
Bucknell Baseball Falls to UConn on Saturday
5/1/2021 8:53:00 PM | Baseball
STORRS, Conn. -- The Bucknell University baseball team fell 9-1 in its first of two games at UConn over the weekend. Â UConn used a four-run second to stake an early lead, before adding four more runs over the next two innings to pull away on a windy day at Elliot Ballpark. Â
Bucknell drops its first-ever decision to the Huskies, with the Bison taking the lone matchup against UConn 11-10 in 2009.
Bucknell, which erupted for 13 hits against Lehigh in its last time out, managed just two hits on the day as Connecticut starter Ben Casparius pitched an impressive outing, not allowing a hit through the first six innings. Â
That proved to be plenty for the UConn offense, which used three hits to score four runs in the second, before adding a lone run in the third and three in the fourth. Â Six of UConn's scoring plays were hits for extra bases as it improved to 11-1 at home this season. Â
The Bison scored their only run of the game in the seventh, when Henry Novicki singled on an 0-2 count to score Chris Cannizzaro from third. Â Peter Marren tallied Bucknell's other hit of the game in the frame, when he singled through the left side to move Cannizzaro to third. Â Â Â
Bucknell used five different pitchers, with Graeme Carroll (2.0 IP, 0H) and Nicholas Sadd each not allowing a hit out of the bullpen. Â Â Â
The Bison will face the Huskies to close the weekend at 12:05 p.m. on Sunday. Â
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Bucknell drops its first-ever decision to the Huskies, with the Bison taking the lone matchup against UConn 11-10 in 2009.
Bucknell, which erupted for 13 hits against Lehigh in its last time out, managed just two hits on the day as Connecticut starter Ben Casparius pitched an impressive outing, not allowing a hit through the first six innings. Â
That proved to be plenty for the UConn offense, which used three hits to score four runs in the second, before adding a lone run in the third and three in the fourth. Â Six of UConn's scoring plays were hits for extra bases as it improved to 11-1 at home this season. Â
The Bison scored their only run of the game in the seventh, when Henry Novicki singled on an 0-2 count to score Chris Cannizzaro from third. Â Peter Marren tallied Bucknell's other hit of the game in the frame, when he singled through the left side to move Cannizzaro to third. Â Â Â
Bucknell used five different pitchers, with Graeme Carroll (2.0 IP, 0H) and Nicholas Sadd each not allowing a hit out of the bullpen. Â Â Â
The Bison will face the Huskies to close the weekend at 12:05 p.m. on Sunday. Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CASPARIUS, Ben (5-3)
L: Greer, Will (3-4)

Batting:
RBI: Novicki, Henry 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cannizzaro, Chris 1
HBP: Cannizzaro, Chris 1 ; Lowery, Brendan 1

Batting:
2B: FERRER, Kevin 1 ; BROWN, Chris 1
3B: BUSHLING, Zach 1
HR: WINKEL, Pat 2 ; WINKEL, Chris 1 ; MAYCOCK, Ben 1
RBI: FERRER, Kevin 1 ; WINKEL, Pat 2 ; WINKEL, Chris 1 ; BROWN, Chris 2 ; MAYCOCK, Ben 2 ; BUSHLING, Zach 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WINKEL, Pat 2 ; FEDKO, Christian 1 ; WINKEL, Chris 2 ; BROWN, Chris 2 ; MAYCOCK, Ben 1 ; BUSHLING, Zach 1
HBP: MAYCOCK, Ben 1
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