UALBANY BASEBALL DROPS BOTH ENDS OF A DOUBLEHEADER AT LIBERTY

     Lynchburg, Va. - Despite home runs by Steve Sayre and Chris Wood, UAlbany could not overcome a five-run inning by Liberty, falling to the Flames, 7-5, in the nightcap of a non-conference doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Worthington Stadium. The Great Danes also dropped the early game by a score of 5-1.

     After Liberty's five-run second inning, UAlbany attempted to spark a comeback in the fourth, as Tom Hill doubled and advanced to third on a fly ball to centerfield. Hill scored on a wild pitch before Wood hit the Great Danes' first home run of the game to left center. UAlbany added another run in the fourth before Sayre knocked his homer in the seventh. The Great Danes loaded the bases in the top of the ninth, but centerfielder Dave West hit into a fielder's choice to end the game.
     In the first of the two games, Liberty's Dustin Umberger went seven scoreless innings for the Flames, striking out four. Tyler Light relieved Umberger in the eighth, allowing the Great Danes' only run of the game, as he walked the first two batters faced. UAlbany designated hitter Tom Hill followed with a single to centerfield, scoring third baseman Pete Eichner. Ryan Page finished out the inning and sat three down in the ninth to earn the save for Liberty.
     Liberty (6-3) scored all five runs in the third and fourth innings, led by hits by Kenneth Negron. Negron, who doubled in the third to lead off the inning, finished with three hits, two RBI and one run scored.
     Chris Ott took the loss for UAlbany (0-5), going 3.2 innings on the mound. He was relieved by Sean Gregory in the fourth. Gregory struck out three and allowed three hits in just over four innings of work.

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Game One
UAlbany 000 000 010 - 1 6 1
Liberty 002 300 00x - 5 11 0
UAlbany: Matthew Herrick, Sean Gregory (4) and Chris Wood
Liberty: Dustin Umberger, Tyler Light (8), Ryan Page (8) and Errol Hollinger

Game Two
UAlbany (0-5) 010 210 100 - 5 10 3
Liberty (6-3) 050 010 01x - 7 6 1
UAlbany: Cory Warrings, Jeff Kaier (3), Alexander Beaulieu (8) and Tom Hill
Liberty: David Stokes, Tim John (6), Ryan Page (9) and Nate Thompson