Score: UAlbany 8, James Madison 5

Location: Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, Va.

Records: UAlbany (1-0); James Madison (3-2)

Short Story: After seeing the game tied in the bottom of the ninth, the UAlbany baseball team scored three runs in the top of the 11th to win their season-opener at James Madison

Coach Mueller: “Tremendous win for the team today.  Both teams played hard and we collected a couple big, two-out hits in the 11th.  Great showing by a number of guys today.”

Key Stats

• Dominic Savino made his first career start, allowing three runs over 4.0 innings with one strikeout and two walks
• Matt Codispoti hit 4-5 with a double and one RBI
• Connor Powers and Marc Wangenstein drove in two runs each
• UAlbany scored eight runs on 12 hits

How it happened

• After a leadoff double from Kevin Donati in the top of the second, Chris Turco hit a sacrifice fly and Matt Codispoti hit an RBI double to left-center to put UAlbany up 2-0
• James Madison tied the game at two in the bottom of the third
• The Dukes scored one run in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-2 lead
• With a runner on second, Pat Lagravinese hit an RBI single to right to tie the game at three
• In the top of the eighth, Marc Wangenstein hit a two-RBI single to left, putting UAlbany up 5-3
• Trailing by two, James Madison scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings
• In the top of the 11th, after Codispoti scored from second on a fielding error by James Madison, Connor Powers hit a two-run home run to put UAlbany up 8-5
• Hunter Torres relieved Brendan Smith in the bottom of the 11th, throwing one shutout inning with two strikeouts

Next: The Great Danes will play the second of three games at James Madison on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.