Friday, March 6
Arlington, VA
2:30 p.m.
George Washington University
8-5
2
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Monmouth
3-8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Monmouth
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
George Washington
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
X
2
8
0
Cohen Spins Gem in 2-0 Shutout of Monmouth
3/6/2020 6:00:00 PM | Baseball
Colonial hurler strikes out eight over 8.0 innings
ARLINGTON, Va. - Redshirt sophomore Harrison Cohen silenced Monmouth over 8.0 superb innings, helping lead GW baseball to a 2-0 blanking of the Hawks on Friday afternoon.
Cohen cruised through his 111-pitch outing, not putting a runner in scoring position until the sixth inning. He erased a leadoff single in the second with a double play and then set down 10 in a row after a one-out single in the third.
Nursing a 2-0 lead, Cohen picked up a big backwards K in the top of the sixth, stranding a two-out double in scoring position. The redshirt sophomore finished seven innings for the first time in his career with the help of a second twin-killing before battling through the eighth.
After hitting a batter with one down and surpassing 100 pitches on the day, Cohen reared back and authored back-to-back strikeouts, his seventh and eighth of the day, to punctuate the outing.
Cohen's eight strikeouts were one shy of his career-high set on Feb. 14, while he scattered four hits without allowing a walk to earn his second win of the year.
Junior Trevor Kuncl pitched a 1-2-3 ninth with two strikeouts to earn his fourth save.
GW got all the offense it would need on a solo homer from junior Tyler Hix in the bottom of the fourth, his first long ball of the year. Sophomore Cade Fergus manufactured a run an inning later with a double before stealing third and coming home on a throwing error.
Sophomore Noah Levin extended his hitting streak to seven in a row with his second straight three-hit day. Hix added a pair of knocks, including the dinger.
The Colonials will look for the series win on Saturday in the middle game of the set. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Cohen cruised through his 111-pitch outing, not putting a runner in scoring position until the sixth inning. He erased a leadoff single in the second with a double play and then set down 10 in a row after a one-out single in the third.
Nursing a 2-0 lead, Cohen picked up a big backwards K in the top of the sixth, stranding a two-out double in scoring position. The redshirt sophomore finished seven innings for the first time in his career with the help of a second twin-killing before battling through the eighth.
After hitting a batter with one down and surpassing 100 pitches on the day, Cohen reared back and authored back-to-back strikeouts, his seventh and eighth of the day, to punctuate the outing.
Cohen's eight strikeouts were one shy of his career-high set on Feb. 14, while he scattered four hits without allowing a walk to earn his second win of the year.
Junior Trevor Kuncl pitched a 1-2-3 ninth with two strikeouts to earn his fourth save.
GW got all the offense it would need on a solo homer from junior Tyler Hix in the bottom of the fourth, his first long ball of the year. Sophomore Cade Fergus manufactured a run an inning later with a double before stealing third and coming home on a throwing error.
Sophomore Noah Levin extended his hitting streak to seven in a row with his second straight three-hit day. Hix added a pair of knocks, including the dinger.
The Colonials will look for the series win on Saturday in the middle game of the set. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cohen, Harrison (2-1)
L: Hensey, Rob (2-1)
S: Kuncl, Trevor (4)
Batting:
2B: Walsh, JP 1
Base Running:
SB: Graber, Matt 1
HBP: Graber, Matt 1
Batting:
2B: Fergus, Cade 1 ; Hix, Tyler 1 ; Levin, Noah 1
HR: Hix, Tyler 1
RBI: Hix, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fergus, Cade 1 ; Hix, Tyler 1
SB: Fergus, Cade 1
CS: Fergus, Cade 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
0
H
3
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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