University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
7-5
Presbyterian College
2-13
Three Runs in 9th Lifts BSB to Series Sweep
3/8/2020 3:57:00 PM | Baseball
CLINTON, S.C. - Trailing 3-1 entering the ninth inning, the UConn baseball team (7-5) rallied for three runs in their final at bat to stun Presbyterian, 4-3, and sweep the three-game series from the Blue Hose (2-13).
Reggie Crawford got the rally going with a one-out single and Kyler Fedko followed with a fly ball that nearly tied the game but banged up against the left field fence for an RBI double. After a well-earned walk by Paul Gozzo, a wild pitch advanced the tying run and potential go-ahead run into scoring position.
Senior captain Chris Winkel came through with a high chopper to second that brought home Kyler Fedko to tie the game, 3-3.Â
Moments later the Huskies took their first lead of the day on a wild pitch to bring in Gozzo.
Caleb Wurster (1-0) earned the win by throwing two scoreless innings out of the pen.
UConn starting pitcher Colby Dunlop tossed 5.0 innings of work, allowing just one hit, one earned run and struck out four.
Kenneth Haus provided solid relief with two scoreless innings of work in the sixth and seventh.
The Huskies victory brings their season long win streak to four games and will play their first game in the state of Connecticut on Tuesday, March 10 at 3 p.m. at the University of Hartford.
Notes
- UConn trailed 3-1 entering the top of the ninth inning, the last time the Huskies came back to win when trailing entering the ninth was at Southeastern Louisiana on Feb. 24, 2018. Isaac Feldstein hit a go-ahead two run homer in the first game of the doubleheader.
- UConn is 4-0 on Sundays this season.
- The five hits on Sunday is the least amount of hits that UConn has had in a win this season.
- The sweep is the first for UConn in 2020 and is the latest sweep for the Huskies since sweeping Michigan State in Greenville, S.C. last March 15-17.
- UConn has won its last eight games in the state of South Carolina.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wurster, Caleb (1-0)
L: PARADIS, Austin (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Fedko, Kyler 1 ; Ferrer, Kevin 1
3B: Winkel, Chris 1
RBI: Fedko, Kyler 1 ; Winkel, Chris 1 ; Ferrer, Kevin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Crawford, Reggie 1 ; Fedko, Kyler 1 ; Gozzo, Paul 1 ; Winkel, Chris 1
PO: Bushling, Zach 1
Batting:
2B: RASBERRY, Zacchaeus 1
RBI: SWEAT, David 1 ; JONES, Garrett 1
SH: GROVER, Hunter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SWEAT, David 1 ; BOYD, Jeremiah 1 ; SHAW, Landon 1
SB: BYRD, Tannor 1
CS: SHAW, Landon 1
PO: JONES, Garrett 1
