After three quiet innings of play, Utica got on the board first as it used a walk and back-to-back hits to take a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth.  Sophomore catcher Thomas Dinnen worked a leadoff walk before senior Nick Dunbar peppered the leftfield wall for a double, advancing Dinnen to third with no outs.  Senior utility Chris Podlucky followed with a bullet down the right field line for a two-RBI single. 

The Bloodhounds quickly responded with two runs of their own, also on two hits, and the help of a Utica error to knot the contest up, 2-2, in the top of the fifth.  John Jay’s first batter reached base on an error then advanced to second on a passed ball and eventually scored off a base knock to right field.  The visitors managed a first-and-third double steal for their second run of the inning.

UC regained the lead, 3-2, in its next at bat with one run on a walk, base hit and sacrifice fly.  Senior Tyler Young walked followed by an Adam Pexton rope to left center.  Both runners then advanced on a wild pitch before Young crossed the dish for the go-ahead score off a sac fly from junior Alec Choleva to left field.

The Pioneers put together a four-run, seventh inning rally to cushion a five-run lead, 7-2, headed into the final two frames.  UC worked four walks along with two hits in the rally.  Junior Rob Heath and Dunbar tallied two-run hits to pace the inning.

Each squad scattered one run in the eighth while the visiting Bloodhounds added another in the final inning before UC closed out the victory snapping a two-game slide.

Dunbar went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and one run scored to lead the way while Dinnen and senior Angel Zapata walked and scored twice.  Heath tallied two hits, two RBI, one run and one stolen base on the afternoon.  Freshman Matt Rogers recorded his first collegiate RBI on a pinch hit sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to cushion the victory.

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