Box Score

NORFOLK, Va. – Sean Baumann drove in four runs and was one of five Georgetown players with two hits as the visiting Hoyas topped Norfolk State 10-4 on Wednesday in the Spartans' home opener at Marty L. Miller Field.

Baumann hit a two-run single in the Hoyas' four-run third, then added a two-run double in the seventh. Baumann, Tommy Lee, Dan Godefroi, Erick Fernandez and Tom Elliott all had two hits apiece for Georgetown (1-3), which tallied 13 hits as a team.

Chris Joyce (Chesapeake, Va.) went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Spartans (2-2). Brandon Hairston (North Garden, Va.), Anselmo Cantu (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Jermaine Berry (Suffolk, Va.) added two hits each.

NSU got on the board first with two runs in the second inning. Hairston, Cantu and Juan Herrera (Santiago, Dominican Republic) led off the inning with three consecutive singles. Hairston then scored on a wild pitch by Georgetown starter Will Harris. Cameron Parsons (Chesapeake, Va.) knocked in Cantu with a sacrifice fly.

But the Hoyas (1-3) answered with four runs in the top of the third. Godefroi had an RBI single and Baumann a two-run base hit, with the fourth run scoring on an NSU error. GU sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning.

Dan Capeless added a two-run single of his own in the fourth inning to extend the Hoyas' lead to 6-2. A two-run Rand Ravnaas triple in the sixth made it 8-2, and Baumann capped GU's scoring with his seventh-inning double.

NSU picked up a run in the eighth on Joyce's infield single. In the ninth, Cantu led off with a double and scored on Berry's second single of the day.

Jason Barker (Chesapeake, Va.) took the loss for NSU to fall to 0-2 on the year. He allowed seven hits and six runs, five of them earned, in 3.1 innings.

Tommy Isaacs (1-0) was the winner for the Hoyas, pitching three scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and struck out one.

The Spartans host Binghamton in a three-game series this weekend, beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.