University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
44-16
Florida A&M University
29-30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
| Florida A&M | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
HookC Eliminates FAMU 9-6 in Gainesville Regional
6/3/2023 5:21:00โฏPM | Baseball
GAINESVILLE, Fla.ย - The No. 10 ranked UConn baseball team (44-16) eliminated Florida A&M (29-30), 9-6, from the NCAA Gainesville Regionalย on Saturday afternoon at Condron Family Ballpark.ย
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.ย
Devin Kirby earned his seventh victory of the year out of the bullpen with 4.0 strong innings of work.ย
Morton gave UConn a key insurance run with a safety squeeze in the ninth inning to make it 9-6 Huskies.ย
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 NCAAsย in nine-straight tournament appearaances. The most consecutive years in program history.ย
- 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.ย
- 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 eighthย in program history with 28 home runs and is 11th with 132 runs batted in.
Players Mentioned
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
