AKRON, Ohio (Interstat) — The Miami (Ohio) Redhawks defeated the Akron Zips 17-6 on Thursday afternoon at InfoCision Stadium in a Mid-American Conference game.

Miami sent 11 batters to the plate in an eight-run first inning, capitalizing on an error and getting a grand slam from Dominic Krupinski. Tommy Harrison added a solo homer in the eighth, then later in the same inning hit a grand slam as the Redhawks scored four more. Miami finished with 11 hits and used two Akron errors to score four unearned runs.

Akron answered with a run in the first on Brody Chrisman’s RBI single. Blake Bowen homered in the fourth, and the Zips scored three in the fifth on Brady Bowen’s RBI single and Easton Amundson’s two-run homer. Henry Hayman drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Akron had 10 hits.

Miami pitchers Zac Sohosky, Jake Tedesco and Austin Berggren combined for the win. Akron used John Allen, Garrett Groce and Nathan Currah. Blake Bowen, Henry Hayman, Mitchel Szymczak and Kyle McConachie started for the Zips.

Miami has won four consecutive games and improved to 36-15. Akron has lost four of its last five and dropped to 20-32. The teams play again Friday and Saturday.