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Kingsley, Folli, Buffalo post threes in record-setting win against Marshall
BUFFALO, NY - The right side of the infield wasn't all freshman Mike Folli (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott) and junior James Kingsley (Medina, NY/Medina) shared on Friday afternoon. They also shared similar statistics, as the University at Buffalo baseball team's two leading hitters each had hits in their first three at bats and fourth-inning triples to lead Buffalo to a 7-4 win against Marshall at Amherst Audubon Field. The win helped Buffalo (17-30-1 overall, 3-14-1 MAC) set a school record for wins since the team was reinstated in 2000 after a 13-year absence from the University, as Buffalo scored three runs in both the third and fourth innings to cruise to the win against Marshall (16-32 overall, 8-14 MAC).
Kingsley finished 3-for-4 with a run and three RBIs as he became the first player in school history to drive in 50 runs in a season with his fourth-inning triple. In the bottom of the third, sophomore third baseman Mike Connelly (Utica, NY/Proctor) walked, Folli singled and senior center fielder Phil Vanhorne (Scarborough, Ontario/Mother Teresa) was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. A sac fly by Mihalics and a single by first baseman Kingsley plated runs. Two more walks forced in another run. The Thundering Herd got a run back in the fourth as three singles and a sacrifice fly plated a run. However, the Bulls got three more in their half of the fourth, as Connelly singled in front of a diving right fielder to lead off and Folli offered up a fly ball that went past a center fielder who was cheating in for his team-leading third triple of the year. After Vanhorne walked, Folli was thrown out at the plate during a double steal. Senior shortstop Joe Mihalics (Tonawanda, NY/Timon-St.Jude) hit a fly to first that was lost in the sun, allowing him to reach for Kingsley who shattered a bat while driving a pitch off the left field wall to plate two runs. Marshall came thundering back in the fifth, though, as three errors, a fielder's choice that didn't get an out, a walk and one hit led to three unearned runs. However, junior Matt Johnson (Montague, MI/Montague/Grand Rapids CC) shut the door on Marshall, allowing three hits and no walks in the final four innings as he struck out three to earn his first Division I save. The Bulls played small ball to get ahead in the first inning, as freshman second baseman Mike Folli (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott) hit a bloop single into center field to lead off, stole second, took third on a groundout and scored on a passed ball. Marshall had a chance to even the score in the top of the third when an error put a runner on second with two outs. Aaron Jamieson singled through the right side of the infield, but senior right fielder Andy Wengert (Utica, NY/Proctor) came up firing, and his through cut down the runner by five feet at the plate.
Chris Cummings (3-4) took the loss for the Thundering Herd, allowing six hits and five walks in three-plus innings before Brian Knippelmeyer allowed one run on three hits in the final five frames. Buffalo and Marshall continue their series on Saturday at 1:00 pm at Amherst Audubon Field. |
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