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
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.