Kyle McCaffrey
Brent Warzocha/UAlbany Athletics
11
UALBANY UALBANY 4-24
17
Winner Bryant BRY 17-16
UALBANY UALBANY
4-24
11
Final
17
Bryant BRY
17-16
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UALBANY UALBANY 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 11 8 2
Bryant BRY 0 0 3 1 0 3 5 5 X 17 20 1

W: WAINER, Austin (3-3) L: Scherrer, Cregg (0-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bryant Takes Game One from Baseball

Score: Bryant 17, UAlbany 11
 
Location: Conaty Park in Smithfield, Rhode Island
 
Records: UAlbany (4-24-1, 1-12 America East) | Bryant (17-16, 7-6 America East)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany baseball team fell to Bryant University on Friday afternoon, 17-11.
 
Key Stats:
  • UAlbany Pitchers:
  • Danny Alvarez finished the day with four RBIs off of two doubles. He was the only Great Dane to finish with multiple hits.
  • Will Feil went 1-3 at the plate with two walks and a home run, bringing in two RBIs.
  • Carson Dunkel, Dan Tauken, Justin Hurd, Chris Fisher, and Will Binder all finished with one hit. Binder had an RBI and a run scored, Dunkel and Tauken each scored a run.
  • UAlbany finished with eight hits, 11 walks, and nine strikeouts.
 
How it Happened:
  • Matthew Mariano started on the mound for the Great Danes, Coleman Picard started for the Bulldogs.
  • The Great Danes got off to a hot start, scoring four runs in the first inning. Will Binder singled to right to bring home Jason Bottari before Dan Tauken crossed home plate via a wild pitch. Danny Alvarez then doubled to left center to bring home Binder and Will Feil, making it 4-0. With just one out, Bryant's Picard was replaced by Mark Scamardella on the mound.
  • Bryant got on the board in the third inning with three runs. Zac Zyons hit a solo home run to right field to make it 3-1 before Lewis Barnum brought home two more on a single to right, making it 4-3.
  • The Bulldogs tied it at 4-4 the next inning on a Matt Smith single up the middle, scoring Zyons.
  • Cregg Scherrer replaced Mariano on the mound with two outs in the fourth for UAlbany.
  • Feil hit a two-run home run to left center in the fifth to make it 6-4 UAlbany.
  • Later in the fifth, Bryant's Scamardel was replaced by Austin Wainer.
  • Bryant took the lead in the sixth inning. Jake Gustin singled to bring the deficit to just one before Carmine Petosa singled to bring home two more, butting Bryant ahead 7-6.
  • The Bulldogs scored five runs in the seventh before tacking five more in the eighth, making it 17-6. Kyle McCaffrey entered the game with one out in the eighth.
  • Bryant replaced Wainer on the mound with Ryan Bradley in the ninth. Bradley walked four batters while only recording one out before he was replaced by Kaden Hilburger. Josh Salandy collected the final walk before the pitching change, picking up an RBI.
  • UAlbany scored four more runs in the top of the ninth, making it 11-17. Alvarez hit another two-RBI double and Just Hurd hit another one in the next at-bat.
 
Next: The Great Danes and Bulldogs are set to play a doubleheader tomorrow afternoon to close out the series, starting at 11:30 a.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.
 
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