UMBC

Kyle Wildasin went 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored in UMBC's 11-7 loss to Towson.

Baltimore, Md. – The UMBC Retrievers (0-4) lost to Towson University (3-3) in non-conference baseball action on Friday afternoon at John B. Schuerholz Baseball Complex on the campus of Towson University by a final of 11-7.  Towson homered five times on the day as the long ball fueled Towson’s four run win.  The game marked the first time UMBC had taken the field since Feb. 27 due to the recent weather.

The game started quiet with no runs in the opening inning before both teams bats awoken in the second inning, sparking four consecutive innings with each team scoring at least one run and a total of 16 runs scored as Towson jumped ahead 10-6.

The Retrievers struck first with Kyle Wildasin reaching base on a single to open the second inning and working himself around the bases to third base.  Ian Carman looked to ground out to end the inning but a throwing error allowed Wildasin to score and put UMBC up 1-0 as Carman reached first base. 

Towson responded with two runs on three hits in the bottom of the second inning.  Mark Chiccini and Ryan Schreiter each recorded RBI singles to give the Tigers a 2-1 advantage.

The Retrievers took their last lead of the game in the third inning as Zach Clark and Kyle Wildasin combined for two RBI singles to put UMBC ahead, 3-2.

Back-to-back triples by Adam Heffron and Casper Wells led to three runs in the bottom of the third for Towson as they never trailed again in the game. 

Wells went on to hit a home run for Tigers as part of his 2-for-3 performance with two RBI and three runs scored.  Schrieter also homered in his 3-for-4 performance with one run scored and three RBI.  Towson ended up with 11 runs on 14 hits and 10 RBI as a team.

Wildasin led UMBC with a 3-for-4 performance with two runs scored and an RBI.  Tom Rinaldi tallied a multi-hit game at 2-for-3 with a run and RBI.  UMBC recorded seven runs on 10 hits with five RBI as a team. 

Eric Butkiewicz took the loss for UMBC, his second of the year after allowing eight runs on 10 hits in 4.0 innings of work.  Zach Clark started the game going 2.0 innings allowing two runs on three hits in his first outing of the year.  Newcomers Dan Blewitt and Brian Duffy finished the game pitching the seventh and eighth respectively for UMBC.  Blewitt allowed one run, a homerun off the bat of Jeremy Stifler.  Duffy struck out one and allowed no run and no hits in his perfect eighth inning. 

Steve Johnson went the first 3.1 innings for Towson and picked up his first win of the season.  Casper Wells threw the next 4.2 innings for Towson and Jason Summerlin finished the ninth allowing a homerun to Mark Lemon, UMBC’s lone run of the inning.    

The Retrievers return to action when they host their home opener against Canisius on Saturday, March 12 at 12 p.m. in a two seven inning doubleheader.