Amherst, Mass. - After five scoreless innings, UAlbany got on the board first with a single run in the top of the sixth, but Massachusetts responded with two in the bottom of the frame and held on for the one-run, 2-1, win in non-conference baseball action on Saturday afternoon at Earl Lorden Field.

            A pitching duel between each team's starters took the game through the fifth inning with no score. Finally, in the top of the sixth, the UAlbany hitters got a hold of UMass right hander Dennis Torres. D.J. Hoagboon singled through the right side, and advanced to second on an error. After a second Minutemen error moved Hoagboon 90 feet from home, a sacrifice hit by Gordon Madej brought the left fielder home to give UAlbany a 1-0 lead.

            UMass responded in the bottom of the frame, plating two runs to take a one-run advantage. Ryan Cusick knocked a triple into right field and came home on a ground out to tie the game. Rob McLam, who walked earlier in the inning, put the Minutemen on top, crossing home plate on an RBI-double by Tom Conley later in the inning. Torres held the Great Danes to just one more hit in the next two innings, before Tim Stoops and Conor LeBlanc closed out the ninth. Torres earned the win on the mound for the Minutemen, while LeBlanc got the save.

            UAlbany starter Zach Kraham went five innings with six strikeouts, while scattering just three hits. Kevin Archbold took the loss, as he allowed both runs to score. Hoagboon was the only Great Dane to finish with multiple hits, while Josh Nethaway recorded his fifth double of the season in the game.

            UAlbany (5-17-1) and UMass (5-8) will return to action on Sunday, with a doubleheader starting at noon.