ESPN

Apr 15, 2026, 08:53 AM ET

Lehigh baseball set a Division I record by scoring 20 runs in the first inning of a 38-6 win over Coppin State on Tuesday.

Eight Mountain Hawks players had reached base in the top of the first inning, five runs were scored, and the Eagles made a pitching change before recording the first out. The remaining 15 runs came across before out 2.

Runs 4 through 16 were 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 during the inning with 11 walks, six HBPs and just three hits.

The 20 runs broke the previous record for a first inning of 18 set by Princeton in March 1974 and tied by Air Force in April 1974.…