Score: Maine 20, UAlbany 4
Location: Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine
Records: UAlbany (3-18-1, 0-7 America East) | Maine (13-11, 7-0 America East)
Short Story: The University at Albany baseball team fell to the University of Maine in the first game of a three-game series, 20-4.
Key Stats:
- UAlbany Pitchers:
- Dan Tauken returned to the lineup and led the offense with three hits, including a triple. He finished with two RBIs and a run scored.
- Will Feil recorded two hits, spending time at both first and second base while in the field.
- Danny Alvarez, Will Binder, Justin Hurd, and Carson Dunkel each recorded a hit each. Hurd finished with two runs scored and a walk, Dunkel added two RBIs.
- UAlbany finished with nine hits, five walks, 11 strikeouts, and left nine men on base.
How it Happened:
- Cregg Scherrer started on the mound for the Great Danes, Colin Fitzgerald started for the Black Bears.
- Maine took a 4-0 lead in the second inning, scoring runs on two wild pitches, a hit by pitch, and a walk.
- Maine added eight runs in the third inning to make it 12-0, forcing Scherrer out of the game. He was replaced by Kyle McCaffrey midway through the inning.
- Maine added three more runs in the fourth to make it 15-0.
- Rob Manetta entered the game for UAlbany to start the fifth.
- Maine added an additional two runs in the fifth thanks to a two-run home run from Quinn McDaniel, 17-0.
- UAlbany got on the board in the sixth inning following a Dan Tauken RBI single, scoring Justin Hurd. Hurd got on base with a leadoff double to start the…
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