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Tucker
James Gray
6
Niagara NIA 1-7
8
Winner UNC Asheville AVL 3-5
Niagara NIA
1-7
6
Final
8
UNC Asheville AVL
3-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Niagara NIA 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 11 1
UNC Asheville AVL 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 8 7 1

W: PEREZ, JP (1-0) L: Laird, Zac (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Niagara Overcome By Bulldogs In Series Finale

MARION, N.C. – The Niagara baseball team (1-7) fell to UNC Asheville (3-5), 8-6, in the final game of a four-game series on Sunday.

Game Recap
  • The Bulldogs got on the board first, scoring on a wild pitch in the bottom of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.
  • The Purple Eagles answered quickly in the top of the second. An RBI single from Dawson Bailey tied the score, 1-1, and an RBI single from Cole O'Connor gave NU the lead, 2-1. Bailey added one more run for Niagara in the second, scoring on an error to put NU ahead, 3-1.
  • A two-run homerun from UNC Asheville in the bottom of the second inning tied the score, 3-3.
  • The Bulldogs got one run across in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead, 4-3.
  • In the top of the fifth frame, a two-RBI single from Wyatt Palmer put Niagara back on top, 5-4.
  • Bailey scored on a passed ball in the sixth inning to give NU a two-run lead, 6-4.
  • The Bulldogs scored two runs in the sixth to tie things up again, 6-6.
  • UNC Asheville reclaimed the lead, 8-6, in the bottom of the eighth inning.
  • In the ninth, Cole Tucker singled to left center with just one out on the board, but an inning-ending double play earned the Bulldogs the two-run victory.

Eagle's Eye On
  • Bailey, Tucker, Palmer and Liam Ward each had two hits for the Purple Eagles.
  • Palmer had a team-high two RBIs and Bailey led the team in runs scored with two. Bailey also had one stolen base.
  • Zac Laird (0-1) took the loss. He fanned a career-high four batters in 1.0 inning pitched.

Up Next
  • The Purple Eagles play a four-game series at UMBC March 4-6.

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