University of Connecticut Athletics
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Six-Straight Victories for HookC after 9-1 Win at FIU
3/5/2022 11:12:00 PM | Baseball
MIAMI - The UConn baseball team (7-1) extended its win streak to six games with a 9-1 victory at FIU on Saturday night at the FIU Baseball Stadium.
The Huskies secured a series win against the Panthers and will look for their second-straight sweep on Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m.
Casey Dana led the way for the Huskies with a three-hit, four RBI night that featured an RBI single in the third inning, a two-out RBI double in the fourth and a solo home run in the ninth inning.
That was all that starting pitcher Pat Gallagher would need as the Leominster, Mass. native earned his second win of the season with 7.0 solid innings of work with just one run allowed, zero walks and six strikeouts.Â
T.C. Simmons notched a three-hit night including an RBI double in the fourth. Matt Garbowski and Bryan Padilla also registered multi-hit efforts on Saturday.
The Huskies recorded a season-high 15 hits in the winning effort with all nine starters recording a hit.Â
Game Notes
- Erik Stock extended his hit streak to 19 games with his RBI single in the third inning. Tonight's game was the first this season that Stock didn't have a multi-hit game.
- The Huskies have now outscored their opponents, 10-0, in the third inning this season.
- Zach Bushling and David Smith have reached base in all eight games this season.
- The Huskies 7-1 start is the best start in team history since going 8-0 in the team's first eight games in 1971.Â
- March 5 is the earliest date that the Huskies have recorded their seventh victory in program history.
