Game 1 (PDF) | Game 2 (PDF) | Harring Interview
LOWELL, Mass. – The UMass Lowell baseball team (13-12, 4-3) split an America East doubleheader with the UAlbany Great Danes (10-12, 3-5) at LeLacheur Park on Saturday afternoon. The River Hawks took game one 4-0, before falling in the finale 4-2.
"In game one,
Andrew Ryan was the best I think I have ever seen him and Colby finally got the key hit we were looking for," commented Head Coach
Ken Harring. "In game two, we don't make a play and a kid hits a three-run shot, and that's the cruelty of this game. We put ourselves in position and had some opportunities to fight back, but we have a chance to win the series tomorrow."
Andrew Ryan (Rochester, Mass.) cruised through eight shutout innings, striking out eight to pick up the win in game one for the River Hawks. The junior converted 71 of his 109 pitches for strikes and only allowed three hits.
UMass Lowell broke the scoreless tie in the seventh on a two-run double to short right field of the bat of
Colby Maiola (North Reading, Mass.), for his team-leading 20 and 21st RBI of the season.
Oscar Marchena (Miami, Fla.) began the rally with a one-out single and advanced to third after a
Steve Passatempo (Medford, Mass.) walk and a groundout.
The River Hawks added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth after
Chris Sharpe (Burlington, Mass.) doubled to lead off the frame. He crossed the plate on a Passatempo sacrifice fly, and
Cam Climo (Billerica, Mass.) singled home Marchena for the four-run buffer.
UAlbany jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first in game two on a Travis Collins three-run home run to right field.
Ben Prada (Laurel, Md.) got one back for UMass Lowell in the fifth with a sac fly to center than scored
Russ Olive (Chelmsford, Mass.), after the sophomore doubled to lead off the inning. The River Hawks climbed within 3-2 on
John Polichetti's (Atkinson, N.H.) RBI single in the sixth to score Maiola.
The teams will play the rubber match of the series tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m.
