No. 22 BSB Evens Series vs. Cincy, 5-1

Saturday, April 6

Hartford, Conn. - Dunkin' Donuts Park

2:05 PM

University of Connecticut

19-11, 0

University of Cincinnati

12-17, 0

Cincinnati

UConn

4/6/2019 7:51:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

STORRS, Conn. – The No. 22 UConn baseball team evened its series against Cincinnati with a 5-1 win at Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford. The Huskies move to 19-11 overall and 5-3 in The American.

In front of 2156 fans, the Huskies hit a pair of home runs to pace the offense and received another solid big time pitching performance from their staff. Trailing 1-0 in the second, David Langer hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, to give UConn its first lead of the day, 2-1.

Huskies Lead!

David Langer crushes his first career home run with the Huskies, a two-run shot, to give #UConn a 2-1 advantage in the 2nd! pic.twitter.com/QE9Iw41wmm
— UConn Baseball (@UConnBSB) April 6, 2019

Anthony Nucerino recorded his third-straight multi-hit effort but it was his defensive play in the fourth that kept UConn in front. The right fielder came up firing on a two-out single with a runner at second base and cut down the tying run at the plate.

Jeff Kersten logged 4.2 innings, allowed just four hits and one run while striking out four. The right-hander needed one more out to qualify for a win but a two-out error extended the fifth inning and forced the Huskies to go into the pen.

Caleb Wurster came out and escaped the fifth inning jam to keep UConn ahead, 2-1. The Coventry, R.I. native notched two scoreless innings to earn his second win before handing the ball to redshirt senior CJ Dandeneau. Dandeneau made his 72^nd career appearance and pitched 1.1 perfect innings.

NUCCCCCEEEEEE!

Anthony Nucerino throws out a runner at the dish to keep the Huskies ahead in the fourth!

Phillips, Nucerino and Langer due up. pic.twitter.com/3FAPo8qRhj
— UConn Baseball (@UConnBSB) April 6, 2019

Jake Wallace closed out the victory by notching a pair of strikeouts in a scoreless ninth.

John Toppa provided insurance for the Huskies with his third home run of the season, a solo shot in the seventh inning

UConn plays its third-straight rubber game on Sunday beginning at 12:05 p.m. at Dunkin' Donuts Park.

Notes

UConn moves to 6-3 this season against left-handed starters.
The Huskies are 14-3 when they score at least five runs.
UConn is 5-1 when it hits two home runs or more
Jake Wallace has thrown 14.1 consecutive scoreless innings in his last nine appearances.
The Huskies are 7-1 in games that Jeff Kersten starts this season.