Score: Maine 12, UAlbany 1 (7 inn.)
Location: Mahaney Diamond – Orono, Maine
Records: UAlbany (15-31, 9-13 America East) | Maine (19-30, 12-10 America East)
Short Story: The University at Albany baseball team dropped the opening game of its weekend series against Maine on Thursday afternoon.
Key Stats:
- UAlbany Pitchers:
- Tre Mariano accounted for both of UAlbany hits and hit a solo home run.
- UAlbany pitchers combined for seven strikeouts.
How it Happened:
- Maine opened the scoring in the first inning when Juju Stevens launched a solo home run to right field to make it 1-0 early.
- The Black Bears added another run in the second on a solo home run from Quinn Murphy to extend the lead to 2-0.
- After a scoreless third inning, Maine added to the lead in the fourth when Hunter St. Denis came around to score on a wild pitch during a rundown play to make it 3-0.
- The Black Bears broke the game open in the fifth. Nic Pepe connected on a two-run home run before Albert De La Rosa added a two-run homer later in the inning as Maine extended the lead to 8-0.
- Maine added four more runs in the sixth, highlighted by a three-RBI double from Troy Carpenter down the left field line to push the advantage to 12-0.
- UAlbany broke through in the seventh when Tre Mariano launched a solo home run to right-center field for the Great Danes' lone run of the afternoon.
- The Great Danes were unable to add on as Maine secured the series-opening victory.
Next: The Great Danes will face Maine two more times this weekend, tomorrow, May 15 at 3:00 PM and Saturday, May 16 at 1:00 PM.
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