Score: UAlbany 9, Longwood 8
Location: Buddy Bolding Stadium Farmville, Va
Records: UAlbany (1-3, 0-0 America East) | Longwood (1-7, 0-0 SLC)
Short Story: The University at Albany's baseball team held on to win their first game of the year, 9-8.
Key Stat Lines
- UAlbany pitchers:
- Ryan Ferremi went three for three, reaching base in all five at bats, driving in three runs.
- Justin Hurd went two for three, scoring twice and driving in one.
- Logan Morris went two for four with two RBI's.
- Levi McAllister went one for four, highlighted by what proved to be the game winning RBI in the top of the ninth.
How it Happened:
- Dylan Banner started the game for the Great Danes and Alek Elges started on the mound for Longwood.
- Longwood opened the scoring in the second, on a solo homerun by Logan Janney.
- The Great Danes answered back, scoring four runs in the third, with a sacrifice fly by Luke Myers, and RBI singles by Ryan Ferremi, Logan Morris and Levi McAllister.
- The Lancers then scored two in the bottom of the third on a single by Myles Webb and a fielder's choice.
- Logan Morris knocked in Michael Maggio in the fifth with a sacrifice fly, to make the score five to three.
- Jake Chadwell came on in relief in the sixth for Longwood.
- In the top of the sixth the Danes went up eight to three, Justin Hurd knocked in John Vitucci with an RBI single, and Ryan Ferremi drove home two more with a single of his own.
- Ethan Nardacci came in to pitch with one out in the bottom of the sixth.
- Tyler Kneller finished out the sixth inning on the mound for the Danes.
- Longwood tied the game up in the bottom half of the sixth with five runs of their own.
- Thomas Quinn came in to pitch for the Danes with two outs in the eighth.
- Ried Dittner came in to pitch for Longwood in the ninth.
- In the top of the ninth Levi McAllister hit a sacrifice fly to left field to give the Great Danes a one run lead.
- Justin Gunter came in to finish out the ninth for Longwood.
- Thomas Quinn secured the win for the Danes, allowing no runs in the ninth inning.
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