Score Game 1: UAlbany 0, UMBC 2 (7 Innings) 
 

Score Game 2: UAlbany 3, UMBC 8 
 

Location: Varsity Field – Albany, N.Y. 
 

Records: UAlbany (4-16, 2-3 America East) | UMBC (12-9, 4-1 America East) 
 

Short Story: The University at Albany baseball team fell to UMBC in a pair of games on Friday afternoon.  
 

Coach Jon Mueller: "Credit to UMBC they played a clean Day and threw the ball well. We struggled all afternoon offensively and faltered defensively in game two." 
 

Key Stats Game 1:  

• UAlbany Pitchers: 

  • Christian Mello - 4.0 IP | 1 ER | 4 K 

  • Tyler Kneller - 2.0 IP | 0ER | 1K 

• Jaxon Mueller picked up a trio of singles, which led the team.  

• Levi McAllister, Tre Mariano, and Kyle Stephens each added a hit, including a double from McAllister. 
   

Key Stats Game 2: 

• UAlbany Pitchers 

  • Dylan Banner – 6.0 IP | 4 ER | 4 K 

  • Ethan Nardacci – 2.0 IP | 0 ER | 3 K  

  • Ryan Pittz – 1.0 IP | 0 ER | 0 K 

• Tre Mariano led the team with a pair of hits, followed by Zach Mrvalja, and Jaxon Mueller with a hit each.  

• Victor Mazzara, Kyle Stephens, and Mueller each tallied an RBI. 
   

How it Happened Game 1:  

• UMBC got on the board first with an RBI double in the top of the second to make it 1-0 early. 

• In the bottom of the frame, The Great Danes picked up a pair of singles but were unable to score. 

• After five strong innings from UAlbany starting pitcher Christian Mello, Tyler Kneller took over in the top of the sixth.  

• Following a leadoff double and a passed ball, the Retrievers extended their lead in the top of the sixth with a sac fly to push the score to 2-0.  

• The Great Danes loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh but were unable to plate any runs, and UMBC walked away with a 2-0 win in game 1.  
   

How it Happened Game 2: 

• UMBC struck first in the top of a first with a leadoff triple and a groundout that scored the runner to make it 1-0. 

• Jaxon Muller led off the bottom of the second with a single and got to third on a ground ball and a passed ball but was unable to score, and the score remained 1-0. 

• After a hit by pitch to load the bases in the top of the fifth, the Retrievers roped a two-run double to extend the lead to 3-0. A single later in the frame pushed two more across and made the score 5-0. 

• UAlbany got on the board in the bottom of the frame when Victor Mazarra looped a bases-loaded sac fly into right to push Tre Mariano across to cut into the lead, 5-1. 

• In the top of the seventh, UMBC loaded the bases with no outs and recorded a trio of runs to push the lead to 8-1. 

• In the bottom of the seventh, Zach Mrvalja drove in Mariano on a single through the infield to make the score 8-2. 

• Mariano led off the bottom of the ninth with a double and got driven home on a Kyle Stephens single that bounced off second base to make the score 8-3, the final score of the game.  
   

Next: The Great Danes will close out this conference series Sunday afternoon at 1:00 PM.
 

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