UAlbany Baseball Drops Season Opener to Iowa 8-3

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Clearwater, Fla. – Junior Nick Erdman pitched five scoreless innings to lead Iowa to an 8-3 non-conference baseball win over UAlbany in the season-opener for both teams on Friday night at the Clearwater Invitational in Clearwater, Fla.

Iowa (1-0) got on the board with four runs with outs in the top of the second inning. Justin Brauer started the rally with a two-out double down the right field line. Following a hit batsman, Kevin Hoef drove in Brauer with a single down the left field line. Justin Toole followed with a two-run double down to left to give the Hawkeyes a 3-0 lead. Toole plated the fourth run of the inning on a double by Caleb Curry.

The Hawkeyes tacked on single runs in the fifth and seventh innings to take a 6-0 lead. In the fifth, Kody McManis singled up the middle with two outs to plate Kyle Riffel from third. Iowa scored in the seventh during a pick-off attempt.

UAlbany (0-1) closed the gap to 6-3 with two runs in the seventh and a run in the eighth. In the seventh, junior Dave West followed a Brendan Rowland double with a two-run home run to left. Freshman Kyle Crean scored from second base in the eighth on an error by the third baseman.

Iowa added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth inning to deliver the final score. Ben Geelan drove in the first run with a double to center and later scored on a throwing error on a stolen base attempt.

At the plate for the Great Danes, Rowland and juniors Ryan Gugel and Sean Donovan each registered two of the team’s nine hits.

Senior right-hander Casey Walsh took the loss for UAlbany, allowing five runs on seven hits over four and two-thirds innings to go along with six strikeouts. Senior Marco Rivera allowed one run over two and one-third innings, while freshman Dave Kubiak pitched the final two innings, yielding two runs. Erdman registered the win for Iowa, striking out eight over five scoreless innings, yielding just four hits.

UAlbany returns to the diamond for a 10:00 a.m. first pitch on Saturday against Liberty and face Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m.

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Iowa (1-0) 040 010 102 - 8 10 2

UAlbany (0-1) 000 000 210 - 3 9 5


Iowa (1-0): Nick Erdman (W, 1-0), Jason Belk (5), Andrew Porter (7), Matt Mossey (9) and Ben Geelan.

UAlbany (0-1): Casey Walsh (L, 0-1), Marco Rivera (5), Dave Kubiak (8) and Ryan Gugel.




Iowa 8, UAlbany 3 (Feb 22, 2008)
Box Score
The Automated ScoreBook Iowa vs Albany Feb 22, 2008 at Clearwater, FL (Jack Russell Stadium)Iowa 8 (1-0)Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB------------------------------------------------------Hoef ss.................. 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0Toole 2b................. 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 0Curry cf................. 4 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 1Blaser dh................ 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 Muller pr............... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cataldo 1b............... 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 4Geelan c................. 2 2 1 1 3 1 12 2 0Riffel rf................ 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0Brauer lf................ 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0McManis 3b............... 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 Freie ph................ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Gryzwa 3b............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Erdman p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belk p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Porter p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mossey p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals................... 33 8 10 6 8 7 27 8 10Albany 3 (0-1)Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB------------------------------------------------------Brendan Rowland rf....... 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0Dave West cf............. 5 1 1 2 0 3 2 2 0Ryan Gugel c............. 4 0 2 0 0 1 7 1 2Mike Konstanty 1b........ 5 0 0 0 0 3 9 2 2Sean Donovan ss.......... 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0Gary Pitcheralle lf...... 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2Zac Halloran 3b.......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0Kyle Crean 2b............ 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 2Tom Zink dh.............. 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2Casey Walsh p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Marco Rivera p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Kubiak p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Totals................... 36 3 9 2 2 12 27 14 10Score by Innings R H E-------------------------------------------Iowa................ 040 010 102 - 8 10 2Albany.............. 000 000 210 - 3 9 5-------------------------------------------E - Hoef; McManis; Rowland, B.; Gugel, R. 2; Konstanty, M; Donovan, S.. LOB- Iowa 10; ALBANY 10. 2B - Toole; Curry; Geelan; Brauer; Rowland, B.. HR -West, D.. HBP - Curry; McManis; Gugel, R.; Crean, K.. SH - Toole; Cataldo.SB - Curry 3; Riffel 3; Brauer; Gugel, R..Iowa IP H R ER BB SO AB BF-----------------------------------------------Erdman.............. 5.0 4 0 0 1 8 18 21Belk................ 1.2 3 2 2 1 1 9 10Porter.............. 1.1 2 1 0 0 1 6 6Mossey.............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3Albany IP H R ER BB SO AB BF-----------------------------------------------Casey Walsh......... 4.2 7 5 5 4 6 19 26Marco Rivera........ 2.1 2 1 1 2 0 7 9Dave Kubiak......... 2.0 1 2 1 2 1 7 10Win - Erdman (1-0). Loss - Walsh, C. (0-1). Save - None.WP - Kubiak, D.. HBP - by Walsh, C. (Curry); by Erdman (Gugel, R.); by Walsh, C.(McManis); by Erdman (Crean, K.).Umpires - HP: Tim Hammer 1B: Chuck BradyStart: 6:00 pm Time: 3:25 Attendance: 201Game: GAME01