READING, Pa. — The Kutztown University baseball team defeated Berks County rival Albright 8-4 at FirstEnergy Stadium Wednesday night.

Corey Buletza (so. St. Claire/Pottsville) was 2-for-5 with three RBIs and James Quigley (so. Bensalem/Bensalem) was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs, including a solo home run.

Matt Kulbacki (jr. Hershey/Hershey) and Mike Kacelowicz (jr. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) added two hits apiece.

KU improved to 6-2 in games played at FirstEnergy Stadium. The Golden Bears and Lions have faced each other at the home of the Reading Phillies every season since 2003. Albright won last year's meeting, 5-4.

On Wednesday, KU fell behind 2-0 after the first inning, but knotted the score with single runs in the second and third. Quigley reached on an error and scored on a Michael Dugan (so. Ocean City, N.J./Ocean City) single in the second, then Kacelowicz tripled and scored on Quigley's single in the third. 

The Golden Bears went up 3-2 in the sixth when Kacelowicz's RBI single plated Jared Frey. 

The Lions equaled KU's run in its half of the sixth.

KU retook the lead for good in the top of the seventh when Shayne Houck (fr. Boyertown/Boyertown) singled and later scored on Buletza's single.

Quigley's home run, his third of the year, made it 5-3 in the eighth.

KU opened it up with three runs in the ninth on a two-run double by Buletza and a run-scoring single by Cody Montz (fr. Schuylkill Haven/Schuylkill Haven).

Seven pitchers took the hill for the Golden Bears. Mike Moran (so. Fabius, N.Y./Fabius-Pompey) earned the win, pitching the bottom of the sixth inning with two strikeouts.