Late Rally Lifts UAlbany Past Baseball on Tuesday

April 16, 2024

The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a non-conference tilt at UAlbany, 9-7, on Tuesday afternoon in Albany, NY. The Blue Devils had a three-run lead until the Great Danes pushed across five runs in the eighth inning..

The Blue Devils begin a three-game conference series at FDU on Friday.

GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE

Score: CCSU 7, UALBANY 9
Pitching Record: W: Fuer (2-2) | L: Wainwright (0-2) | Save: Boule (1)
Records: CCSU (8-18) | UAlbany (5-24)
Location: Varsity Field | Albany, NY

KEY MOMENTS

UAlbany opened the scoring with a run in the bottom of the second and held the lead until CCSU got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning. Colby Brouillette led off with a solo home run to right field to make it 1-1.
In the bottom of the frame, UAlbany got an RBI single from Anthony Scarabino and a two-run hit by Cooper Loyal to go ahead 4-1.
Central took advantage of an error to load the bases with nobody out in the fifth inning. Hunter Pasqualini drove in a run on a fielder's choice to make it 4-2.
Josh Taylor led off the seventh with a double for the Blue Devils. After advancing on a groundout, Taylor scored on a single from Brady Short. Pasqualini collected CCSU's third straight single in the inning to drive in Short and make it 4-4. The Blue Devils would get runners to second and third with one out before Brouillette drove in a run with a sacrifice to make it 5-4.
In the eighth, Antonio Ducatelli and Elliot Good each walked and would come around to score on a triple by Short to push the CCSU lead to 7-4.
Will Binder led off the UAlbany eighth with a homerun beginning a string of four straight hits. Scarabino would tie the game with a two-run double. After a pair of popups, a walk would put a pair of runners on for Luke Myers who cleared the bags with a double to make it 9-7.

NOTES

UAlbany leads the series, 11-10, all-time.
Central collected 12 hits as a team, its 13^th game with 10+ hits this season.
Short went 3-for-4 and three RBIs.
Good and Derek Haughey each added two hits. Good also scored two runs.
Zack Robinson made his first career start and tossed 3.1 innings.
Wyatt Cameron tossed a perfect 2.2 innings in relief. He struck out five.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils begin a three-game conference series at FDU on Friday.

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