BUIES CREEK — Campbell baseball defeated NC A&T in 11-1 eight innings on Friday night at Jim Perry Stadium.
Connor Hensley (4-1) earned his fourth win of the season working 6.0 innings allowing one run on four hits and collecting six strikeouts.
Mason Smith saw time in relief pitching the final two innings not allowing a hit and picking up two strikeouts.
Campbell improves to 31-14 overall and 21-4 in conference play while NC A&T drops to 12-32 and 3-19 in CAA action.
Campbell (31-14, 21-4 CAA) opened the scoring early in the first inning scoring three runs on three hits.
Carlos Lugo registered a ground-rule double before scoring on a
Jonah Oster sac fly to center.
Joey Morton then launched a two-run homer to right field to extend the lead.
Jett Music scored on the play after tallying a base hit earlier in the inning.
The Camels would extend its lead in the second on
Logan Chapman's RBI sac fly to score
Mike Murphy who led off the inning with a hit by pitch.
Carlos Lugo continued to stay hot at the plate driving in
Andrew Schuldt on an RBI single to make it 5-0 after four innings.
Jonah Oster led off the fifth blasting his 10th homer of the season, a solo shot to left field for a 6-0 advantage.
NC A&T (12-32, 3-19 CAA) pushed a run across in the six on an RBI base hit. The Camels held the Aggies to four hits in the contest and left the six runners on base.
Campbell collected three runs in three consecutive at bats in the sixth. Music tallied an RBI on a sac fly before Oster collected a base hit, and Morton double to left. Chapman and
Trent Rumley led off the inning with a hit by pitch and walk to get on base.
In the eighth, Lugo and Music worked their way on by a base hit and hit by pitch before scoring on
Darnell Parker Jr. walk off two-RBI single to center for the final 11-1.
Lugo extended his hitting streak to 10 games going 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. He leads the Camels with 22 multi-hit games. Oster and Morton each registered a pair of hits and three runs driven in.
Up Next
The Camels look to take the series over the Aggies on Saturday, May 2. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. from Jim Perry Stadium and will be streamed on FloCollege.
