Score: St. John's 4, UAlbany 3
Location: Jeff Kaiser Stadium – Queens, N.Y.
Records: UAlbany (0-10, 0-0 America East) | St. John's (4-10, 0-0 Big East)
Short Story: The University at Albany baseball team rallied in the sixth inning, but an early deficit proved too much as St. John's held on for a 4-3 win Sunday afternoon.
Coach Jon Mueller: "Three one run games for the weekend. We played clean defense and
Tyler Kneller was outstanding in the middle. We will get back at it next weekend."
Key Stats:
How it Happened:
- UAlbany threatened early in the first inning when Michael Maggio singled and Cooper Loyal followed with a triple, but the Great Danes were unable to bring a run home.
- St. John's opened the scoring in the bottom of the second. Cristian Bernardini singled home Shaun McMillan before Rob Mansour added an RBI fielder's choice to give the Red Storm a 2-0 lead.
- The Red Storm extended the advantage in the third inning when Adam Agresti hit a two-run home run to left field, pushing the lead to 4-0.
- Tyler Kneller replaced Brian Cadieux on the mound for the Great Danes in the fourth inning and kept St. John's off the board, striking out four over 3.2 scoreless innings.
- UAlbany cut into the deficit in the sixth inning. Justin Hurd walked and Luke Filippi reached before Logan Morris launched a three-run home run to left center to bring the score to 4-3.
- Alex Enea entered in relief in the seventh and held the Red Storm scoreless down the stretch to keep the Great Danes within one.
- UAlbany threatened in the ninth after John Vitucci and Jaxon Mueller recorded singles, but St. John's closed the game to secure the 4-3 victory.
Next: The Great Danes travel to Yale for a three-game series next weekend, March 13 –15.
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