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Plagge vs UMBC
Cindy Dyer
Bo Plagge allowed just one hit and struck out six over 4.1 innings to earn his first collegiate victory.
2
UMBC UMBC 18-21
4
Winner Towson TOWSON 19-29
UMBC UMBC
18-21
2
Final
4
Towson TOWSON
19-29
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UMBC UMBC 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
Towson TOWSON 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4 6 1

W: Plagge, Bo (1-3) L: Connor Staskey (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Tigers Complete Season Sweep Over UMBC

TOWSON, Md. – Bo Plagge got his first collegiate win and Billy Lennox hit is his first home run as the Towson University baseball team completed the series sweep with a 4-2 victory over UMBC Wednesday afternoon at Schuerholz Park.
 
The victory completed the home-and-home series sweep.  The Tigers won 7-3 in 11 innings back on March 8.
 
How it Happened
  • Lennox gave the Tigers the early 1-0 advantage in the second inning as he hit the first pitch of the inning over the fence in left field.
  • Matt Allen entered the game in the second inning and kept the Retrievers off the board for the first three innings.
  • UMBC (18-21) got on the board in the fifth inning as Kyle Benjamin hit a solo home run to left field. 
  • After a double and a single, Jamie Switalski gave the Retrievers the 2-1 lead with a groundout to third.
  • The Tigers (19-29) wasted little time in answering back as Colin Dyer hit the first pitch into left field for a single and Tristan Howerton followed with a single to center.  Dyer was running on the pitch and hustled over to third, while Howerton was alert and took second on the play.
  • That proved important as Mark Grunberg grounded out to score Dyer and John Drexel hit a sacrifice fly to center to give the Tigers the 3-2 lead.
  • That would be all that was needed for Plagge (1-3).  The freshman controlled the rest of the game as he only surrendered one hit and struck out six over the final 4.1 innings.
  • The only hit he surrendered was a one-out double in the sixth, but came back to strike out each of the next two hitters. 
  • Plagge did not have a three-ball count on any of the 15 hitters he faced.  He threw 39 of his 56 pitches for strikes.
  • Towson added an insurance run in the eighth after Colin Gimblet drew a pinch-hit walk and went to second on a balk.  He advanced to third on a flyout to center and scored on a Grunberg single into the hole at short.
  • Lennox led the offense by going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
  • Grunberg singled, walked and drove in two runs in his four plate appearances.
 
Up Next
The Tigers return to CAA action Friday afternoon as they open a three-game series at Delaware.  First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
 
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