No. 15 HookC Rallies, Beats Northeastern in Extras, 5-2

Tuesday, April 26

Boston, MA

2:30 PM

University of Connecticut

33-8

Northeastern University

19-21-1

Connecticut

Northeastern

4/26/2022 6:55:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BROOKLINE, Mass. - The No. 15 UConn baseball team (33-8) rallied to win 5-2 in 10 innings against Northeastern on a wet Tuesday afternoon at Freidman Diamond.

The Huskies were down 2-0 and without their star right fielder Casey Dana after he was injured in the fourth inning on a slide into home plate. In the seventh, Zach Bushling lifted a ball into left field that was misjudged in the rain and fell to the turf for a lead off two-bagger.

Ben Huber immediately followed with an RBI single into center to cut the deficit to 2-1. With two outs and Huber at second, Christian Fedko rolled a ball deep into the hole at short, Spenser Smith unleashed a throw to first that clipped off the first baseman's glove and allowed Huber to come all the way around to score and tie the game, 2-2.

The UConn bullpen was nails on Tuesday with Jack Sullivan throwing 2.0 scoreless frames to keep the Huskies down a pair. Devin Kirby tossed a shutdown frame in the seventh and Brady Afthim followed with 1.2 innings of shutout ball.

Left-hander Brendan O'Donnell came out of the pen and got the final out of the ninth inning to send the game to extras.

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In the 10th, David Smith was hit by a pitch to start the rally. He moved to second on a wild pitch and slide underneath the tag at third on a bunt from Chris Brown that the catcher fired to third base.

With the bases loaded and one out, T.C. Simmons was hit by a pitch to give UConn its first lead of the day, 3-2. Zach Bushling followed with a two-run single to break the game open.

Justin Willis came on and tossed a 1-2-3 10th inning to earn his 10th save of the season.

Next up, the Huskies face Yale on Wednesday afternoon at 4:05 p.m. at Elliot Ballpark.

Game Notes

Head coach Jim Penders is 13-0 against Northeastern in Brookline, Mass as a student-athlete, assistant and head coach.
UConn has won 11 in a row at Northeastern with the last loss coming in 1996.
The Huskies are 4-0 in extra inning games with all four ending in the 10th inning.
Tuesday was the second time that the Huskies won this season when trailing entering the seventh.