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America East Conference
- Box Score
10
UMBCUMBC27-25
15
WinnerBryantBRY36-19
UMBCUMBC
27-25
10
Final
15
BryantBRY
36-19
Winner
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UMBC UMBC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 |
Bryant BRY | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | 15 | 17 | 2 |
W: WHITE (2-0) L: Downs, Sam (4-1)
Game Recap: Baseball |
Vestal, NY -- The UMBC Baseball team rallied from an early four run deficit to tie the game at 10 in the seventh, but No.1 seed Bryant used a five-run eighth inning to pull away and win, 15-10, in the America East Championship game on Saturday afternoon.
The Retrievers would have had to have won twice to win the championship.
All-Championship team members Anthony Swenda, Justin Taylor and Danny Wyatt all drove in at least one run, Wyatt added a solo homer and Matt Ryan and Luke Trythall each hit a two run homer of their own.
Wyatt batted .411 with 3 home runs and 12 RBI in the four game tournament, as he and Taylor both had three hits and scored a pair of runs. Taylor batted .388 with six runs scored and four RBI and Swendabatted .353 with a homer and eight RBI.
Nico Ong and Matthew Best also each had a hit with Best scoring a pair of runs.
Dawson Baracani drove in the other run for the Retrievers who concludethe season with a 27-25 record, finishing with back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2015-16 and only the third time overall in the last 25 years.
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Team Statistics
- Pitching
- W: WHITE (2-0)
- L: Downs, Sam (4-1)
UMBC
- Batting
- 2B: Baracani, Dawson 1; Taylor, Justin 1
- HR: Ryan, Matt 1; Wyatt, Danny 1; Trythall, Luke 1
- RBI: Baracani, Dawson 1; Taylor, Justin 1; Ryan, Matt 2; Swenda, Anthony 1; Wyatt, Danny 2; Trythall, Luke 2
- BASERUNNING:
- RUNS: Baracani, Dawson 1; Taylor, Justin 2; Ryan, Matt 1; Wyatt, Danny 2; Trythall, Luke 1; Eddington, Kyle 1; Best, Matthew 2
- SB: Ong, Nico 1
- HBP: Taylor, Justin 1; Trythall, Luke 1
Bryant
- BATTING:
- 2B: HACKETT 2
- HR: NORIEGA 1; PETOSA 2; PHINNEY 1
- RBI: ZYONS 1; NORIEGA 1; EINEMANN 2; PETOSA 5; SMITH, M 1; PHINNEY 3; HACKETT 1
- SH: EINEMANN 1; GREGER 1
- BASERUNNING:
- RUNS: ZYONS 2; NORIEGA 4; PETOSA 3; SMITH, M 1; PHINNEY 2; DURAND 1; HACKETT 2
- SB: PHINNEY 1
- CS: SMITH, M 1
- HBP: PHINNEY 1
Hits
UMBC
12
BRY
17
Stolen Bases
UMBC
1
BRY
1
Strikeouts
UMBC
5
BRY
6
Game Leaders
#2 Taylor, Justin
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- AB
- 4
-
- R
- 2
-
- H
- 3
-
- RBI
- 1
#24 Wyatt, Danny
-
- AB
- 5
-
- R
- 2
-
- H
- 3
-
- RBI
- 2
#9 Baracani, Dawson
-
- AB
- 6
-
- R
- 1
-
- H
- 1
-
- RBI
- 1
#12 Ryan, Matt
-
- AB
- 4
-
- R
- 1
-
- H
- 1
-
- RBI
- 2
#29 Downs, Sam
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- ER
- 5
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- IP
- 3.0
-
- SO
- 1
-
- BB
- 2
#7 Johnson, Luke
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- ER
- 5
-
- IP
- 2.0
-
- SO
- 2
-
- BB
- 0
#13 Sargent, Eddie
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- ER
- 4
-
- IP
- 2.2
-
- SO
- 1
-
- BB
- 1
#23 Remy, Nick
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- ER
- 1
-
- IP
- 0.1
-
- SO
- 1
-
- BB
- 0
#18 Trythall, Luke
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- PO
- 9
-
- A
- 0
#24 Wyatt, Danny
-
- PO
- 5
-
- A
- 2
#9 Baracani, Dawson
-
- PO
- 1
-
- A
- 4
#2 Taylor, Justin
-
- PO
- 4
-
- A
- 0
Hits
#2 cf
Taylor, Justin
Taylor, Justin
3
Wyatt, Danny
3
Baracani, Dawson
1
Ryan, Matt
1
Strikeouts
#7 p
Johnson, Luke
Johnson, Luke
2
Sargent, Eddie
1
Downs, Sam
1
Remy, Nick
1
RBIs
#12 3b
Ryan, Matt
Ryan, Matt
2
Wyatt, Danny
2
Trythall, Luke
2
Baracani, Dawson
1
Putouts
#18 1b
Trythall, Luke
Trythall, Luke
9
Wyatt, Danny
5
Taylor, Justin
4
Baracani, Dawson
1
Players Mentioned
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#17 Nico Ong
- C/ OF
- 5' 8"
- Sophom*ore
-
#2 Justin Taylor
- OF
- 6' 3"
- Graduate Student
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#12 Matt Ryan
- IF
- 6' 0"
- Junior
-
#18 Luke Trythall
- IF
- 6' 1"
- Senior
-
#9 Dawson Baracani
- IF
- 6' 2"
- Senior
-
#1 Anthony Swenda
- IF
- 6' 0"
- Senior
-
#24 Danny Wyatt
- IF/C
- 6' 0"
- Freshman
-
#6 Matthew Best
- OF
- 5' 11"
- Junior
Players Mentioned
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#17 Nico Ong
- 5' 8"
- Sophom*ore
- C/ OF
-
#2 Justin Taylor
- 6' 3"
- Graduate Student
- OF
-
#12 Matt Ryan
- 6' 0"
- Junior
- IF
-
#18 Luke Trythall
- 6' 1"
- Senior
- IF
-
#9 Dawson Baracani
- 6' 2"
- Senior
- IF
-
#1 Anthony Swenda
- 6' 0"
- Senior
- IF
-
#24 Danny Wyatt
- 6' 0"
- Freshman
- IF/C
-
#6 Matthew Best
- 5' 11"
- Junior
- OF