Score: Hofstra 11, UAlbany 8
 
Location: University Field in Hempstead, New York
 
Records: UAlbany (0-2) | Hofstra (2-4)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany baseball team dropped game two of a three game series to the Hofstra Pride on Friday afternoon, 11-8. Late scoring from the Pride on untimely errors from the Great Danes was the difference maker, with UAlbany finishing the contest with four errors.
 
Head Coach Jon Mueller: "We had some critical defensive miscues which led to big innings. Cregg Scherrer was outstanding, and Nick Jessen battled. Offensively, there were some bright spots."
 
Key Stats:

• UAlbany Pitchers:
  • Cregg Scherrer – 4.0 IP | 3 R | 2 ER | 7 H | 5 K
  • Nicholas Jessen – 3.0 IP | 8 R | 2 ER | 11 H | 2 K
• Jason Bottari led the offense with three hits, all singles, scoring two runs.
• Will Feil went 2-5 on the day with two RBIs coming off a double in the fifth inning.
• Chris Fisher was the final Great Dane to finish with multiple hits, collecting a pair of singles and drawing a walk.
• Dylan Banner, Will Binder, Danny Alvarez, Owen Silliman, and Victor Mazzara all finished with one hit each. Binder, Silliman, and Devan Kruzinski each collected an RBI.
• UAlbany finished with 12 total hits and six walks.

 
How it Happened:
 

• Cade Henry started the game for Hofstra, Cregg Scherrer started on the mound for UAlbany.
• UAlbany struck first at the top of the third inning. Dylan Banner struck out swinging but reached first on a wild pitch. Chris Fisher scored from third base on the play to put the Great Danes up 1-0.
• In the same inning, with bases loaded, Will Binder singled to right field, scoring Jason Bottari. Will Feil was thrown out at home on the play, but the first run still counted – increasing the UAlbany lead to 2-0.
• In the bottom of the fourth, Hofstra got on the board on a sac fly to right field off the bat of Will Kennedy. Moments later, Zach Bailey drove in the tying run following a UAlbany fielding error, 2-2.
• UAlbany recaptured the lead at the top of the fifth inning when Will Feil doubled to center field to score Jason Bottari and Chris Fisher.
• Hofstra chipped away once again, gaining another run in the bottom half of the fifth when Jake Liberatore grounded out to short to score Michael Florides
• John Mikolaicyk entered the game for Hofstra midway through the fifth.
• Nicholas Jessen entered the game for UAlbany to start the bottom of the sixth.
• Hofstra took its first lead of the game, 5-4, in the seventh inning on a two RBI double to right center off the bat of Kevin Bruggeman.
• Brian Hart took the Mound for Hofstra to start the eighth.
• UAlbany responded by using a big eighth inning to once again take the lead from the Pride, scoring three runs. Devan Kruzinski reached on an error, driving in Dan Tauken for run number one. Chris Fisher then singled through the left side to drive in Owen Silliman before Jason Bottari grounded into a fielder's choice double play, scoring Victor Mazzara.
• The Pride rallied for an even bigger eighth inning of their own. Anthony D'Onofrio singled through the left side to score Zach Bailey, Kevin Bruggeman singled to left to score Ryan Morash, Jake Liberatore and Bruggeman scored on a throwing error from UAlbany following a ground ball to third, and Will Kennedy drove in the final runs of the inning on a two-run double to left center, making the score 11-7.
• UAlbany tacked on one more run in the final frame with Silliman scoring Danny Alvarez on an RBI single up the middle.

 
Next: UAlbany is back in action Sunday afternoon for the final game of the series against Hofstra. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Keep up with all of the latest news, highlights, and insights on UAlbany baseball by following the team on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and by using the hashtag #UAUKNOW.