Score: Army 9, UAlbany 4

Location: Doubleday Field – West Point, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (0-11, 0-0 America East) | Army (8-7, 0-0 Patriot League)
 
Short Story: Despite getting off to a great start, baseball was unable to hold on as they fell to Army, 9-4, Wednesday afternoon.

Key Stat Lines

• UAlbany Pitchers:
  • Ryan Pittz – 3 IP | 0 ER | 2 H | 1 BB | 1 K
  • Michael DiMartino – 2 IP | 2 ER | 2 H | 2 BB | 2 K
  • Cam Fuer – 0.2 IP | 2 ER | 2 H | 2 BB | 0 K
  • Kyle McCaffrey – 1.1 IP | 0 ER | 1 H | 1 BB | 2 K
  • Steven Turk – 1 IP | 5 ER | 4 H | 1 BB | 0 K
• Luke Myers had a strong day at the plate, tallying two hits, including a double, and a season-high four RBIs.
• Mike Prisco also enjoyed two hits in the contest.
• Four other Great Danes tallied a hit – Jared Toby, Cooper Loyal, Thomas McElwee, and Justin Hurd.

 
Head Coach Jon Mueller: "Ryan Pittz gave us a solid start and we opened up a lead. We shot ourselves in the foot with the free passes and a botched bunt play."

How it Happened:

• Ryan Pittz was given the nod by the Great Danes to start. The Black Knights gave Trevor Finan the start.
• UAlbany opened the scoring in the second inning. After back-to-back singles by Mike Prisco and Cooper Loyal, Thomas McElwee loaded the bases by drawing a walk. With two outs, Luke Myers cleared the bases with a double to the right field wall, giving the Great Danes a 3-0 advantage.
• Robbie Penswick was brought in to start the third inning for Army.
• UAlbany brought in Michael DiMartino from the pen for the bottom of the fourth.
• Getting the first two batters on base, the Black Knights drove in a run with a sac fly by Justin Lehman, making it 3-1.
• Army continued to chip away at the difference with Derek Berg hitting a solo shot in the fifth to make it a one-run game.
• The Great Danes called Cam Fuer from the bullpen in the sixth inning.
• With a runner on second, Lehman hit a triple to right center, leveling the score at 3-3.
• Kyle McCaffrey came in to pitch for UAlbany with two outs and bases loaded.
• Berg earned a walk to bring in another run and take a 4-3 lead for Army.
• Army brought in Trey Ates to pitch in the seventh with a runner on second.
• Steven Turk was brought in to pitch by UAlbany for the eighth inning.
• Loading the bases in the eighth, the Black Knights drove in a run with a Sam Ruta single. Braden Golinski slugged in another three with a bases-clearing double in the gap. Golinski scored on a Coleson Titus double, pushing the score to 9-3.
• The Black Knights brought Joel Rubin to close in the ninth inning.
• With two runners in scoring position, Myers hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score McElwee, making it 9-4.
• Army held on to win the midweek matchup, 9-4.

 
Next: UAlbany will travel to Georgetown for a three-game series starting Friday at 3 pm. Keep up with all the latest news, highlights, and insights on UAlbany baseball by following the team on X (@UAlbanybaseball), Instagram (@ualbanybaseball), and Facebook (UAlbany Baseball).