The George Mason baseball team pounded out a season-high in runs and hits as the Patriots put together a 10-run fifth-inning and cruised to a 23-3 home win over Coppin State on Wednesday afternoon. For the Patriots, who had 23 hits in the game, it was their 15^th home win of the season, making it the 20^th time in Spuhler Field's 24 years that the Patriots have won at least 15 games at home.

Brig Tison extended his school-record hitting streak to 27-straight when he went 3 for 7. Chris Cook , Blaise Fernandez , Shane Davis and Nick Allen each had three hits as well while Jake Kalish and Mick Foley each came off the bench to have two hits. Mason improved to 23-0 all-time against Coppin State.

The scoring started in the second when Fernandez doubled and Davis tripled to make it 1-0. Davis scored on a wild pitch for a 2-0 lead. The Eagles trimmed it to a one-run lead in the third when Craig Richmond walked, stole second, went to third on a John Bergwall single and scored on a Derek Richards sacrifice fly. The Patriots added another two runs in the fourth when Zack Helgeson walked, Allen singled, Jake Leonardo was hit by a pitch and Jordan Hill hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1. The fourth run came home on a Chris Cook single to center. Coppin State again put a run on the board, this time in the fifth, when Jim Vagnier singled, stole second, and scored on a Richmond base hit.

In the fifth, Mason sent 15 batters to the plate. Dan Schafferman walked to lead off the inning and Fernandez followed with a single to left. Davis had an RBI single and Helgeson followed with his 15^th home run of the season to make it 8-2. Allen followed with a walk and after Leonardo flew out to left, Hill was hit by a pitch and the runners advanced on wild pitches. Cook's double to right made it 10-2 and Tison followed with an RBI single. Schafferman walked for the second time in the inning and Fernandez singled to make it 12-2. After Davis reached on a fielder's choice with Fernandez out at second, Foley followed with a two-run double to cap the scoring in the inning.

The Patriots (19-28-1) added a run in the sixth when the Patriots used a walk and an error to bring home an unearned run on a Kalish fielder's choice. Coppin State (5-36) made it 15-3 with a run in the seventh when Richmond doubled and Derek Richards doubled. But Mason responded with five in the seventh and three in the eighth.

The five-run seventh began when Davis singled, Foley singled and Allen singled to make it 16-3. After a Leonardo walk, Hill had his second bases-loaded sacrifice fly of the game. Ahead 17-3, Jeremy Haas walked, Tison singled to make it 18-3, Kalish singled to make it 19-3 and Haas scored on a Danny Lyons ' grounder to make it 20-3. In the eighth, Allen singled, went to second on a ground out, took third on another ground out, and scored on a Haas single. Tison doubled to put runners on second and third, and a wild pitch made it 22-3. The final run scored on a Kalish single to right.

The Patriots return to action on Friday when they open a three-game series with Northeastern. First pitch at Spuhler Field is slated for 3 p.m.