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Bearcats Fall at UAB, 8-3

Game three set for 2:00 p.m. ET on Saturday

Bearcats Fall at UAB, 8-3Bearcats Fall at UAB, 8-3
Ethan Harrison

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Cincinnati baseball team dropped its second straight game at UAB on Friday, falling by a score of 8-3.

UC scored the first runs of the game in the third inning, taking a 2-0 lead, but the Blazers responded with three solo home runs in the bottom half of the inning to go up 3-2. They would add to their lead in the fourth and fifth innings, building a lead that Cincinnati was unable to overcome.

The Bearcats’ offense produced 12 hits on Friday, with four players recording multi-hit efforts. Sophomore Derrick Pitts went 3-for-4 and while fellow sophomores Jackson Smith, Charlie Niehaus, and Conlan Daniel all had two hits apiece. For Pitts, it was his third straight multi-hit effort and second consecutive game with three hits.

Niehaus also hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot that led off the sixth.

Senior Logan Knight made the start and struck out three in four innings of work. Four others saw time out of the bullpen: redshirt senior Joel Pineiro, sophomore Brendin Oliver, and redshirt sophomore Bradley Coulter. Coulter struck out two in a scoreless eighth inning, his first action since 2024 after missing last year due to injury.

For Pineiro, his two shutout frames constituted his second scoreless outing of the week. He pitched the ninth inning in Tuesday’s win at No. 9 Auburn.

Game three between the Bearcats and Blazers is set for Saturday at 2:00 p.m. ET.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Cincinnati opened the scoring in the top of the third. Conlan Daniel scored on an error and Derrick Pitts followed with an RBI single up the middle to make it 2-0.
  • UAB used the long ball to take the lead in the bottom of the third. Three of the first four hitters of the inning left the yard, the three solo homers giving the Blazers a 3-2 advantage.
  • The Blazers scored in the fourth and fifth innings as well to go up 6-2.
  • Charlie Niehaus cut into the deficit in the top of the sixth, leading off the inning with a home run.
  • Another UAB home run in the bottom of the seventh, a two-run shot, put the score at 8-3. That would hold as the final score.

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