Lehigh baseball set a Division I document by scoring 20 runs within the first inning of a 38-6 win over Coppin State on Tuesday.
Eight Mountain Hawks gamers had reached base within the prime of the primary inning, 5 runs have been scored, and the Eagles made a pitching change earlier than recording the primary out. The remaining 15 runs got here throughout earlier than out 2.
Runs 4 by 16 have been all scored on walks, hit by pitches or wild pitches, and first baseman Owen Walewander closed out the mayhem with a grand slam to make it 20-0.
Lehigh had 23 plate appearances in the course of the inning with 11 walks, six HBPs and simply three hits.
The 20 runs broke the earlier document for a primary inning of 18 set by Princeton in March 1974 and tied by Air Pressure in April 1974. Lehigh did come up shy of the Division I document for runs in any inning, as George Mason scored 23 within the second inning of a 2025 recreation in opposition to Holy Cross.
Coppin State did handle to trim a run again within the backside of the inning to path 20-1 by the primary.
Additionally among the many firsts set in Tuesday’s seven-inning blowout: a brand new Patriot League mark for runs in a recreation and an NCAA document seven walks drawn by senior third baseman Aidan Quinn.
Lehigh completed the sport with 12 hits (5 extra-base hits), 25 walks and 9 HBPs. Coppin State threw 11 wild pitches.
