University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
33-21, 12-11
Tulane University
30-24, 11-11
Huskies Clinch Road Series Win at Tulane, 10-6
5/18/2019 1:54:00 AM | Baseball
NEW ORLEANS – The UConn baseball team clinched a road series win at Tulane (30-24, 11-11 American), 10-6, on Friday evening at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
The Huskies (33-21, 12-11 American) tied their season-high with 10 runs scored in a conference game. With the score even at 4-4 entering the sixth inning, the Huskies responded with a pair of crooked number innings in the sixth and ninth innings to pull away from the Green Wave.
Anthony Prato (3-6, 2 RBI) gave UConn the lead for good in the sixth with a RBI single into left field to score pinch-hitter David Langer (3-3. 2 R) from second. Pat Winkel followed with a two-run double to extend the UConn lead to 7-4. Winkel went 3-5 with three RBIs on Friday, moving his series total to 7-10 with two doubles, a grand slam and 10 runs batted in.
UConn gained three two-out insurance runs to balloon its lead to six, 10-4. Michael Chiovitti smacked an RBI single to left and later in the inning scored from second on an RBI infield single from John Toppa, on a grounder up the middle. Prato added another RBI single to cap the scoring.
The Huskies head into the series finale with an opportunity to finish as high as second place in the conference standings with a victory on Saturday. UConn can only reach a No. 3 seed in the conference tournament because Cincinnati (13-11 American) owns the tiebreaker over the Huskies. Saturday's series finale begins at 2 p.m. ET and can be hear on 91.7 FM WHUS or online at whus.org.
Notes
- The Huskies won their third conference series on the road on Friday and look to earn their first conference series sweep since 2017.
- The Huskies scored double-digit runs for the seventh time this season.
- David Langer collected his first career three-hit game as a Husky while coming off the bench in the sixth.
- The Huskies are 10-4 in games that Jeff Kersten starts this season.
- UConn is 11-3 when Pat Winkel hits in the cleanup spot in the order.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Dunlop, Colby (5-4)
L: RAJ, Krishna (3-2)
Batting:
2B: Winkel, Pat 1 ; Gozzo, Paul 1 ; Langer, David 1
RBI: Toppa, John 1 ; Prato, Anthony 2 ; Winkel, Pat 3 ; Fedko, Kyler 1 ; Winkel, Chris 1 ; Gozzo, Paul 1 ; Chiovitti, Michael 1
SF: Winkel, Chris 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Toppa, John 2 ; Prato, Anthony 2 ; Woodworth, Michael 1 ; Winkel, Pat 1 ; Winkel, Chris 1 ; Chiovitti, Michael 1 ; Langer, David 2
SB: Winkel, Chris 1
HBP: Woodworth, Michael 1
Batting:
2B: JENSEN, Trevor 1 ; MATHEWS, Grant 1 ; BEDGOOD, David 1
3B: HOESE, Kody 1
HR: HASKIN, Hudson 1
RBI: HASKIN, Hudson 3 ; ARTIGUES, Jonathon 1 ; BEDGOOD, David 2
Base Running:
RUNS: JENSEN, Trevor 1 ; HOESE, Kody 1 ; HASKIN, Hudson 1 ; MATHEWS, Grant 1 ; ARTIGUES, Jonathon 1 ; GLANCY, Luke 1
SB: HASKIN, Hudson 1
