TicketsCINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati baseball played another close game against No. 24 UConn on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, the Huskies prevailed and won the series with an 8-5 victory.
// NOTABLES
• UC is 19-19 on the season and 8-7 in conference
• UConn sits at 22-12-1 and 7-5
• Every Bearcats starter got a hit in the game as UC outhit UConn 14-13
• It was a big day of offense with eleven doubles and two homeruns between the two teams. The Bearcats left eleven runners on base while the Huskies left fourteen on
• With a single in the third inning, Manny Rodriguez kept his reach base streak alive. He has reached in 40 straight games dating back to last season
• Joey Thomas, A.J. Bumpass, Connor McVey, Dondrae Bremner and Eric Santiago all had two hits each
• Santiago had two doubles, Murphy hit a homerun and Kyle Mottice, Bumpass, McVey and Bremner all had a double
• Murphy led the team with two RBI and almost added on a ninth-inning, game-tying homerun, but the ball missed being a round-tripper by a mere margin and was caught on the warning track
// KEY INNINGS
Top of the 1st
• The Huskies struck first. A single, hit batter and a walk loaded the bases with one out. Starter Cam Alldred then earned a strikeout but gave up a run in the next at-bat on a full-count walk. Alldred worked out of the jam with a flyout
Top of the 2nd
• UConn added to its lead with a single, walk and two-run double
Bottom of the 2nd
• The Bearcats got on the board when McVey doubled and Murphy hit a homerun to right field
Bottom of the 5th
• UC tied the game when Thomas singled, Bumpass doubled and McVey hustled out an infield hit for the RBI
Top of the 7th
• The Huskies broke the tie with a double, single and another double in the seventh that put the score at 5-3
Top of the 8th
• UConn tacked on two more runs in the next frame. A hit batter, single and ground out put two runners in scoring position with one out. After a walk loaded the bases, the Huskies hit a two-RBI single up the middle
Bottom of the 8th
• UC got two runs back in the bottom of the eighth. Bremner singled, Santiago doubled and Bremner came in to score on a base hit by Treg Haberkorn. Mottice then grounded out to second to score Santiago from third
Top of the 9th
• The game became an 8-5 final when UConn scored its last run on a solo homerun that just cleared the fence in left field
// UP NEXT
• UC will not have any midweek action due to finals week but will be back home at Marge Schott Stadium to host Kansas next weekend for a non-conference series
• The first game in the Kansas series is scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m.
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// NOTABLES
• UC is 19-19 on the season and 8-7 in conference
• UConn sits at 22-12-1 and 7-5
• Every Bearcats starter got a hit in the game as UC outhit UConn 14-13
• It was a big day of offense with eleven doubles and two homeruns between the two teams. The Bearcats left eleven runners on base while the Huskies left fourteen on
• With a single in the third inning, Manny Rodriguez kept his reach base streak alive. He has reached in 40 straight games dating back to last season
• Joey Thomas, A.J. Bumpass, Connor McVey, Dondrae Bremner and Eric Santiago all had two hits each
• Santiago had two doubles, Murphy hit a homerun and Kyle Mottice, Bumpass, McVey and Bremner all had a double
• Murphy led the team with two RBI and almost added on a ninth-inning, game-tying homerun, but the ball missed being a round-tripper by a mere margin and was caught on the warning track
// KEY INNINGS
Top of the 1st
• The Huskies struck first. A single, hit batter and a walk loaded the bases with one out. Starter Cam Alldred then earned a strikeout but gave up a run in the next at-bat on a full-count walk. Alldred worked out of the jam with a flyout
Top of the 2nd
• UConn added to its lead with a single, walk and two-run double
Bottom of the 2nd
• The Bearcats got on the board when McVey doubled and Murphy hit a homerun to right field
Bottom of the 5th
• UC tied the game when Thomas singled, Bumpass doubled and McVey hustled out an infield hit for the RBI
Top of the 7th
• The Huskies broke the tie with a double, single and another double in the seventh that put the score at 5-3
Top of the 8th
• UConn tacked on two more runs in the next frame. A hit batter, single and ground out put two runners in scoring position with one out. After a walk loaded the bases, the Huskies hit a two-RBI single up the middle
Bottom of the 8th
• UC got two runs back in the bottom of the eighth. Bremner singled, Santiago doubled and Bremner came in to score on a base hit by Treg Haberkorn. Mottice then grounded out to second to score Santiago from third
Top of the 9th
• The game became an 8-5 final when UConn scored its last run on a solo homerun that just cleared the fence in left field
// UP NEXT
• UC will not have any midweek action due to finals week but will be back home at Marge Schott Stadium to host Kansas next weekend for a non-conference series
• The first game in the Kansas series is scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook (GoBearcatsBase), Twitter (@GoBearcatsBase) and Instagram (GoBearcatsBase)