Score Game 1: UMBC 11, UAlbany 7
 
Score Game 2: UMBC 7, UAlbany 2
 
Location: Alumni Field in Baltimore, Md.
 
Records: UAlbany (8-32-1, 2-19 America East) | UMBC (27-23, 16-8)
 
Short Story: The University at Albany baseball team fell in both games of a doubleheader to the UMBC Retrievers on Sunday afternoon.
 
Key Stats Game 1:

• UAlbany Pitchers:
  • Owen Birkman – 5.0 IP | 11 ER | 15 H | 1 BB | 2 K
  • Kyle McCaffrey – 1.0 IP | 0 ER | 1 H
• Justin Hurd led the offense with three RBIs. He went 1-4 at the plate, his lone hit being his second home run of the year in the second inning.
• Jason Bottari and Devan Kruzinski each finished with two hits and an RBI.
• Josh Salandy, Dan Tauken, and Will Binder all had one hit and one walk each.
• UAlbany finished with eight hits, five walks, six strikeouts, and left eight men on base.

 
Key Stats Game 2:

• UAlbany Pitchers:
  • Dylan Banner – 3.0 IP | 3 ER | 5 H | 2 BB | 3 K
  • Cregg Scherrer – 1.0 IP | 0 ER | 2 H | 3 BB
  • Steven Turk – 3.0 IP | 3 ER | 4 H | 2 BB
  • Michael DiMartino – 1.0 IP | 1 ER | 2 H | 1 BB | 1 K
• Seven different Great Danes finished with one hit.
• Ryan Ferremi went 1-1 at the plate with an RBI double.
• Luke Filippi had the other lone RBI for UAlbany.
• Jason Bottari registered two walks.
• UAlbany finished with seven hits, two walks, eight strikeouts, and left seven men on base.

 
How it Happened Game 1:

• Owen Birkman started on the mound for the Great Danes, Jayden Shertel started for UMBC.
• The Retrievers got on the board in the opening inning off a two-run home run from Justin Taylor.
• UAlbany's Justin Hurd tie the game at 2-2 in the second inning on his second home run of the season, scoring Dan Tauken.
• UMBC took back the lead in the bottom half of the second, scoring three runs on three separate RBI singles to make it a 5-2 game.
• The Retrievers put up three more runs in the third on another three RBI singles, making it 9-2.
• UAlbany responded by posting three runs in the fourth. Will Binder drew a walk with the bases loaded to score Josh Salandy before Chris Fisher hit a sac fly to left to bring in Tauken. Finally, Jason Bottari hit an RBI single to right to score Devan Kruzinski, making it 9-5.
• UMBC pushed the lead back to five runs, 10-5, in the bottom of fourth on a double play ball.
• UAlbany grabbed two more runs in the top of the fifth to make it 10-7. Hurd grounded into an out at third base, but scored Luke Filippi, and Devan Kruzinski reached on a fielder's choice to bring home Salandy.
• The final run of the game came in the bottom of the fourth when UMBC made it 11-7

How it Happened Game 2:

• Dylan Banner started on the mound for the Great Danes, Joe Pucek started for UMBC.
• UAlbany scored first, taking a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Luke Filippi singled to bring home Dan Tauken, who doubled earlier in the inning.
• UMBC tied the game in the third following an error form the UAlbany defense.
• The Retrievers took the lead in the fourth inning, taking a 3-1 advantage.
• The lead was increased to 5-1 in the sixth thanks to two solo home runs from the Retrievers.
• Another solo home run from UMBC made it 6-1 in the seventh.
• One more UMBC run scored in the eighth inning on a passed ball, making it 7-1.
• Ryan Ferremi hit an RBI double in the ninth to make it 7-2, scoring Danny Alvarez.

 
Next: UAlbany is set to travel to Rutgers for a Tuesday matchup before the year closes out with a three-game series at home against NJIT. 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.