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UMass Boston

Brendan Eygabroat
Michael Vesci
7
FDU-Florham FDU-FLOR 5-6
10
Winner Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO 6-4
FDU-Florham FDU-FLOR
5-6
7
Final
10
Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO
6-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
FDU-Florham FDU-FLOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 9 4
Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 0 X 10 10 0

W: Ryan, Dillon (1-0) L: S. Alverio (1-2) S: Garner, Josh (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Michael Vesci, Sports Information Assistant

Brendan Eygabroat Earns 400th Career Win, Baseball Closes Florida Trip With Win

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – An up and down Florida trip ended on a high note for UMass Boston Baseball on Friday afternoon, closing out the eight-game stretch with a dominant win over FDU-Florham, 10-7, to give Head Coach Brendan Egyabroat his 400th career win as the Beacons head back to Boston, Massachusetts for the rest of their regular season.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 10, FDU-Florham 7

UMass Boston (6-4)

FDU-Florham (5-6)

HOW IT HAPPENED
A leadoff triple in the second inning for senior infielder Gianni Zarrilli Jr. helped UMass Boston score their first run of the game as a passed ball committed by senior catcher Chris Kubas with junior outfielder Luke Leavitt at the plate made it 1-0 UMass Boston. Two more runs would come across the plate for the Beacons in the third inning after a one-out single from senior infielder Drew Metzdorf led to a triple from senior infielder Aidan Blake for the first run of the inning.

Senior first baseman Nick Palma would hit a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Blake from third to give the Beacons a 3-0 edge a third of the way through play. Senior pitcher Dillon Ryan used that run support to his advantage, throwing five scoreless innings for UMass Boston on just 69 pitches in which he gave up two hits while striking out seven and walking one.

Errors would be used to the Beacons' advantage in the sixth inning as a leadoff triple from freshman outfielder Justin Gouveia eventually led to him scoring on a fielder's choice by freshman outfielder Joey Morrison. Metzdorf would get on base via a single and Morrison would come around to score on an error by freshman outfielder Zach Ganca, making it 5-0 UMass Boston.

A single with an error allowed Metzdorf to score on the hit by Blake and the senior infielder would end up coming around to score later on in the inning on a throwing error by Kubas to put the Beacons ahead 7-0 after six innings.

Following a sacrifice fly from the Devils in the top of the seventh, UMass Boston struck for three more runs via an RBI single from freshman outfielder Breon Parker, a balk by junior pitcher Ben Cohen, and a wild pitch from freshman pitcher Robbie Hughes to bring the Beacons within one run of the 10-run mercy rule before FDU-Florham would escape the jam.

The Devils would score six runs in the eighth inning via two walks, a sacrifice fly, and two singles to pull within three runs, but freshman pitcher Owen Ackerman would escape the inning and freshman pitcher Josh Garner would close the affair with the ninth for his first save of the season as UMass Boston left Florida with a 10-7 victory.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Aidan Blake turned in a 2-for-3 game with a triple, two RBIs, two walks, and two runs scored
  • Gianni Zarrilli Jr. finished with a 2-for-3 performance with a triple, two walks, and a run scored
  • Senior pitcher Alessio Pressamarita made his first appearance out of the bullpen, throwing a scoreless inning while allowing two hits and striking out one
  • Head Coach Brendan Egyabroat becomes the first head coach in the history of UMass Boston Athletics to eclipse the 400-career win mark
 
WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston returns to the Boston area this weekend and will hit the road on Wednesday next week to take on Johnson and Wales University at 4:00 PM. The Beacons have won eight consecutive games against the Wildcats dating back to 2006. 
 
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