Burnett Tallies Five RBIs; Baseball Falls to Maine in Series Finale – University of Hartford Athletics

ORONO, Maine – Daniel Burnett went an ideal 3-for-3 on the plate with 5 RBI whereas Ben Maycock tallied three hits and two RBI of his personal because the Hartford baseball crew fell in heartbreaking vogue, 9-8, in its collection last at Maine. After utilizing a five-run eighth inning to tie the rating at 8-8, the Black Bears would take the lead within the backside of the inning and maintain on for the win The Hawks fall to 6-31 general and 5-16 in America East play whereas the Black Bears enhance to 23-14 on the yr and 18-3 in convention play.

MAINE 9, HARTFORD 8
The early portion of the sport began out with each groups getting good possibilities of opening up the scoring. Within the prime of the second, Noah Rivera would lead off with a single adopted by a Maycock drawn stroll to get two runners on base for Hartford. After transferring over a base by way of a sac bunt, Martin Chavarria could be hit by a pitch, loading the bases for the Hawks, however Hartford couldn’t capitalize leaving the bases loaded. The Black Bears loaded the bases themselves within the backside half of the inning, however Ryan Dee pressured a flyball to the outfield, ending the inning and protecting the sport scoreless by means of two.
 
Maine opened the scoring with two runs within the third, however Hartford rapidly responded within the prime half of the fourth. Maycock would single to the outfield, earlier than stealing second base to get in scoring place. With the subsequent at-bat, Burnett ripped a single again up the center, plating Maycock and reducing Maine’s result in 2-1. The Black Bears would go on to determine a 7-1 edge heading into the seventh inning. Burnett would come up massive as soon as once more for the Hawks, hitting a no-doubt two run homerun within the prime half of the seventh, reducing the hole to 7-3.
 
Hartford saved the momentum going into the eighth, scoring 5 runs. Kevin Koziol and Derek Tenney lead off the inning with back-to-back singles, establishing Tremayne Cobb Jr. Cobb Jr. discovered the hole in left middle, bringing house Koziol and reducing the hole to 8-4 with an RBI double. Maycock saved the run parade going, launching a double of his personal to proper middle, plating Tenney and Cobb Jr. and pulling the Hawks inside two, 8-6. Burnett would observe up the double with yet one more clutch at-bat, launching his second two-run homerun of the sport, tying the rating at 8-8.
 
Nonetheless, Maine would reply with a run within the backside of the eighth, taking a 9-8 lead into the ninth. The Hawks would look to equalize the rating within the prime of the ninth as Cobb Jr. and Rivera hit back-to-back singles with two outs, however the Black Bears would escape with a 9-8 victory.

NEWS AND NOTES

• Burnett had a career-day, slashing a game-high 5 RBI
• Burnett, Maycock, Rivera, Cobb Jr. and Koziol all had multi-hit video games
• Burnett and Maycock had three hits, whereas Rivera, Cobb Jr. and Koziol tallied two hits every
• Maycock scored a game-high three runs, whereas Burnett crossed the plate twice
• Maycock stole the lone base for Hartford
• Ryan Dee bought the beginning on the mound, choosing up a no-decision after permitting 4 runs on eight hits in 4.1 innings of labor
• Dee tossed two strikeouts on the afternoon
• James Judenis, Alec Couture and Will Nowak all made appearances out of the bullpen
• Couture (1-3) picked up the loss after permitting two runs off 4 hits in 1.1 innings of reduction

NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks return to Fiondella Subject for a midweek matchup towards native rival Central Connecticut on Tuesday. First pitch is ready for 3 p.m.

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