The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Friday, May 13
Young Memorial Field
6 P.M.
UAB
28-20, 0
5
vs
6
FIU
15-30, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIU | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| UAB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
FIU Defeats UAB 6-5 on Friday Night at Young Memorial Field
5/13/2022 9:38:00β―PM | Baseball
BIRMINGHAM β The UAB baseball team dropped the opening contest of a three game series with FIU by the score of 6-5 on Friday night at Young Memorial Field.
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Despite drawing 13 walks, the Blazers left 14 runners on base and fell to 12-6 in one run games.
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The loss drops UAB to 28-20 overall and 11-14 in league play. FIU is now 15-30 overall and 7-18 in C-USA.
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John Marc Mullins got the Blazers off to a fast start with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first. His fourth homer of the season gave the Blazers a 1-0 lead.
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FIU tallied three hits in the top of the second, including a two-RBI single from Jayden Melendez which moved the Panthers ahead 2-1.
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Mullins stayed hot in his second at-bat and his RBI single scored Matthew Golda who walked to lead off the inning.
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The game remained tied until the top of the fifth when FIU scored two runs to gain a 4-2 lead. The first run of the inning was a solo homer from nine-hole hitter Noel Perez, and the other run came on a fielding error which allowed Alec Sanchez to score from second base.
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UAB threatened to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth, but a few base running errors resulted in outs at third base and then at home plate to end the threat as FIU maintained a 4-2 lead.
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The Blazers surged ahead with three runs in the seventh. The first run came courtesy of a sac fly from Matthew Golda which scored Josh Sears who walked and was moved to third on a double from Logan Braunschweig.
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The next batter was Henry Hunter who absolutely crushed a two-run homer to straight away center field to give the Blazers a 5-4 advantage. His sixth home run of the season also scored Braunschweig.
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However, the Panthers rallied with an unearned run in the eighth to tie the game and a two-out single in the ninth to take a 6-5 lead. The game winning RBI came off the bat of Adrian Figueroa.
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The Blazers and Panthers play game two of the series on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Young Memorial Field. Β
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Despite drawing 13 walks, the Blazers left 14 runners on base and fell to 12-6 in one run games.
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The loss drops UAB to 28-20 overall and 11-14 in league play. FIU is now 15-30 overall and 7-18 in C-USA.
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John Marc Mullins got the Blazers off to a fast start with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first. His fourth homer of the season gave the Blazers a 1-0 lead.
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FIU tallied three hits in the top of the second, including a two-RBI single from Jayden Melendez which moved the Panthers ahead 2-1.
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Mullins stayed hot in his second at-bat and his RBI single scored Matthew Golda who walked to lead off the inning.
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The game remained tied until the top of the fifth when FIU scored two runs to gain a 4-2 lead. The first run of the inning was a solo homer from nine-hole hitter Noel Perez, and the other run came on a fielding error which allowed Alec Sanchez to score from second base.
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UAB threatened to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth, but a few base running errors resulted in outs at third base and then at home plate to end the threat as FIU maintained a 4-2 lead.
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The Blazers surged ahead with three runs in the seventh. The first run came courtesy of a sac fly from Matthew Golda which scored Josh Sears who walked and was moved to third on a double from Logan Braunschweig.
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The next batter was Henry Hunter who absolutely crushed a two-run homer to straight away center field to give the Blazers a 5-4 advantage. His sixth home run of the season also scored Braunschweig.
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However, the Panthers rallied with an unearned run in the eighth to tie the game and a two-out single in the ninth to take a 6-5 lead. The game winning RBI came off the bat of Adrian Figueroa.
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The Blazers and Panthers play game two of the series on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Young Memorial Field. Β
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Angel Tiburcio (4-3)
L: Moza, Aidan (2-2)
Batting:
HR: Noel Perez 1
RBI: Adrian Figueroa 1 ; Matthew Gonzalez 1 ; Jayden Melendez 2 ; Noel Perez 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Steven Ondina 1 ; Alec Sanchez 1 ; Adrian Figueroa 1 ; Ruben Carpio 1 ; Matthew Gonzalez 1 ; Noel Perez 1
SB: Alec Sanchez 1
Batting:
2B: Hall, Christian 1 ; Braunschweig, Logan 1
HR: Mullins, John Marc 1 ; Hunter, Henry 1
RBI: Mullins, John Marc 2 ; Golda, Matthew 1 ; Hunter, Henry 2
SF: Golda, Matthew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mullins, John Marc 1 ; Sears, Josh 1 ; Braunschweig, Logan 1 ; Golda, Matthew 1 ; Hunter, Henry 1
SB: Mullins, John Marc 1
CS: Floyd, Caleb 1
HBP: Floyd, Caleb 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
2
Players Mentioned
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