Game One Score: UAlbany 3, NJIT 2
Game Two Score: NJIT 5, UAlbany 3
Location: Jim Haynes Field in Union, NJ
Records: UAlbany (3-6, 1-1) | NJIT (2-6, 1-1)
Short Story: UAlbany splits a doubleheader at NJIT, a 3-2 game one win and 5-3 game two loss, as
Ray Weber improves to 3-0 on the season with his complete-game effort in game one.
Coach Jon Mueller: "We got two quality starts to begin conference play.
Ray Weber was solid in his complete-game effort and
Connor Takacs did a nice job keeping us in the game as well. Defensively we were solid and the offensive is getting closer. We look forward to playing another doubleheader tomorrow."
Key Stats Game One
- Ray Weber (3-0) pitched a complete seven inning game and allowed two runs on three hits with five strikeouts
- Josh Gurnack went 2-3 with two RBIs and recorded UAlbany's only extra-base hit
- Jason Bottari went 2-3 and scored one run
- NJIT's Tyler Stafflinger (0-2) pitched a complete seven inning game and allowed three runs (one earned) on eight hits with five strikeouts
- Nick Hussey went 1-2 with a home run, two runs scored, and one walk for the Highlanders
Key Stats Game Two
- Connor Takacs pitched 5.1 innings and allowed three runs on seven hits with four strikeouts in his first start of the season
- Johnny Marti went 3-4 with two runs and one RBI
- Brad Malm went 2-4 and Dolan Ocasal scored one run
- NJIT's Ryan Fischer pitched six innings and allowed two runs on seven hits with one strikeout
- Luke Longo went 1-3 with a home run and two RBIs for the Highlanders
- Julio Marcano went 2-3 with a home run and two runs scored for NJIT
How it Happened Game 1
- UAlbany scored first when Josh Gurnack doubled down the left field line and Mark Wangenstein scored. UAlbany held a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning before NJIT responded.
- With two runners on base, Daniel Helfgott hit a sacrifice fly that drove in Nick Hussey as NJIT tied the game 1-1.
- After three-straight scoreless innings, UAlbany broke the tie on a Gurnack single. Both Jason Bottari and Brad Malm scored unassisted on the play and Gurnack was thrown out at home trying to capitalize on the Highlanders' error.
- UAlbany led 3-1 until the bottom of the seventh inning when Hussey hit a home run for the Highlanders that cut the lead to 3-2. Ray Weber shut the door the rest of the inning, as he captured his second-straight complete seven inning victory in game one.
How it Happened Game 2
- For the first time in six games, UAlbany did not score the game's first run. NJIT's Julio Marcano hit a home run in the bottom of the first that gave them a quick 1-0 lead.
- UAlbany responded when Johnny Marti scored on a Jason Bottari hit that resulted in a fielder's choice in the second inning. With the game tied 1-1 for three-and-a-half innings, Josh Gurnack hit an RBI groundout that gave UAlbany a 2-1 lead.
- With UAlbany up one run, NJIT's Luke Longo hit a two-run home run to left field off of Connor Takacs and the Highlanders regained the lead 3-2.
- In the top of the seventh, Marti tied the game with a ground-rule double that drove home Dolan Ocasal. In the bottom half, Nick Hussey hit a two-run single that gave NJIT a 5-3 lead in the seventh.
- With two scoreless innings to end game two, NJIT won 5-3 and earned a split of the doubleheader with UAlbany.
Next: UAlbany plays NJIT again on Sunday for another doubleheader, starting at 11:00 a.m.
