Senior Day was a success for Aggies baseball and its six seniors as they came away with an 8-2 win over Delaware State.

The victory capped a three-game series sweep and clinched the second seed in the upcoming MEAC tournament.

The Aggies (22-23, 12-3 MEAC) jumped ahead early on Sunday, scoring a run in each of the first two innings including a solo shot by Kelvin Freeman in the second.

With a 2-0 lead going into the third inning the Aggies put some padding on the lead scoring 3 more runs.

With one out, sophomore Marquis Riley hit a two run homer after Xavier Macklin was walked.

The Aggies managed three more hits in the third inning including a RBI single from senior infielder James Howard.

Freshman Brent Moore allowed just two hits and three walks in six shutout innings as the starting pitcher.

Delaware State didn’t score a run until the final inning and by then the Aggies had already scored eight runs on 13 hits.

Howard and Freeman both finished the game with three hits in four at bats to lead the Aggies and combined for three RBI. The Aggies outscored Delaware State 28-7 in the two games on Saturday.

The first game was a 17-2 blowout that was ended early because of the 10 run rule.

The Aggies hit five homeruns in this game, two of which came in a five-run first inning.Alex Grubb hit his first of two homeruns for the game and Riley hit his fifth of the season in the opening inning. 

The Aggies were well on their way to victory with a 9-2 advantage going into the bottom of the fourth inning when they exploded for five more runs.

They would score another three runs in the sixth inning off of a three-run homer from senior outfielder George Hines.    

Starter Esterlin Paulino, reigning MEAC Pitcher of the Week had plenty of run support in his six innings of work and improved to 6-2 on the season.

His 2.98 ERA is the best among the Aggies starting pitchers.A&T will play at Coppin State in a tripleheader beginning Saturday at 2 p.m.

The second game will take place that same day at 5 p.m. and will be followed by Sunday’s final game at 2 p.m. 

• Prince Askew