University of Connecticut Athletics

HookC Loses On Walk-Off For Second-Straight Game
5/22/2022 10:38:00 AM | Baseball
ROCKVILLE, MD. - The UConn baseball team fell 6-5 on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth to lose via walk-off for the second-straight game.
The Huskies fall to 43-13 on the season and close out the regular season tied for the most wins in program history in the regular season.
UConn will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming BIG EAST Championship with the first game coming against Georgetown on Thursday, May 26 at 2:30 p.m.
The Huskies jumped out to a 2-0 lead early but stranded nine runners on base in the first three innings and couldn't distance themselves from the Hoyas.
Georgetown took a 5-3 lead into the eighth but the Huskies wouldn't go down without a fight, scoring a pair of runs on a Matt Donlan sacrifice fly and Korey Morton RBI single.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Redfern, Anthony (2-1)
L: Coe, Garrett (1-1)

Batting:
2B: Smith, David 1 ; Stock, Erik 1 ; Huber, Ben 1
RBI: Smith, David 1 ; Dana, Casey 1 ; Donlan, Matt 1 ; Morton, Korey 1
SF: Dana, Casey 1 ; Donlan, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, David 1 ; Stock, Erik 1 ; Huber, Ben 1 ; Simmons, T.C. 1 ; Padilla, Bryan 1
SB: Morton, Korey 2 ; Padilla, Bryan 1
HBP: Smith, David 1 ; Donlan, Matt 1 ; Padilla, Bryan 1 ; Bushling, Zach 1

Batting:
HR: Meyer, Cam 1 ; Lopez, Ubaldo 1
RBI: Meyer, Cam 1 ; Ficca, Christian 2 ; Lopez, Ubaldo 2
SF: Ficca, Christian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Barreca, Tony 1 ; Meyer, Cam 1 ; Stern, Ethan 1 ; Lopez, Ubaldo 1 ; Dapkewicz, Adam 1 ; Eze, Michael 1
HBP: Stern, Ethan 1 ; Eze, Michael 1