No. 10 UConn baseball earned a dramatic walk-off victory in the opening game of its series against Butler on Friday night, taking the 6-5 victory after 13 innings.
Freshman second baseman Ryan Daniels, deputizing for the injured David Smith, fought off four foul balls in a 3-2 count with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 13th before letting the 10th pitch of the at-bat fall in the dirt for a walk-off walk.
It was the longest game of the UConn season so far, and the tension in the final at-bats felt like a playoff atmosphere in Elliot Ballpark.