Smithfield, R.I. -- Matthew Best homered and had five hits, but the UMBC Baseball team suffered a pair of losses on Saturday at Bryant.

The Retrievers dropped game one, 9-8, after having the tying run thrown out at the plate, and then two late two-run homers gave the Bulldogs a 6-2 victory in game two.

Game 1:

• Bryant jumped out to a 5-0 lead before UMBC scored twice in the seventh on RBI from Nico Ong and Kyle Eddington
• The hosts got two back in the bottom of the seventh, but UMBC again answered with a run on a Derek Paris RBI ground out to cut the deficit to 7-3.
• Bryant once again added two in the bottom of the eight to push the lead back to 9-3
• UMBC put up five in the ninth on a pair of two-RBI hits from Anthony Swenda and Paris
• With the bases loaded and two outs, Buscaglia came back up and singled again, one run scored, but Paris was thrown out at home trying score from second to end the game.
• Best went 4-for-5 in the contest

Game 2:

• Best gave UMBC a 2-0 lead with a two run homer in the third that scored Ong
• Bryant would hit two-run homers in the fourh, sixth and eighth to take the win
• Matt Ryan had a pair of hits in the loss

The Retrievers host Maryland and Navy on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, before having a bye weekend. Both games are at 6 p.m.