"UB Bats Come Alive, Dunford Goes All Nine In Bulls Win"
By MIKE BELLAGAMBA | Apr. 17, 2002The UB Bulls baseball team made it's return to the Amherst Pepsi Center Field last Friday on a sunny afternoon, for their first home game since playing an incredible 25-straight games on the road.It was sunny indeed, as the Bulls pounded out 17 hits to pick up their second MAC win with an 11-6 victory over the Bowling Green Falcons.UB starting pitcher Brendan Dunford (2-4) performed masterfully as he went the distance, allowing six runs, with five earned, while recording nine strikeouts."Brendan's a real warrior and when he has his control he's tough to handle," said Buffalo Head Coach Bill Breene."It was great to finally play a home game and win," said Dunford.Bowling Green was first to strike with a second inning RBI by Kevin Longstreth, but Buffalo answered right back with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning, courtesy of a Corey Blair RBI that scored Jon Boom.The teams traded runs again in the fourth as Tim Sova earned his first of two RBIs on a day that he would go 4 for 4 on."I'm glad to be home," said Sova when asked about his performance.The Buffalo Bats came alive in the fifth as they used four hits to bring in three runs.Things began to unravel for Bowling Green when Falcon starting pitcher Doug Flere (2-5) made an errant throw on a Joe Mihalics sacrifice bunt attempt.
