Bulls Lose to Akron, 7-1

Thursday, May 22

4:30 pm

University at Buffalo

25-25

Akron

27-28

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Akron	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	7	13	0
Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1

5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

AVON, OH – The UB baseball team dropped its second-round game of the Mid-American Conference tournament to Akron Thursday afternoon, losing 7-1. The Bulls will now face an elimination game tomorrow, as it has a rematch with third seed Miami at 1 pm.

The Redhawks scored single runs in the first, third and fourth innings before breaking the game open with four runs in the eighth inning to put the game out of reach. The UB offense, fresh off a 15-hit game in an upset win over Miami on Wednesday, would record just three hits through the first eight innings of the game as Akron starter John Valek was effective throughout.

Jimmy Topps led off the game for UB with a single, but a walk immediately after to Nick Sinay, a second-inning single from Mike Burke and a single from Mike Burke in the fifth would be all the offense UB would offer while the Zips put up the seven runs.

Anthony Magovney would only last into the fourth inning, and Cory Folk was effective in his first three innings of relief before running into bad luck in the eighth. Brent Cleland threw two hitless innings to close out the game from the 'pen. The lone UB run would come in the bottom of the ninth. Sinay led off with a single, then moved to third on a double from Matt Pollock. After a walk loaded the bases, Tom Richards would get an RBI on a ground out.

Burke will likely take the ball tomorrow as the Bulls look to remain alive in the MAC tournament. The winner of tomorrow's game must win two straight games over the Zips in order to earn a trip to the championship round.