single and Dalton Boyd followed a few batters later with a sacrifice fly that scored Sanders and gave Erskine a 1-0 lead. But, the Coker offense exploded in the middle innings, scoring 11 runs in their next three frames to take a commanding 11-1 lead at the halfway point of the game. Ashby Smith ripped an RBI triple in the bottom half of the fifth inning to make it an 11-2 game. In the eighth inning, Armando Becerra stayed hot with a towering two-run home run to right field and Dontae Wade scored in the ninth inning on a dropped third strike but the early deficit was too much for the Fleet as they were beaten by Coker, 11-5.

THE PLAYER
Kyle Marti was 3-for-4 at the plate, already recording his fourth game of his freshman campaign with three or more hits.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Erskine goes on the road for the first time in its conference season to take on the reigning Conference Carolinas regular season champions, the University of Mount Olive (9-3, 3-0 CC) for a three-game set starting on Friday evening at 5:00 p.m.
 
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