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DAVIDSON, N.C. – Clint Moore homered, tripled and drove in four runs, Ben Koenigsfeld went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and Matt Fouch allowed two unearned runs over six strong innings as Army opened its season with a 14-5 defeat of Ohio University, Saturday morning at Wilson Field.

Arrmy (1-0) jumped out to an early 4-0 lead after three innings behind two-run home runs by Kyle Fleming and Kevin McKague. J.P. Polchinski worked a one-out walk and scored when Fleming drilled his first career home run down the left-field line in the bottom of the second off Bobcat starter Zach Ehlmer (0-1). Koenigsfeld ripped a leadoff double down the left-field line and McKague followed with a two-run shot to left-center field, staking Fouch (1-0) to the early four-run cushion.

Ohio (1-1) plated a pair of unearned runs off Fouch in the fifth inning as the Bobcats benefitted from a pair of Black Knight fielding errors and an RBI single by Gauntlett Eldemire. But Army answered quickly, stretching its lead back to 6-2, chasing Elmer with a pair of runs on two hits in the bottom of the inning.

Koenigsfeld began the bottom of the fifth inning with a leadoff single to right field and advanced to second base on a passed ball. Moore drew a walk and Koenigsfeld moved to third on a passed ball. Rex Ingram replaced Elmer and struck out McKague be/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3676222fore Joey Henshaw’s fielder’s choice groundout plated Koenigsfeld with the Black Knights’ fifth run. After Polchinski drew a walk, Fleming’s run-scoring single down the left-field line delivered Henshaw for a 6-2 Army advantage.

The Black Knights stretched their lead to 8-2 with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as Tony Capozzi walked, advanced to second base on a sacrifice by Andy Ernesto and scored on a two-run triple to right-center field by Moore after an intentional walk to Koenigsfeld.

Army put the game away with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on a run-scoring single by Koenigsfeld and a two-run home run to left-center field by Moore, extending Army’s lead to 11-2.

Ohio scored a run off Army reliever Ryan Davis in the top of the eighth inning before Army stretched its margin to 14-3 with three runs on two hits in the bottom of the stanza. A run-scoring single by Cody Shorter, an RBI grounder by Capozzi and a sacrifice fly by Ernesto highlighted the inning. Ohio closed out the scoring in the top of the ninth on a two-out, two-run home run by Marc Krausse.

Fleming went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a career-high three runs batted in to join Moore and Koenigsfeld in pacing Army’s 12-hit attack. Fouch (1-0) permitted just three base hits (all singles), while striking out five and not walking a batter. Tyler Anderegg fired one inning of scoreless relief before giving way to Davis to start the eighth.

Black Knight Blog: The victory marked only the second time in 14 years that Army has won its season opener ... the Black Knights defeated Sam Houston State in 2007 ... Fleming equaled his career high with three base hits ... Koenigsfeld established career bests in base hits, total bases (6) and runs scored ... Army outhit Ohio 12-8 ... the Bobcats committed four fielding errors ... six of Army’s 12 hits went for extra bases ... the Black Knights will play Davidson on Saturday night, capping the split-doubleheader.