Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Late-inning meltdown

Baseball
Eli Rosenswaike

It may be early in the season for the Massachusetts baseball team, but its game on Monday afternoon will likely go down as the craziest of the season.

Leading 8-1 after three innings, and 8-3 in the bottom of the sixth over Army, the Minuteman pitching staff imploded -- allowing Army to score nine runs and take a 12-8 lead.

After scoreless 7th and 8th innings, UMass fought back and pulled within one run at 12-11 with two outs in the 9th.

But with the tying and potential winning run on base, Mike Donato struck out looking on a 3-2 pitch to end the game.

With the loss, UMass falls 2-4 on the young season, but it still won the series (2 games to 1) over Army.

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