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Box Score:  NCCU at Campbell (HTML)


BUIES CREEK, N.C. – North Carolina Central University mustered one hit and the pitching staff for Campbell University combined for 16 strikeouts including 13 from starter Matt Marksberry as the Eagles dropped their fifth straight contest dropping a 10-0 decision at the newly renovated Jim Perry Stadium on Wednesday night in Buies Creek, N.C.
 
Meeting no. 17 between these two started out in favor of the home squad as a leadoff walk and a stolen base by Ben McQuown followed up by a David Olson RBI single put the Camels up 1-0 after one complete.
 
From the top of the first all the way to the fourth frame, Marksberry struck out eight batters including seven straight.  In fact, the only baserunners for the Eagles came on an Akeem Hood (Raleigh, N.C.) leadoff walk and Luis Diaz (Geneva, N.Y.) reached on an error by the Campbell shortstop.
 
After plating a run to take a 2-0 lead in the third inning, NCCU starter Jordan Quinn (Goldsboro, N.C.) apparently hit David Olson which gave the volatile Camels the opening they needed as Elijah Trail reached on a Diaz error putting runners at second and third with two outs.  Designated hitter Blake Boyce drilled a single through the left side to score both runners and took a 4-0 lead.
 
NCCU did not record a hit until Eric Kimber’s (Greensboro, N.C.) single to right field, but that did not mean the Eagles did not get runners in scoring position.  In the fourth through seventh inning, the maroon and gray left at least one runner stranded including two in both the sixth and the seventh inning.
 
Campbell (36-8, 14-4 Big South) scored three runs in the fifth and sixth innings to put the game out of reach at 10-0.  In those two frames, the Camels record two doubles in a home run to take charge in the contest.
 
The Camel pitching staff combined for 16 strikouts while Marksberry ended the night just one shy of the school record doing so in just seven innings of work.
 
NCCU (23-22, 10-11 MEAC) saw freshman Christian Neal (Wendell, N.C.) work the final two innings allowing only one hit with two strikeouts.
 
The Eagles will look to end their five-game losing streak as they jump back into MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) play against the Rattlers of Florida A&M beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27 and ending with the series finale at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at Moore-Kittles Field in Tallahassee, Fla.   
 
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