Feil
Kathleen Helman
14
Winner Maine BLACK_~1 14-12
2
UAlbany UABASE 13-17
Winner
Maine BLACK_~1
14-12
14
Final
2
UAlbany UABASE
13-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Maine BLACK_~1 0 1 1 4 7 0 1 14 13 0
UAlbany UABASE 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 2

W: Nicholas Sinacola (7-1) L: Weber, Ray (5-1)

7
Winner Maine BLACK_~1 15-12
6
UAlbany UABASE 13-18
Winner
Maine BLACK_~1
15-12
7
Final
6
UAlbany UABASE
13-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maine BLACK_~1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 11 2
UAlbany UABASE 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 6 11 0

W: Noah Lewis (3-3) L: Germinerio, Anthony (3-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Game Two Comeback Falls Short as Baseball Drops Both Games Against Maine

Game One Score: Maine 14, UAlbany 2
 
Game Two Score: Maine 7, UAlbany 6
 
Location: Varsity Field in Albany, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (13-18, 11-13) | Maine (15-12, 10-9)
 
Short Story: The Great Danes put together a three-run ninth inning in game two, but their comeback falls just short as Maine secures victories in both games of the doubleheader. 

Coach Jon Mueller: "We didn't get two quality starts today and if you don't do that in this league, there is small room for error. I thought the bullpen in that second game and kept us in it, but we're going to have to play better to win these games. The hope is that we can build off that momentum in the last few innings."
 
Key Stats Game One
  • Ray Weber (5-1) took his first loss of the season after four innings where he allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits with five walks and five strikeouts.
  • Will Feil went 3-for-3 with one run scored.
  • Jason Bottari went 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
  • Maine starter Nicolas Sinacola (7-1) went six innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits with no walks and 12 strikeouts.
  • The Black Bears' Sean Lawlor went 3-for-4 with a grand slam, three runs scored and four RBIs.
  • Eight-of-nine Maine starters scored at least one run.
Key Stats Game Two
  • Anthony Germinerio (3-4) went four innings and allowed six runs (four earned) on eight hits with three walks and six strikeouts.
  • Johnny Marti went 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
  • Josh Gurnack went 1-for-4 with three RBIs and one walk.
  • Dolan Ocasal went 2-for-5 with an RBI.
  • Maine starter Noah Lewis (3-3) went six innings and allowed one run on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts. 
  • The Black Bears; Connor Goodman went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
How it Happened Game 1
  • Maine scored the game's first 13 runs in an afternoon that saw eight-of-nine starters cross the plate. The runs started in the second inning with a bases-loaded single as they took a 1-0 lead. 
  • The Black Bears added one more run in the third on an RBI single before a fourth inning grand slam by Sean Lawlor gave Maine a 6-0 lead.
  • They followed with a game-breaking seven-run fifth inning. The Black Bears scored two runs on two singles, two on two wild pitches, one on a double, hit by pitch and error to take a 13-0 lead.
  • UAlbany cut into the lead when Jason Bottari hit a two-run single in the sixth inning as Maine still led comfortably, 13-2.
  • In the seventh, Maine added one more run on a Joe Bramanti home run as they sealed a 14-2 game one victory.
  • Ray Weber took his first loss of the season, while Maine starter Nicholas Sinacola earned his America East-leading seventh win of the season.
How it Happened Game 2
  • Maine started game two where they left off in game one, scoring the first six runs. They scored in the first inning on a passed ball and took an early 1-0 lead.
  • They added to the lead with a three-run third inning on two singles that drove in two runs and one Anthony Germinerio wild pitch that allowed another to score. 
  • With a 4-0 lead, the Black Bears scored two more runs in the fourth inning with a Joe Bramanti single and took a 6-0 lead.
  • The Great Danes cut into the lead with a Josh Gurnack RBI groundout in the bottom half that cut the lead to 6-1.
  • Maine immediately responded in the fifth with a one-run single and retook a six-run lead, 7-1. 
  • While Maine controlled all the momentum, outscoring the Great Danes 21-3 on the day to this point, they chipped away. A Dolan Ocasal RBI double, followed by John Daly scoring on a wild pitch, cut the Maine lead to 7-3.
  • Down four runs in the ninth, UAlbany started a rally that saw Brad Malm and Will Feil score on a Gurnack single and Johnny Marti score on a wild pitch. 
  • With the lead cut to 7-6, pinch runner Josh Loeffler stood as the game-tying run on second base. Jason Bottari stood in with an opportunity to tie the game but a groundout to second base ended the Great Danes' comeback effort as Maine sealed a sweep of the doubleheader.
Next: UAlbany and Maine return to Varsity Field for a Sunday doubleheader that was moved up to a 10:00 a.m. start from 12:00 p.m. due to potential rain in the afternoon forecast.  
 
Print Friendly Version