Broadhurst Homer Walks Off No. 9 HookC For Second-Straight Day

Saturday, May 13

Storrs, Conn.

2:05 PM

University of Connecticut

38-11, 0

Butler University

11-40, 0

Butler

Connecticut

Broadhurst Homer Walks Off No. 9 HookC For Second-Straight Day

5/13/2023 7:27:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

STORRS, Conn. - Luke Broadhurst hit a two-run, walk-off home run with one out in the ninth inning to lift the No. 9 UConn baseball team (38-11, 13-3 BIG EAST) to a 7-6 victory against Butler (11-40, 4-13 BIG EAST) in front of 1158 fans at Elliot Ballpark on Saturday afternoon.

LUKE BROADHURSTTT, DRIVE HOME SAFELLLYYYYY!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/uEBXxurSWm
— UConn Baseball (@UConnBSB) May 13, 2023

The Huskies came back from three separate deficits on Saturday with Butler jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning.

Starter Stephen Quigley settled in and logged a quality start with 6.0 innings of work, allowed three runs, one walk and six strikeouts.

T.C. Simmons got the Huskies on the scoreboard with a bases loaded walk in the fourth inning to trim the deficit to 3-1.

In the fifth inning, first baseman Ben Huber hit his second home run of the series and 12th of the year, a two-run homer, to even the score at 3-3.

The score remained tied until the eighth when the Bulldogs loaded the bases against Garrett Coe. Dominic Milano was able to lift a sacrifice fly to shallow right to give Butler the lead back, 4-3.

UConn quickly responded in the bottom of the eighth with back-to-back walks to lead off the inning. After a rare catcher's balk advanced runners to second and third, Paul Tammaro tied the game with his third hit of the day, an RBI single, to even the score at 4-4.

A couple batters later, Korey Morton gave UConn its first lead of the day with a sacrifice fly to center to plate Bryan Padilla and make it 5-4 Huskies.

In the ninth, Butler benefited from three UConn errors to plate a pair of runs and regain the lead, 6-5.

In the bottom half of the ninth, Dominic Freeberger hit a long line drive out to the right field warning track for out number one. Huber followed with a walk and set up the dramatics from the Stafford Springs, Conn. native.

Broadhurst drove a 1-1 slider over the fence in left field, creating a wild scene on the field and in the stands as the Huskies walked off for the second-straight day to clinch their 11th-straight series win.

UConn will look to go for a sweep tomorrow on Senior Day beginning at 12:05 p.m.

Game Notes

UConn has won five games this year when they've trailed heading into their final at bat.
The walk-off was the fifth of the season for the Huskies.
Stephen Quigley recorded his sixth-straight start that he has worked into at least the sixth inning.
Dominic Freeberger played his first game in the outfield this season after taking over for Jake Studley (ill) on Saturday. Freeberger has played third base, right field and pitched this year for UConn
Broadhurst's home run is the third walk-off homer in Elliot Ballpark history (Pat Winkel, 2021 vs. Rhode Island, Ben Huber 2023 vs. Rutgers). Chris Winkel and Reggie Crawford both hit home runs to end games via 10-run rule after seven in 2021.
Ben Huber is tied for 11th in UConn history with 23 career home runs.in two seasons in Storrs.