Bulls Fall to Canisius in the Ninth

Bulls tie game in the bottom of the eighth

BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo baseball team was unable to overcome Canisius' ninth-inning offensive explosion, falling to the Big Four rival 10-6 on Tuesday afternoon. Despite trailing 5-2 heading into the bottom of the eighth, the Bulls managed to tie the Golden Griffins with the game coming down to the ninth inning.

Adam Skonieczki

The Bulls and Golden Griffins remained tied after four scoreless innings until the Golden Griffins opened scoring in the top of the fifth off RBI doubles by Ian Choy and Kevin Mailloux to take a 2-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Bulls cut the Golden Griffins' lead in half with an RBI single by Charlie Karstedt.

Trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the eighth, the Bulls tied the game at 5-5. Adam Skonieczki led the Bulls' tying efforts by punching a two-RBI single through the right side to tie the game at five a piece.

In the top of the ninth, the Golden Griffins jumped out to a 10-5 lead with a two-RBI double followed by a two-RBI single. The Bulls managed to score one run in the ninth off a ground out to second by Jacob Rosenbeck.

Bobby Pizzuto went to 2-for-3 and Rosenbeck went 2-for-4 with each recording a run and an RBI.

Bobby Pizzuto

In 5.0 innings of work, starter Eric Kline struck out five batters, allowing zero earned runs on five hits. Reliever River McWilliams (2-3) recorded his third loss of the season.

The Canisius-Buffalo game will be televised on TWCS-Buffalo Channel 13 in the Western New York area on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 pm and Friday, April 17 at 3:00 pm.

The Bulls (14-19, 3-8 MAC) will finish their two-week homestand with a non-conference matchup versus Le Moyne College on Wednesday, April 15 with the first pitch set for 4:00 pm.