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Justin Hackett finishes his home run swing vs UAlbany
5
UAlbany UALBANY 7-19
15
Winner Bryant Bryant 18-13
UAlbany UALBANY
7-19
5
Final
15
Bryant Bryant
18-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UAlbany UALBANY 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 7 3
Bryant Bryant 6 1 3 1 3 0 1 15 9 1

W: Zaslaw, Sean (3-0) L: Christian Mello (0-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

HACKETT LEADS POWER SURGE AS BRYANT BEATS UALBANY ON FRIDAY

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Justin Hackett posted his first-career multi-homer game to lift the Bryant baseball team to a run-rule shortened 15-5 victory over UAlbany in the series opener between the two teams at Conaty Park on Friday.
 
With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 18-13 overall and 6-4 in America East play. Game two between the Bulldogs and Great Danes is set for Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
 
Hackett led Bryant's offensive barrage with three hits, including two home runs, two RBI and three runs scored. Ellis Garcia (2-2, HR, 2BB, 2RBI, 2R) and Brandyn Durand (HR, 2RBI, 3R) also homered for the Bulldogs.
 
Game Information
Bryant 15, UAlbany 5
Records: Bryant 18-13, 6-4 | UAlbany 7-19, 4-6
Location: Conaty Park (Smithfield, R.I.)
W|L|S: Sean Zaslaw (3-0) | Mello
 
Key Moment
  • Bryant sent nine men to the plate and scored six runs in the first inning.
How it Happened
  • Bryant sent nine men to the plate and scored six times in the bottom of the first on Friday. Three of the first four batters walked and Saul brought in the first run with a single to left center. Fiatarone fell behind 0-2 before working a bases-loaded walk and Irizarry followed with a single through the left side to make it 3-0.
  • Durand then hit a ground ball to deep short and beat out the potential double play at first to score a run. The throw sailed away, allowing a second run to score. Durand then stole third and scored as the throw went into left, giving Bryant a 6-0 lead.
  • UAlbany got a run back in the second after Levi McAlister's high pop to left field dropped for a double. Brian Guerrero plated McAlister with a two-out single.
  • The Bulldogs answered as Kingsbury walked, stole second and third and scored on a two-out single from Garcia.
  • Bryant added three more runs in the third to make it 10-2. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases with one out before Greger drew a bases-loaded walk. A sac fly from Kingsbury and a wild pitch plated the final two runs of the inning.
  • UAlbany was able to chase Kaden Hilburger in the fourth, loading the bases with one out. Sean Zaslaw limited the damage to one run with a fielder's choice and a strikeout.
  • Garcia answered in the bottom of the inning, launching his sixth home run of the season down the left field line to make it 11-3.
  • Jaxon Mueller brought UAlbany closer with a two-run home run to left center in the fifth (11-5).
  • Durand and Hackett answered with back-to-back home runs to open the bottom of the fifth to push Bryant's lead back to 13-5. An errant pickoff attempt would plate a third run in the fifth for the Bulldogs.
  • In the seventh, Hackett crushed a 1-0 pitch 402 feet to left field for a run-rule walk-off home run.
Inside the Box Score
  • Bryant outhit UAlbany, 9-8.
  • The Bulldogs hit four home runs in the game.
  • UAlbany pitchers walked nine batters.
  • Kaden Hilburger allowed three runs on five hits over 3.1 innings. He walked three and struck out three.
  • Zaslaw pitched the final 3.2 innings, allowing two runs on three hits. He walked one and struck out five.
  • Hackett finished 3-for-4 with two home runs, two RBI and three runs scored.
  • Durand homered, drove in two and scored three times.
  • Garcia finished 2-for-2 with a home run, two walks, two RBI and two runs scored.
  • Kingsbury went 0-for-0 with three walks, a sac fly, three runs scored and two stolen bases.
  • Irizarry also posted a pair of hits.
Game Notes
  • Bryant improves to 15-3 all-time against UAlbany.
  • The Bulldogs are now 11-3 at home this season and 145-36 at Conaty Park since the start of 2016.
  • Bryant stole three bases and now has 91 in 31 games. The program record is 98.
  • The Bulldogs' 15 runs are more than the previous five games combined (12).
  • Hackett posted the first multi-homer game of his career. He now has four home runs on the season and 10 in his Bryant career.
  • Durand's home run was his first of the season and the 24th of his Bryant career. The 24 home runs are the most by a right-handed hitter in DI program history. He is seventh in program history.
  • With two stolen bases, Kingsbury now has 14 on the year and has six in the last four games.
  • Garcia's home run was his sixth of the season and the 11th of his career.
  • Zaslaw's outing was the longest of his career. He now has a career-high three wins this season and is 6-0 in his Bryant career.
Up Next
Bryant and UAlbany continue their series on Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch.
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