CHARLOTTE, N.C. – UAB scored a pair of runs in the top of the ninth inning to steal a 2-1 victory from Charlotte in the Conference USA baseball opener on Thursday night. The go-ahead run came across in the form of a two-out bunt single.
“We didn’t do some things some good things offensively so we need to make adjustments and be better tomorrow,” quipped Head Coach Loren Hibbs. “With the conditions, hats off to both teams for playing at a high level defensively with the playing surface that was very wet.”
Charlotte (22-29, 11-16 C-USA) broke through in a scoreless ballgame during the bottom of the fifth as Derek Gallello crushed a 1-0 pitch over the wall in right to give the Niners a 1-0 lead.