BALTIMORE --
Justin Taylor and
Anthony Swenda each had multiple hits and two RBI, while
Nick Remy pitched four scoreless innings out of the bullpen to lead the UMBC Baseball team to a 13-5 win over visiting UAlbany on Saturday afternoon to clinch the series.
UMBC (13-15, 5-3 AE) pounded out 15 hits en route to its third straight win. Eight starters recorded at least one hit as Taylor went 3-for-6 with a homer and Swenda went 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Danny Wyatt went 2-for-3 with two doubles and RBI and two walks, while
Luke Trythall,
Dawson Baracani and
Nico Ong all had two-hit games.
Remy picked up his first win of the season by going 4.0 scoreless innings, striking out five and allowing just two hits and one walk.
How it Happened:
- After Jayden Shertel worked out of a jam in the top of the first, Matthew Best walked to leadoff the bottom half and Taylor followed with a two-run homer to put the Dawgs up 2-0
- In the second, UMBC loaded the bases with one out after hits from Baracani, Ong and Taylor.
- Ryan lined a sacrifice fly to center and Swenda followed with a two-run double to make it 5-0 after two
- The Great Danes got on the board with a two-out, two-run homer in the third, but the Retrievers responded in the bottom of the inning
- Wyatt hit a leadoff double and would score on an Ong one out double to make it 6-2
- The lead became 7-2 moments later when Baracani scored on a Best RBI groundout
- In the fourth, Swenda hit a one out double, moved to third on a Trythall ground out, and then scored on a wild pitch
- Wyatt walked and would move to third when the inning was extended by an error, and he would eventually score on a Baracani single to extend the lead to 9-2
- Remy would enter in the top of the fifth and keep UAlbany in check for the next four innings as it remained 9-2 until the eighth
- In the eighth, Swenda reached on an error and scored on a Taylor double.
- Wyatt then brought home Taylor with an RBI double of his own
- Derek Paris plated UMBC's 12th run when his RBI single scored pinch runner Luke Buscaglia
- Kyle Eddington would pinch hit and drive in Paris with an RBI ground out
- The guests would plate three in the top of the ninth, but Chris Ho came in and recorded the final two outs to close out the win
The teams will close the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
