University of Northern Colorado Athletics
University of Northern Colorado
11-34, 0
Seattle University
12-38, 0
The Matts lead UNC to a series opening win
5/16/2019 6:38:00 PM | Baseball
Matt Burkart had himself a day, his three-run home run broke the 6-6 tie in the sixth. Adrian Vela and Jake Gitter kept the inning going and then came around to score on the Matt Zoba 2-RBI single, which made it 11-9.
After the first three batters of the third inning, it looked like the Bears were going to run away. With one out, Gitter smashed a solo home run over the right centerfield fence and Zoba followed with another home run, his coming on an 0-2 count.
Burkart's day started in the first inning when he smacked a three-run double up against the left field fence that put the Bears up 3-1. Later in the inning, he came around and scored the fourth run of the inning on a wild pitch.
BREAKING OUT OF THE BOX SCORE
- Burkart finished with a home run, double and six RBIs.
- Zoba finished with two hits, a home run and three runs batted in.
- In all, 'The Matt's' drove in nine of the Bears 12 runs and scored the other three.
- Giiter finished with a pair of doubles and the home run.
- Connor Anderson went the first 5 2/3 and didn't allow an earned run. He struck out six.
- Matt Boyd picked up the win going the final 3 1/3 and struck out 2 without allowing an earned run.
UNC and Seattle will play Game 2 of their season-finale series Friday at 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Boyd, Matt (2-2)
L: Thompson, Josh (1-6)
Batting:
HR: Wells, Chase 1
RBI: O'Brien, Connor 2 ; Wells, Chase 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Prater, Jacob 1 ; O'Brien, Connor 1 ; Mazzone, Justin 1 ; Taylor, Jake 1 ; Wells, Chase 1 ; Rork, Gavin 1
SB: Rork, Gavin 1
Batting:
2B: Burkart, Matt 1 ; Gitter, Jake 2
HR: Burkart, Matt 1 ; Gitter, Jake 1 ; Zoba, Matt 1
RBI: Yamaguchi, Tyler 1 ; Burkart, Matt 6 ; Gitter, Jake 1 ; Zoba, Matt 3
SF: Gitter, Jake 1 ; Medina, Jordan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Yamaguchi, Tyler 2 ; Pauley, Jack 2 ; Leach, Sam 1 ; Burkart, Matt 2 ; Vela, Adrian 2 ; Gitter, Jake 2 ; Zoba, Matt 1
SB: Pauley, Jack 1 ; Zoba, Matt 1
CS: Inniss, Braxton 1
HBP: Pauley, Jack 1 ; Vela, Adrian 1
