University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
14-4
UC San Diego
7-12
No. 25 HookC Loses Series Finale at UCSD, 8-7
3/21/2022 8:08:00 PM | Baseball
SAN DIEGO – The No. 25 UConn baseball team (14-4) dropped the series finale 8-7 on Monday afternoon at UC San Diego.
The Huskies battled back from multiple deficits including a 4-1 deficit entering the fifth and 7-6 heading to the eighth inning.
UConn produced its best inning of the day with a five-run frame on the strength of three hits. Zach Bushling extended his hit streak to 11 games with a two-run single.
Erik Stock tied the game with his first triple of the season.
Casey Dana followed with a two-run homer, his third-straight day with a home run, to give UConn its first lead of the day, 6-4.
The Tritons responded back with a three-run fifth retake the lead. Garrett Coe came on with runners at the corners and no outs and recorded a strikeout and double play ball to keep the Huskies within a run.
Brady Afthim followed suit out of the UConn bullpen by stranding the bases loaded with back-to-back strikeouts in the seventh.
Matt Donlan evened the score with a two-out solo homer, his third round-tripper of the season.
The Tritons immediately responded with a run in the bottom half of the eighth and held on for the 8-7 victory.
UConn heads home after a 5-3 Spring Break trip and will take on Bryant on Wednesday, March 23 at 3:05 p.m. at Elliot Ballpark.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Martinez, Izaak (2-1)
L: O'Donnell, Brendan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Morton, Korey 1
3B: Stock, Erik 1
HR: Dana, Casey 1 ; Donlan, Matt 1
RBI: Bushling, Zach 2 ; Stock, Erik 2 ; Dana, Casey 2 ; Donlan, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bushling, Zach 1 ; Stock, Erik 1 ; Dana, Casey 1 ; Donlan, Matt 1 ; Smith, David 1 ; Padilla, Bryan 1 ; Morton, Korey 1
SB: Smith, David 2
CS: Smith, David 1
Batting:
2B: Fuhrman, Michael 1 ; Smith, Jalen 1
HR: FitzGerald, B. 1
RBI: Fuhrman, Michael 1 ; Smith, Austin 1 ; Smith, Jalen 1 ; FitzGerald, B. 2 ; Costello, Nick 1 ; McNally, Ryan 1 ; Sudyka, Noah 1
SH: McNally, Ryan 1
SF: Fuhrman, Michael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fuhrman, Michael 1 ; Smith, Austin 1 ; FitzGerald, B. 2 ; Filia, Marc 1 ; Halbach, Matt 1 ; McNally, Ryan 1 ; Sudyka, Noah 1
CS: Saunders, Luke 1
