Blue Devil Baseball Rolls to 18-1 Victory at Long Island on Friday
Junior Richie Tri had three hits and six runs batted in as the Central Connecticut baseball team rolled to an 18-1 victory on the road at Long Island on Friday afternoon. Junior Anthony Scialdone added three hits and three RBI while junior Sean Allaire and senior Casey Walko each scored four times as the Blue Devils improved to 17-12 overall and 7-5 in Northeast Conference play. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday at 12 noon.
Junior Richie Tri had three hits and six runs batted in
as the Central Connecticut baseball team rolled to an 18-1 victory
on the road at Long Island on Friday afternoon. Junior Anthony
Scialdone added three hits and three RBI while junior Sean
Allaire and senior Casey Walko each scored four times as the
Blue Devils improved to 17-12 overall and 7-5 in Northeast
Conference play. The two teams will play a doubleheader on
Saturday at 12 noon.
Scialdone's three hits on the day gave him a 19-game hitting streak
heading into Saturday's doubleheader. In 23 games played this
season he has been held hitless in just twice. During the streak
he has posted two or more hits 10 times including four of the last
five games.
Junior Dan Markoya picked up his first victory in a Blue
Devil uniform, and was impressive in just his second NEC start of
the season. He pitched eight innings allowing just five hits and
one earned run while striking out seven Blackbirds. He allowed
just a single run in the first inning and in his eight innings of
work he never faced more than four batters in a single inning.
Only one Long Island batter reached second base against Markoya,
and that was the leadoff man who doubled in the bottom of the first
inning.
All but one Blue Devil in the starting lineup drove in a run, led
by six by Tri and three from Scialdone. Central Connecticut scored
18 unanswered runs in the game, after falling behind 1-0 in the
first inning.
The Blue Devils scored one run in the second inning and two in the
third to take a 3-1 lead. Four runs in the fourth inning, one in
the fifth and four more in the sixth inning opened up a 12-1 lead
for the visitors. Two more runs in the eighth and four in the
ninth completed the scoring.
Central Connecticut had 19 hits in the game and has now scored 56
runs in its last four games, all wins. The four-game winning
streak matches the longest streak of the season for the Blue
Devils, and they have all come in NEC play. In those four games
CCSU has posted 65 hits including 13 for extra bases.
Five CCSU batters had at least two hits in the game and all but two
starters crossed the plate. Allaire's four runs scored give him an
impressive 36 runs scored in 29 games this season. He has scored a
run in six straight games and is currently riding a nine-game
hitting streak. Sophomore Pat Epps
drove in a run in the game and has now driven in a run in four
straight. Junior Tommy Meade had a hit, a run scored and an RBI
and has now had four straight games with at least one hit, run
scored and an RBI.
CCSU and Long Island return to the diamond with a doubleheader
scheduled to begin at 12 noon on Saturday. A single nine-inning
game in Sunday will complete the weekend series.