Game One Score: UAlbany 4, Army 1
Game Two Score: Army 12, UAlbany 4
Location: Doubleday Field in West Point, N.Y.
Records: UAlbany (2-5) | Army (3-8)
Short Story: UAlbany splits a doubleheader at Army, winning game one 4-1 and losing game two 10-4, as
Ray Weber produced another stellar pitching performance in game one.
Coach Jon Mueller: "We earned a nice split at a difficult place to play.
Ray Weber gutted out 7 innings without his best stuff. In game two, we got off to a nice start but gave it right back and just couldn't recover. We are happy to have two more contests before our opening conference weekend."
Key Stats Game One
- Ray Weber (2-0) pitched a complete seven inning game and allowed one run on four hits with six strikeouts
- Brad Malm went 2-3 with a home run and two RBIs
- UAlbany scored three runs in the fourth inning that provided all the offensive Weber needed
- Army's Ray Bartoli (0-1) went six innings and allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits with six strikeouts
- Nick Manesis went 2-3 and scored the Black Knights' only run of the game
Key Stats Game Two
- Cregg Scherrer (0-2) went two innings and allowed seven runs on eight hits with four strikeouts
- Connor Eisenmann pitched three innings in relief and allowed one run on three hits with five strikeouts
- Johnny Marti went 3-4 with one run and one RBI
- Marc Wangenstein went 1-4 with a triple, one run and two RBIs
- Army's Andre Walden went 2-5 with two runs and three RBIs
- Bennett Smith went 2-5 with a home run and two RBIs for the Black Knights
How it Happened Game 1
- The Great Danes struck first with a second inning sacrifice fly by Jason Bottari that drove in Johnny Marti and gave UAlbany a 1-0 lead.
- Army responded with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the second inning and tied the game 1-1. The run marked Army's only run of the contest.
- UAlbany took the lead back in the fourth inning when Brad Malm hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot. Mike Prisco followed with an RBI double that gave UAlbany a 4-1 lead.
- UAlbany's Ray Weber settled into a groove over the final five innings he pitched, as he allowed only two hits and no runs after the second inning. Weber pitched a complete game as UAlbany took game one of the doubleheader, 4-1.
How it Happened Game 2
- UAlbany scored early, as Marc Wangenstein hit a two-RBI triple that drove in Brad Malm and Dolan Ocasal. Johnny Marti then drove in Wangenstein with an RBI single and UAlbany took a 3-0 first inning lead.
- In the bottom half, Army got two of the runs back when they scored on a wild pitch and Jeremiah Adams hit an RBI double that cut UAlbany's lead to 3-2.
- A Bennett Smith home run in the second inning tied the game at 3-3 before Army began pouring on runs. Army scored four runs in the third after Andre Walden hit a two-run double, Cregg Scherrer forced home a run on a balk and Walden scored on a wild pitch.
- With UAlbany down four, Jason Bottari hit a sacrifice fly that cut the deficit to 7-4 before another scoring surge by Army. They scored one run in the fifth and added two in the sixth that extended the lead to 10-4. Connor Eisenmann gave up the one run in the fifth and Connor Takacs gave up the two runs in the sixth.
- With a 10-4 lead, Army tacked on two more runs in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly and RBI double as the Black Knights took a 12-4 lead.
- With the Great Danes unable to score any runs in the ninth, Army captured a 12-4 game two victory over UAlbany.
Next: UAlbany is scheduled to face Army again on Tuesday, March 16, then visit CCSU on Wednesday, March 17.
