SCORE: Texas Tech 16, UAlbany 8
LOCATION: Rip Griffin Park - Lubbock, Texas
RECORDS: UAlbany (0-1, 0-0 America East) | Texas Tech (2-3, 0-0 BIG 12)
SHORT STORY: The University at Albany Baseball team flashed offensive firepower and resilience against a strong Texas Tech squad, leading by three at one point, but ended up falling in the season opener, 16-8.
HEAD COACH JON MUELLER: "We committed some critical defensive mistakes and had too many free passes. Back at it tomorrow."
KEY STATS
- UAlbany Pitchers:
- Michael Maggio led the offense with a strong day at the plate, going 3-4 with three RBIs to pace the Great Danes.
- Levi McAllister recorded a multi-hit performance, finishing 2-4 with two RBIs and a walk.
- Luke Filippi added two hits and scored twice while reaching base three times.
- Cooper Loyal scored two runs and reached base with a hit and a walk.
- Victor Mazzara reached base multiple times, scoring twice with a walk and hit by pitch.
- Kyle Stephens drove in a run and worked two walks in the contest.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UAlbany loaded the bases early with walks from Victor Mazzara and Cooper Loyal in the first.
- Levi McAllister opened the scoring with an RBI single before Michael Maggio added another RBI knock for a 2-0 lead.
- Dylan Banner set down Texas Tech in order aside from a hit by pitch in the bottom half.
- Texas Tech tied the game in the second after a throwing error extended the inning and Davis Rivers delivered a two-run single.
- The Great Danes responded in the third with Loyal and Luke Filippi reaching base before McAllister drove in a run.
- Maggio followed with another RBI single, and aggressive baserunning plus a throwing error pushed across a third run in the frame to make it 5-2.
- Texas Tech answered quickly with a solo homer from Connor Shouse and then took advantage of two errors to plate four runs and move in front.
- Matthew Mariano entered in relief and worked through traffic to end the third frame.
- The Red Raiders added two more in the fourth on a sacrifice fly and an RBI play following another defensive miscue.
- Matthew Mariano settled in to toss scoreless fifth and sixth innings before being relieved by Jameson Walsh to start the seventh inning.
- Texas Tech loaded the bases, and Logan Hughes cleared them with a three-RBI double, and additional extra-base hits and a groundout plated two more to stretch the lead to 13-5.
- In the eighth, Kyle Stephens drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home a run before Michael Maggio delivered an infield single that plated two more to cut into the deficit.
- Texas Tech answered in the bottom half with a run scoring on a throwing error and a two-run home run by Linkin Garcia to stretch the lead again.
- UAlbany went quietly in the ninth as Texas Tech closed out the win, 16-8.
NEXT: The Great Danes are slated for three more contests against the Red Raiders this weekend, a doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 21 (1:00 PM ET | 4:00 PM ET) and a single meeting on Sunday, Feb. 22 (2:00 PM ET).
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