Sometimes, defense is optional.
But for the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights and Coppin State Eagles baseball teams, it wasn't even so much as a thought as they combined to score a ridiculous 59 runs Thursday as Fairleigh Dickinson downed CSU 35-24.
The box score looks nothing like a normal baseball game:
Today's box score. 2nd highest scoring game in NCAA D1 Baseball history. Highest since the start of the "BBCOR era" pic.twitter.com/dO9Rwa7PYT
— FDU Baseball (@FDUBaseball) April 14, 2016
The game itself lasted an astounding five hours and five minutes but yet somehow didn't break the record for total runs in a college baseball game, with that record belonging to a 1968 contest between Denver and Air Force that featured 62 runs.
Yesterday’s game with @FDUKnights CSU baseball team fell 1 run shy of tying a school record for runs in a game (24). pic.twitter.com/PhDB8iQW8z
— Coppin Sports (@coppinsports) April 14, 2016
Neither starting pitcher will want to check his ERA for a while.
