Score: UAlbany 4, Lehigh 6
Location: Legacy Park Bethlehem, Pa
Records: UAlbany (6-9, 0-0 America East) | Lehigh (10-6, 0-0 Patriot League)
Short Story: UAlbany scored three in the ninth to draw within two of Lehigh but ultimately lost, 4-6.
Head Coach Jon Mueller: "Came up a little short at the end today. We lost the momentum in game three at the end and we were a step slow throughout offensively today. Overall, we pitched very well for the most part all weekend which is encouraging."
Key Stats
- UAlbany pitchers:
- Logan Morris went three for five with two doubles, one RBI and a run scored.
- Louis Kaleb went one for one with an RBI.
- Kyle Stephens went one for one with a double and a run scored.
How it Happened
- Ryan Pittz started the game for the Great Danes and Liam O'Hearen started on the mound for Lehigh.
- Lehigh took a two to nothing lead in the bottom of the first after Ryan Cochran doubled, scoring Dom Patrizi, and Owen Walewander singled, scoring Cochran.
- The Mountain Hawks added another run in the bottom of the fourth after Jack Frankovic knocked in Raffaele Rogers with a double.
- Max Treonze came in to pitch for Lehigh in the top of the fifth.
- Luke Boule came in to pitch for UAlbany in the bottom of the fifth.
- Alex Enea came in to pitch for UAlbany in the bottom of the seventh.
- With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Lehigh took a four to nothing lead after Aidan Quinn hit an RBI double.
- Matthew Mariano came in to pitch for UAlbany with one out in the seventh.
- The Mountain Hawks then tacked on another two runs in the seventh after Edwin Betances brought in Aidan Quinn and Ryan Cochran with a single.
- Lehigh brought in Tommy Lamar to pitch with one out in the top of the eighth.
- With two outs in the eighth, Louis Kaleb drove in Logan Morris with an RBI single, making the score six to one.
- In the bottom of the ninth, the Danes scored three runs to make the score six to four after Kyle Stephens scored on a fielder's choice, Victor Mazzara scored on a Logan Morris double, and Jared Toby scored on a passed ball.
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