ALBANY, N.Y. – The Hartford baseball team fell, 15-1, in their series opener against UAlbany this afternoon. The Hawks fall to 6-33 overall and 5-17 in America East play, while the Great Danes move to 20-19 overall and 9-13 in the conference.
UALBANY 15, HARTFORD 1
Hartford looked to get an early lead as
Kevin Koziol lead off the game with a single before advancing to third, but it would be the Great Danes that jumped out to an early 6-0 lead after the opening three innings. The Hawks would try and cut the gap, putting runners on the corners in the fifth after singles from
Ben Maycock and
Logan Cole. However, UAlbany would prevent the Hawks from decreasing the deficit, taking a 12-0 edge into the eighth inning.
The Hawks would put up a run in the top of the ninth though, as
Noah Rivera lead off with a single, followed by a walk from
Daniel Burnett.
Kyle Hawes would single to left field, loading the bases, allowing Cole to hit a sacrifice fly to right, plating Rivera and getting the Hawks on the board. The deficit ultimately proved too much to overcome, as UAlbany took the series opener, 15-1.
NEWS AND NOTES
- Cole paced the offense with a 2-for-3 day at the plate
- All but one Hawk in the lineup recorded a hit on the day
- Rivera extended his hitting streak to nine games
- Tremayne Cobb Jr., Burnett and Hawes all recorded one walk each on the day
- Edwin Almanzar Jr. (2-2) got the start on the mound, picking up the loss after allowing six runs off six hits in 3.0 innings of work
- Robert Chaney and Julien Giroux-Harvey made appearances out of the bullpen
- Chaney tossed three strikeouts to lead the team
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks continues its series against UAlbany tomorrow afternoon. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
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