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BETHESDA, Md. - The Georgetown University baseball team stole 10 bases and hit six doubles, rolling to a 16-9 victory over Coppin State on Wednesday afternoon in the home opener at Shirley Povich Field. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 3-12 overall, while the Eagles fall to 1-11-1.

Jacob Grzebinski (Bellaire, Texas/Emery Weiner) made a controlled start on the mound, going 2.1 innings, allowing four runs while striking out three. Beau Dana (Marblehead, Mass./Deerfield Academy) picked up the win in relief, throwing 3.2 scoreless innings with a career-high five strikeouts. Matt Randolph (Concord, N.C./Cannon School/Emory) also fired a scoreless inning, while Jack Cushing (Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus) did not allow an earned run while striking out one in an inning of work.

Eddie McCabe (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) led the offense with three doubles and six RBIs, while Austin Shirley (Strafford, Pa./Conestoga) had two hits and was on base all five times with three walks. Jake Bernstein (Frederick, Md./St. John's College HS) was on base four times with a double and three walks, while Sammy Stevens (Birmingham, Mich./Brother Rice) had two hits and three RBIs. Alex Bernauer (Sunnyvale, Calif./Fremont) and Ryan Weisenberg (Parkland, Fla./San Ramon Valley [Calif.]) were both on base three times.

The Hoyas jumped on the board in the first inning. After Shirley and Bernstein led off with a single and a walk and moved up on a double steal, Stevens lined a one-out double into left field to score both runners. One out later, with runners on the corners, another double steal allowed Stevens to score and give GU a 3-0 lead.

Georgetown batted around in the second inning, scoring four more times to expand the lead to 7-0. Another single and a walk put two runners on before Shirley laid down a perfect bunt single. The pitcher's throw was wild to first, allowing Weisenberg to score. After a walk to Bernstein loaded the bases, Michael DeRenzi (Mendham, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) came home on a fielder's choice by McCabe. An RBI single by Stevens scored Shirley and sent McCabe to third before a sacrifice fly by Ryan P. Davis (Oak Hill, Va./Oakton) capped the scoring.

Coppin State cut into the lead with four runs in the top of the third, making it 7-4.

A two-out, two-run double by McCabe in the bottom half of the third brought the lead back up to five, 9-4. Back-to-back doubles by Bernstein and McCabe in the fifth inning plated three more runs to put the Hoyas in front, 12-4.

McCabe lined his third double of the day down the left field line in the bottom of the sixth, scoring Weisenberg and DeRenzi to give GU a double-digit lead, 14-4.

In the bottom of the eighth, James Gabor (Wyndmoor, Pa./William Penn Charter School) scored on a wild pitch and McCabe scored on a sacrifice fly by Kai Nelson (New York, N.Y./Fieldston).

The Eagles scored four runs in the top of the eighth off of Conor Cuse (Sherman Oaks, Calif./Harvard-Westlake/Stanford) and added an unearned run in the ninth to complete the scoring.

The Blue & Gray will remain home to host Princeton in a four-game series this weekend. The teams will open up on Friday at 3 p.m., before playing a doubleheader on Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday's finale is also scheduled for 1 p.m. Live stats and a subscription-based video stream will be available at www.GUHoyas.com.