Bulls Split Twinbill with St. Bonaventure

Bulls break record for most wins in a season (20) since program’s reinstatement in 2000

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo baseball team continues to make history as they broke the record for most wins since the team’s reinstatement to Division-I status in 2000. The Bulls captured their 20th victory of the season as they cruised to a 10-4 victory over St. Bonaventure in game one of a mid-week doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon at the Amherst Audubon Field. In the nightcap, the Bulls fell to the Bonnies, 2-1 in a pitcher’s duel.

Eric Flynn

With the Bulls trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the second inning of the opener, Eric Flynn pulled the Bulls within one run with an RBI double to left field, his first double of the day. Next up, Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week Adam Skonieczki poked an RBI single through the right side with Flynn beating out the throw at home to tie the game at 3-3.

Facing two outs, the Bulls found themselves trailing in the bottom of the third, 4-3. Following a double by Chris Ciesla, Brian Randazzo tied the game at 4-4 as he cracked an RBI single to left field, driving in Ciesla for the tying run. With the bases loaded, Flynn broke the game open by crushing a three-RBI double to the right-center wall, putting the Bulls in the lead, 7-4. Skonieczki closed out the Bulls’ five-run third inning by driving in Flynn with an RBI single to right to give the Bulls an 8-4 lead.

Brian Randazzo

The Bulls added runs in the bottom of the fourth and sixth innings including an RBI single by Ciesla in the fourth, to seal the Bulls’ record-breaking victory.

Flynn provided the Bulls with a solid offensive effort, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a season-high four RBIs. Ciesla and Skonieczki each went 2-for-4 with two RBIs each.

In 4.0 innings of relief work, River McWilliams (3-3) allowed no runs off two hits while collecting the Bulls’ victory.

The nightcap featured a pitcher’s duel between the two teams as the Bulls and Bonnies were held to a combined 16 hits.

River McWilliams

The Bulls took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second off an RBI single to right by Randazzo, his second of the day.

In the remaining innings, the Bonnies managed to score two unanswered runs to pick up the nightcap victory.

Randazzo went 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.

Ciesla (1-5) struck out three batters while recording the Bulls’ loss in 2.2 innings of relief work.

By splitting the day’s doubleheader, the Bulls have won the season series over the Bonnies, 3-2. Earlier in the season, the Bulls and Bonnies split a doubleheader at Fred Handler Park followed by the Bulls’ 14-5 victory over the reigning Big Four Classic champion Bonnies in the opening round of this year’s Big Four Classic.

Game one of the Bulls-Bonnies doubleheader will be televised on TWCS-Buffalo Channel 13 in the Western New York area. The game will be aired on Wednesday, May 6 at 7:00 pm and Thursday, May 7 and Friday, May 8 at 8:00 pm.

The Bulls (20-28, 6-14 MAC) will play their final home games in a conference weekend series versus Bowling Green on May 8-10. Game one is set for Friday, May 8 with the first pitch to be thrown at 3:00 pm.