Bearcats Drop First Game of AAC Tournament to No. 3 UConn

CLEARWATER, Fla. – No. 6 University of Cincinnati baseball dropped its first contest in the American Athletic Conference Tournament 6-2 to No. 3 UConn on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Bearcats will now face No. 2 USF at Robin Roberts Field after the completion of the previous game being played on that field.
 
// NOTABLES
• Cincinnati moves to 28-27 on the season
• UConn improves to 33-18-1
• UC's six hits were scattered throughout the order
• The Bearcats' biggest swing of the bat came on a two-run homerun by Eric Santiago
• Cam Alldred went 6.1 frames in the start with seven strikeouts
• A.J. Kullman followed with 1.2 innings in relief
 
// KEY INNINGS
Bottom of the 2nd
• UConn started the scoring with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly
Bottom of the 5th
• A three-run homerun by the Huskies added to their lead
Top of the 6th
• The Bearcats got on the board the next frame. McVey singled and Bumpass reached on a fielder's choice to have one runner on base. Santiago then sent a pitch sailing over the wall in left field for a two-run homerun
Bottom of the 7th
• UConn got one run back on a single and a double
Bottom of the 8th
• The Huskies scored the final run of the game on a trio of singles
 
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