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Bulls Sweep Zips
UB takes opener, 5-4, in final at-bat; dump Akron, 17-3, in nightcap
BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo (15-22, 6-14 MAC) used late inning heroics in the
opener and a solid pitching in the nightcap to sweep Akron (16-24, 7-12 MAC) in a Mid-American
Conference baseball doubleheader at UB's Amherst Pepsi Center Field. The Bulls took game one, 5-4, on
Eric Huber's (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard
Park) RBI single in the bottom of the seventh. UB won
the nightcap, 17-3, behind a career-tying 12 strikeout performance by
Brendan Dunford (Buffalo, NY/Timon/St.
Jude). With the sweep UB took three of four from the visiting Zips in the weekend series.
 | | Eric Huber | In the opener, UB rallied from a 4-3 deficit with runs in the final two innings to take the win.
The Bulls plated the tying run in the sixth as
Tim Sova (Rochester,
NY/Greece-Athena) scored on Phil Vanhorne's (Scarborough, Ontario/Mother
Teresa) basehit. The Bulls won the game in the seventh
as Brandon DiCesare (Rochester, NY/McQuaid
Jesuit) led off with a walk from losing pitcher
Frank Mendoza (4-5). Mendoza was then replaced by lefthanded reliever Pat Watt, who then hit
Bryan Sanchez (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua Academy)
with his first pitch to put runners on first
and second. Huber then ended the opener with his basehit to right, scoring DiCesare. It was Huber's
second RBI of the game after driving in the Bulls' first run of the game in the first inning.
 | | Brendan Dunford | Reliever Mark Garrard (Port Hope, Ontario/Port
Hope) picked up the win to move to 2-3. Garrard struck out three in two innings of work after replacing starter
Anthony Puccia (Penfield,
NY/Penfield) on the mound. DiCesare, Huber, Sova and Vanhorne each collected two hits in the
opener while leadoff man Joe Mihalics (Tonawanda, NY/Timon/St.
Jude) cracked his first career home run,
a two-run shot, in the fourth inning.
The Bulls jumped out to a 10-0 lead after four innings of game two. UB plated five runs in
the third, including a Corey Blair (Oneida,
NY/Oneida) double to drive home two.. The Bulls added
five more in the fourth as Huber and John Boom (London, Ontario/Catholic
Central) each knocked in a pair with bases-loaded singles in the inning.
 | | Adrian Daniels | Dunford (4-6) went eight innings allowing just a pair of unearned runs with his 12 punchouts.
He struck out 12 last season against Northern Illinois in the first game played at Amherst Pepsi Center
Field. Kyle Swiatocha (Forest Hills, NY/Holy
Cross) came on in a mop-up role in the ninth, striking out
one and allowing an unearned run.
Adrian Daniels (Spencerport,
NY/Spencerport) led the offensive assault with four RBIs
while going 2-for-6. He had an RBI triple in the five-run third and then smacked a three-run homer in the
four-run eighth inning for the Bulls. Sanchez also homered for the Bulls, his sixth of the season. Mihalics
and Huber had three hits in the nightcap while Boom added three RBIs. Ryan Brickwood was 4-for-5
from his leadoff spot for Akron in the nightcap.
The Bulls travel to Northern Illinois for next weekend's four-game MAC series against
the Huskies, starting on Friday.
05/05/2002
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Location: 163 Alumni |
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E-Mail:
ub-baseball@buffalo.edu |
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Phone: 716-645-6834 |
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Mailing Address:
University at Buffalo
Division of Athletics
Baseball Office
163 Alumni Arena
Buffalo, NY 14260 |
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