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Delaware Loses Heartbreaker to Towson, Falls 10-9 on Bases Loaded Walk in 13th Inning
5/13/2016 8:29:00 PM | Baseball
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TOWSON, Md. -- Playing 13 innings on Friday the 13th turned out to be bad luck for the University of Delaware baseball team.
Delaware's Colonial Athletic Association series opener Friday afternoon was a heartbreaker as host Towson scored on a bases loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the 13th inning to escape with a 10-9 victory at Schuerholz Park.
The two teams will continue their pivotal three-game set Saturday with an 11:30 a.m. game followed by a single game at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Saturday's game was originally scheduled for 2 p.m. but was moved up due to the threat of rain later in the day.
Delaware (29-20, 7-12 CAA), which entered the game just one game behind Towson in the CAA league standings, hit four home runs on the day but squandered a 9-5 lead as the Tigers (19-30, 9-10 CAA) scored one run in the seventh and three in the eighth to send the game into extra frames.
After Towson knotted the score at 9-9, the two teams went four scoreless innings before Towson came through with the game-winner in the 13th off Delaware reliever Nick Spadafino (5-3).
Delaware first baseman Nick Patten had a big game for the Hens as he went 3 for 5 with two runs, four runs batted in, and two home runs. He recorded his second two-home run game of the season and now has four homers in his last four games to up his team lead to 12. Jordan Glover went 3 for 6 and knocked in a run with his fourth homer of the season and Diaz Nardo 1 for 4 with two RBI.
Policelli and Colin Dyer each collected three hits for Towson while Palacios knocked in three runs and Policelli knocked in two runs.
Delaware jumped out to a 5-1 lead thanks to a three-run third that featured Glover's solo shot and a bases loaded walk by Patten. Towson answered with four runs in the fourth to tie things at 5-5 before the Hens went ahead 9-5 with a run in the fifth on a solo shot by Patten and three in the sixth, including a bases loaded walk to Nardo.
Towson then tied things up again with one run in the seventh and three in the eighth. Neither team threatened the rest of the way until Towson scored in the 13th.
HEN SCRATCHINGS:
• Patten now has 13 RBI over the last three games and upped his season total to 44, good for second on the team behind Glover
• Delaware starter and ace Ron Marinaccio lasted just 3.1 innings as he allowed five runs and eight hits
• LHP Brandon Walter (5-3, 3.23 ERA) will start Saturday's game for Delaware
• Delaware will be looking to pick up its 30th win of the season Saturday
• Glover knocked in a run and become the first UD player since Brandon Menchaca in 2006 to reach 50 RBI and 20 stolen bases in the same season.
• The game was the 120th in this long time series which began in 1971. Delaware leads by a wide 78-42 margin.
• Game took 4:09 to play and was the Hens' longest in terms of innings since a 3-2 loss at Northeastern in 13 innings last March 27
AGATE:
Delaware.....032 013 000 000 0 - 9 - 11 - 1
Towson........010 400 130 000 1 - 10 - 13 - 3
Marinaccio, FitzPatrick (4), Vila (8), Spadafino and Tierno; Morris, Golczewski (3), Marriggi (9) and Howerton, Martinez (7); E: Policelli (T)-2; Mullins (T); Meeker (D); LOB: D - 10, T - 8; DP - D - 2, T - 1; ;2B: Policelli (T); 3B: Palacios (T); HR: Policelli (T); Patten (D)-2; Glover (D); Nardo (D); SB: Policelli (T)-2; Gallo (T), Dyer (T); Mohollen (D); Baker (D); Tierno (D); Nardo (D); HBP: Palacios (T); Henze (T); Dyer (T); WP: Marriggi (2-5); LP: Spadafino (5-3); A - 139.
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