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Nico Ong bats at Lamar
Dave Dorn
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Towson TOWSON 10-30
4
Winner UMBC UMBC 17-17
Towson TOWSON
10-30
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Final
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UMBC UMBC
17-17
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Towson TOWSON 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 2
UMBC UMBC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 8 1

W: Daniels, Sam (3-2) L: B. Jung (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Rallies for Walk-Off Win in 11 Innings Over Towson

BALTIMORE –  Nico Ong scored from third on an error in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the UMBC Baseball team a thrilling come-from-behind, 4-3, win against visiting Towson on Tuesday night at Alumni Field.

Ong was able to score when Matthew Best hit a grounder to third with the bases loaded and no outs. The ball took a big hop, as the third baseman had to jump for it, and his throw home to get Ong sailed high.

UMBC received stellar performances from the pitching staff, as six pitchers combined to allow no earned runs in eleven innings of work.

Sam Daniels picked up the win, and improved to 3-2 on the season, after working a perfect top of the 11th, while Sam Bell, Matt Cunningham, Evan Selmer and Ben Craig all made scoreless appearances out of the bullpen.

Joe Pucek got his second start of the season and didn't allow an earned run, while striking out two, in four innings of work.

Ong went 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored to lead the offense, while Danny Wyatt was the lone other Retriever with a multi-hit game.

Kyle Eddington and Dawson Baracani each drove in runs for UMBC, who rallied from a 3-0 second inning deficit.

How it Happened: 
  • Towson took advantage of a two-out error in the second to score three unearned runs
  • UMBC broke through In the bottom of the fourth when Wyatt and Luke Trythall hit back-to-back singles with one out.
  • Both would move up on a wild pitch, and Wyatt would score on a Dawson Baracani sacrifice fly
  • Towson threatened to extend the lead in the top of the sixth, putting the first two runners on base, but Bell was able to strand two in scoring position to keep the deficit at 3-1
  • The Tigers again threatened in the top of the seventh, working back-to-back one-out walks, but Cunningham got the next to batters to escape the jam
  • The Retrievers again sliced into the deficit in the seventh, as Ong walked to leadoff the inning and moved to third on a failed pick-off
  • Eddington came in to pinch-hit and drove in Ong on an RBI groundout to make it 3-2 
  • Craig entered in the top of the ninth and allowed a pair of baserunners, but got a double play to end the inning and keep the Towson lead at 3-2
  • UMBC tied it up in the bottom of the ninth when Baracani ripped a leadoff single, and his pinch runner, Luke Buscaglia, stole second and third, and then scored on a wild pitch to tie the game and force extras.
  • After a scoreless tenth, Ong walked and moved to third on a perfectly executed hit-and-run single by Derek Paris
  • Jayden Shertel was then hit by a pitch to load the bases, and, after a Towson pitching change, Ong would then score on Best's grounder to earn the victory

UMBC hits the road again this weekend when it travels to America East rival UMass Lowell
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