Photo credit to Chris Hayden
Game Score: Hartford 7, UAlbany 6
Location: West Hartford, Conn. Fiondella Field
Records: UAlbany (4-8), Hartford (2-10)
Head Coach Jon Mueller: "It was a heavyweight battle all weekend. Three highly contested ball games. Hartford did just enough to win the rubber game. Tremendous team effort all the way around. This weekend will make us better as we press forward."
Short Story: After splitting yesterday's doubleheader, UAlbany fell to Hartford, 7-6.
Key Stats:
- John Clayton pitched 4.0 innings, allowing four runs on four hits with two strikeouts.
- Daniel St. Clair pitched 1.1 innings, allowing one run on one hit.
- Joe Kruszka pitched the final 3.0 innings in relief, allowing two runs and one hits and two strikeouts.
- Nick Kondo was 1-for-4 with one RBI and a double.
- Marc Wangenstein was 2-for-5 with a run, a double, and one RBI.
- Josh Loeffler was 1-for-3 with one run, a double, one RBI.
- Alex Thul was 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Game Recap:
- UAlbany scored one run after an RBI from Marc Wangenstein.
- Hartford scored an additional two runs in the bottom of the fourth.
- UAlbany scored another run in the top of the fifth after a double and RBI from Nick Kondo.
- Hartford fought back and scored three runs in the bottom of the third after a triple.
- A double from Wangenstein and a double from Alex Thul gave UAlbnay an additional three runs on two hits in the top of the eighth.
- Hartford scored another two runs at the bottom of the ninth.