Photo credit to Chris Hayden
Game One: UAlbany 8, Hartford 6
Game Two: Hartford 6, UAlbany 5
Location: West Hartford, Conn. Fiondella Field
Records: UAlbany (4-7), Hartford (1-10)
Head Coach Jon Mueller: "Today's split is typical for America East Baseball play. The boys battled and had a chance to finish the series today. Looking forward to tomorrow's finale."
Short Story: UAlbany's doubleheader split with Hartford came after UAlbany won a Game 1, but dropped Game 2 by one run.
Key Stats:
Game One:
- UAlbany got off to a strong start, scoring two runs in the top of the first, thanks in part to Kevin Donati posting two RBIs.
- Hartford bounced back, scoring runs in the bottom of the first, second, and third.
- RBI's by Donati, Loeffler, Ocasal, and Hayden scored UAlbany five runs on five hits in the top of the sixth.
- An RBI from Marc Wangenstein gave UAlbany another run in the top of the seventh.
- Hartford scored two more runs in the bottom of the seventh.
Game 2:
- UAlbany scored a run in the top of the third inning thanks to an RBI from Kevin Donati.
- In the top of the fourth, UAlbany scored another run after an RBI from Matt Codispoti.
- Hartford scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth.
- A triple and double along with an RBI from Wangenstein scored UAlbany another three runs at the top of the fifth.
- Hartford scored another two runs in the bottom of the fifth
- UAlbany scored another run in the top of the sixth.
- Hartford scored another run in the bottom of the sixth and seventh.