Baltimore,
Md. ? Ryan Gugel homered and drove in three runs to lead UAlbany to a 12-9 win
over UMBC in America East Conference baseball action on Saturday, May 3 at The
Baseball Factory Field at UMBC.
UAlbany (12-33-1, AE 7-12) scored
eight runs over the first three innings to jump out to an 8-1 lead. Gugel
singled up the middle in the first inning to start the scoring by driving in
sophomore Brendan Rowland, who walked with two outs. Junior Gary Pitcheralle
followed with single through the left side to plate senior Mike Konstanty, who
singled following Rowland's walk. In the second frame, senior Tom Zink led off
with a double to left field. Pete Eichner followed by reaching on an error,
allowing Zink to race home from second. Two batters later, junior Sean Donovan
registered a sacrifice fly to right field to plate Eichner. The Great Danes
blew the game open in the third with four runs on three hits and two errors. Pitcheralle
reached on an error by the catcher and came around to score on freshman Kyle
Crean's single and an error on the right fielder. Eichner singled through the
right side after an out to knock in Crean. Junior Dave West then blasted a
two-run homer to left center.
UMBC (18-24, AE 10-9) cut into the
lead with a single run in the third inning. With the bases loaded following an
error, double and a walk to open the frame, Joe Fowler hit into a double play
to plate Mark Lemon. UAlbany got the run back in its half of the fourth as
Rowland and Gugel each doubled to center field around an out.
The Retrievers scored eight runs
over their next three at-bats to close their gap to 11-9. Joe Fowler started
the rally with a two-run homer to left center in the fifth inning. In the
sixth, Steve Russo and Lemon were each hit by pitches with one out. Following a
fly out and a single by Scott Peddicord to load the bases, Russo scored on a
wild pitch. After Fowler drew a walk to reload the bases, Lemon scored on an error
by the first baseman. Two batters later, Shawn Retz plated Peddicord and Fowler
with a single to left field.
UAlbany got two runs back in the top
of the seventh on a pair of sacrifices. Eichner opened the inning with a walk
and came home from first as West reached third on an error by the pitcher on
his sacrifice bunt attempt. Donovan followed with his second sac fly of the
contest to knock in West. UMBC narrowed the UAlbany lead to two with a pair of
runs in the home half of the seventh. After Tom Meaney and Russo each doubled
to open the frame, Lemon knocked in Meaney with a groundout to second. Two
batters later, Peddicord drove in Russo with a single through the right side.
Gugel capped the game's scoring with a solo blast to right field to lead off the
eighth inning.
Freshman right-hander Dave Kubiak
picked up his third win of the season, striking out three over 5.2 innings,
while allowing seven runs (three earned) on six hits. Junior Sean Gregory
pitched the final 3.1 innings, yielding two runs on five hits, to record his
second save. Dave Divita took the loss for the Retrievers, giving up nine runs
(three earned) on nine hits over four innings.
The Great Danes and the Retrievers
wrap up the four-game series on Sunday, May 4 at 12 p.m.
-agate-
UAlbany
(12-33-1, AE 7-12) 224 100 210 - 12 11 2
UMBC
(18-24, AE 10-9) 001 024 200 - 9 11 5
UAlbany: Dave Kubiak (W, 3-0), Sean
Gregory (6, S, 2) and Ryan Gugel.
UMBC: Dave Divita (L, 3-5), Mike
Fitzpatrick (5), Ryan Morse (7), Travis Pearson (8) and Tom Meaney.
UAlbany 12, UMBC 9 (May 03, 2008)
Box Score
2008 UAlbany Baseball
Albany at UMBC
May 03, 2008 at Baltimore, Md. (UMBC)
Albany 12 (12-33-1,7-12)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Dave West cf............. 5 2 2 2 0 1 3 0 0
Sean Donovan ss.......... 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 0
Brendan Rowland rf....... 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
Mike Konstanty 1b........ 4 1 1 0 0 0 11 0 1
Ryan Gugel c............. 5 1 3 3 0 0 7 0 0
Gary Pitcheralle lf...... 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0
Kyle Crean 2b............ 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 3
Tom Zink dh.............. 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Pete Eichner 3b.......... 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Dave Kubiak p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Sean Gregory p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 12 11 9 7 2 27 13 9
UMBC 9 (18-24,10-9)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Brainer 2b............... 5 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 0
Peddicord rf............. 5 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 0
Fowler lf................ 4 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 1
Delawter dh.............. 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
Retz 1b.................. 3 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 0
Nolan cf................. 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3
Meaney c................. 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0
S. Russo 3b.............. 4 2 1 0 0 2 4 4 3
Lemon ss................. 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 2
Divita p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fitzpatrick p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morse p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pearson p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 37 9 11 6 5 7 27 12 11
Score by Innings R H E
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Albany.............. 224 100 210 - 12 11 2
UMBC................ 001 024 200 - 9 11 5
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E - Donovan, S.(12); Konstanty, M(14); Peddicord(2); Retz(2); Meaney 2(6);
Morse(2). DP - ALBANY 2; UMBC 1. LOB - ALBANY 9; UMBC 11. 2B - Rowland,
B.(14); Gugel, R.(10); Zink, T.(8); Brainer(10); Peddicord(15); Nolan 2(20);
Meaney(9); S. Russo(7). HR - West, D.(6); Gugel, R.(4); Fowler(8). HBP -
Konstanty, M; Pitcheralle; Retz 2; Meaney; S. Russo; Lemon. SH - West,
D.(5). SF - Donovan, S. 2(3). SB - Konstanty, M(6); Crean, K.(2). CS -
Rowland, B.(3); Pitcheralle(3).
Albany IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Dave Kubiak......... 5.2 6 7 3 4 3 22 31 -
Sean Gregory........ 3.1 5 2 2 1 4 15 16 -
UMBC IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Divita.............. 4.0 9 9 3 1 0 22 25 -
Fitzpatrick......... 2.0 0 1 0 4 1 6 11 -
Morse............... 1.0 1 2 1 2 0 2 6 -
Pearson............. 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 6 6 -
Win - Kubiak, D. (3-0). Loss - Divita (3-5). Save - Gregory, S. (2).
WP - Kubiak, D. 2(11); Fitzpatrick 2(4). HBP - by Kubiak, D. (Retz); by Kubiak,
D. (Meaney); by Divita (Pitcheralle); by Kubiak, D. (Retz); by Fitzpatrick
(Konstanty, M); by Kubiak, D. (S. Russo); by Kubiak, D. (Lemon). Inherited
runners/scored: Gregory, S. 3/2; Morse 1/1; Pearson 1/0. Pitches/strikes: None.
Umpires - HP: Mark Whitman 1B: Rich Nedimyer 3B: Roger Sherwood
Start: 1:15 pm Time: 3:10 Attendance: 234
Fitzpatrick faced 1 batter in the 7th.
Morse faced 2 batters in the 8th.
Game: GAME46
