March 27, 2009

Baseball Drops 9-8 Decision at Hartford on Friday Afternoon

The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a 9-8 decision on the road at Hartford on Friday afternoon. The game is the first of four against teams from the America East Conference this weekend. With the loss the Blue Devils fall to 7-5 overall this season. Senior Jay Schillaci and sophomore Pat Epps each drove in two runs in the loss on Friday. CCSU returns to action tomorrow at 1 p.m. hosting Binghamton in a doubleheader at Beehive Field in New Britain.

The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a 9-8 decision on the road at Hartford on Friday afternoon. The game is the first of four against teams from the America East Conference this weekend. With the loss the Blue Devils fall to 7-5 overall this season. Senior Jay Schillaci and sophomore Pat Epps each drove in two runs in the loss on Friday. CCSU returns to action tomorrow at 1 p.m. hosting Binghamton in a doubleheader at Beehive Field in New Britain.

Central Connecticut struck first on an RBI double to left center by Epps. He scored Sean Allaire who had led off the game with a single and went to third on a fielder's choice and an error by the Hawks.

The Hawks scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning, off of senior righty Taylor Kosakowski, to take a 2-1 lead.

Four runs in the top of the second inning gave CCSU a 5-2 lead. Schillaci hit a two-run home run, his first of the season, to cap the scoring and give CCSU the three-run edge. Allaire and freshman Mitch Wells each had an RBI in the inning.

The Hawks plated two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to make it 5-4. The Blue Devils answered with a single run in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth to extend the lead to 8-4. In the fifth an RBI bunt single by junior Richie Tri scored the lone run. In the sixth both Epps and junior first baseman Tommy Meade had RBI's to push the Blue Devil lead to three.

Hartford answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning to cut it to 8-7. The scored a single run in the eighth and then the game-winner in the ninth to earn the 9-8 victory.

Kosakowski pitched 5.2 innings for the Blue Devils allowing nine hits and seven runs, six of them earned.

Tri and Allaire each had three hits to lead the offense. Schillaci and Epps each drove in two runs, including Schillaci's first home run of the season. The Blue Devils had 15 hits in the loss.

The Blue Devils return to action tomorrow, hosting Binghamton beginning at 1 p.m. at Beehive Field. The two teams will play a pair of seven inning games. CCSU also hosts Vermont at 12 noon on Sunday, also at Beehive Field.

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