University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
44-16
Florida A&M University
29-30
HookC Eliminates FAMU 9-6 in Gainesville Regional
6/3/2023 5:21:00 PM | Baseball
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The No. 10 ranked UConn baseball team (44-16) eliminated Florida A&M (29-30), 9-6, from the NCAA Gainesville Regional on Saturday afternoon at Condron Family Ballpark.Â
The victory was the 700th career win for UConn head coach Jim Penders.
Tied 5-5 in the top of the eighth inning, Korey Morton led off the eighth inning with a walk and stole second base with no outs. David Smith advanced Morton to third on a ground out to first.
Paul Tammaro followed with a safety squeeze to plate Morton and give UConn a 6-5 lead. After a Freeberger two-out single, Ben Huber unloaded on a two-run home run, his 17th of the season, to give the Huskies their largest lead of the day at 8-5.Â
Devin Kirby earned his seventh victory of the year out of the bullpen with 4.0 strong innings of work.Â
Morton gave UConn a key insurance run with a safety squeeze in the ninth inning to make it 9-6 Huskies.Â
Justin Willis collected his 28th career save with a perfect ninth inning.
UConn will play the loser of tonight's Florida/Texas Tech matchup at noon on Sunday on ESPN+
Game Notes
- UConn has won 18 games in the NCAA Tournament since 2010. The Huskies have won at least a game in the NCAAs in nine-straight tournament appearaances. The most consecutive years in program history.Â
- Since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1999, the Huskies are 12-8 in NCAA Tournament elimination games.
- Dominic Freeberger collected his team-leading 30th multi-hit game
- Ben Huber's 17 home runs are the most for a Husky since Joe DeRoche Duffin hit 17 home runs in 2016.Â
- David Smith scored his 70th run of the season on Saturday. He is the second Husky in program history to score 70 runs in a season. (George Springer, 84 runs in 2010 and 75 runs in 2011).
- In just two seasons in Storrs, Ben Huber is tied for eighth in program history with 28 home runs and is 11th with 132 runs batted in.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kirby, Devin (7-1)
L: Zach Morea (4-4)
S: Willis, Justin (12)
Batting:
2B: Tammaro, Paul 1 ; Huber, Ben 1 ; Garbowski, Matt 1
HR: Huber, Ben 1
RBI: Smith, David 2 ; Tammaro, Paul 1 ; Freeberger, Dominic 1 ; Huber, Ben 3 ; Studley, Jake 1 ; Morton, Korey 1
SH: Tammaro, Paul 1 ; Morton, Korey 1
SF: Freeberger, Dominic 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, David 1 ; Tammaro, Paul 1 ; Freeberger, Dominic 2 ; Huber, Ben 1 ; Broadhurst, Luke 1 ; Daniels, Ryan 1 ; Garbowski, Matt 1 ; Morton, Korey 1
SB: Daniels, Ryan 1 ; Morton, Korey 1
HBP: Garbowski, Matt 1
Batting:
2B: Ty Hanchey 1
HR: Ty Hanchey 1 ; Jared Weber 1 ; Janmikell Bastardo 1 ; Joseph Pierini 1
RBI: Ty Hanchey 1 ; Jared Weber 1 ; Sebastian Greico 1 ; Janmikell Bastardo 1 ; Joseph Pierini 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ty Jackson 1 ; Ty Hanchey 1 ; Jared Weber 1 ; Janmikell Bastardo 1 ; Joseph Pierini 1 ; Jalen Niles 1
SB: Ty Jackson 1
