Bulls’ Three Two-Run Home Runs Not Enough in Slugfest with Miami (OH)

Adam Skonieczki goes 4-for-4 with a two-run home run

OXFORD, OH – Three two-run home runs including two in the fourth inning were not enough to push the University at Buffalo baseball team past conference opponent Miami (OH) as the Bulls fell 15-9 on Friday evening. In the weekend opener, the Bulls and RedHawks combined for 30 hits including five home runs.

Brad Cochrane

In the top of the first, Charlie Karstedt put the Bulls on the board with an RBI single to right field to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead. In one swing of the bat, the RedHawks took a 2-1 in the bottom of the first off a two-run home run by Chris Nadeau.

The Bulls re-established their lead in the top of the second as Brad Cochrane smashed a two-run shot over the left-field wall for his first career home run.

Trailing 5-3 in the top of the fourth, Shivam Bhan and Adam Skonieczki sent two-run shots out of the park for the Bulls’ 7-5 lead. Skonieczki’s two-run left-center shot was his first home run of the season.

Adam Skonieczki

With the Bulls in the lead 8-5, the RedHawks tied the contest in the bottom of the sixth off an RBI-triple to deep-left field by Adam Eaton followed by a two-RBI double by Nadeau with runners on the corners.

In the top of the seventh, Jacob Rosenbeck dropped an RBI-double in right field, his second double of the day, to put the Bulls in the lead 9-8.

The RedHawks’ erased the Bulls lead in the bottom of the seventh by scoring six runs to take a 14-9 lead. In the bottom of the eighth, the RedHawks added a run to close out the day’s scoring with the final score, 15-9.

Reliever Zach Anderson (3-4) recorded the loss for the Bulls.

Jacob Rosenbeck

Skonieczki went 4-for-4 with a two-run home run and three runs scored. Rosenbeck went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and two doubles, one an RBI double.

Designated hitter Chris Ciesla’s 18-game hitting streak has come to close. Ciesla’s hitting streak is the longest hitting streak since the 2005 season when former UB standout Mike Folli went on a 22-game hitting terror.

In total, 11 pitchers were used in the day’s weekend opener with Buffalo using five pitchers and Miami (OH) using six pitchers.

The Bulls (14-21, 3-9 MAC) will face the RedHawks on Saturday, April 18 in a conference doubleheader with the first pitch set for 3:00 pm with the second game to follow.