Baseball Drops Series Finale on Sunday to Quinnipiac

The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a 3-2 decision at home in the series finale on Sunday against Quinnipiac. Sophomore Mitch Wells had a solo home run for the Blue Devils. With the loss the Blue Devils fall to 17-15 overall and 10-10 in Northeast Conference play. Quinnipiac improves to 10-25 overall and 9-7 in league action. They took three of four games over the weekend against the Blue Devils.

Quinnipiac took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Joe Poletsky doubled home Ben Farina who had singled and stolen second.

The Blue Devils tied it up in the second inning when Wells hit his fifth home run of the season to right center field. The Bobcats scored an unearned run in the top of the third inning to take a 2-1 lead.

Central tied it up in the bottom of the sixth, 2-2. Senior Tommy Meade doubled to lead off the inning, and with two outs, scored on a single to left field by senior Kyle Zarotney.

Quinnipiac retook the lead in the seventh inning, 3-2. Farina doubled home Mickey Amanti who had singled with one out.

The Blue Devils threatened in the seventh. Men were on first and second with one out and junior Pat Epps at the plate. Epps lined out hard to center field for the second out of the inning, but the runner at first passed the runner at second, causing the third out of the inning and ending the threat.

In the eighth, the Blue Devils put runners on second and third with one out, but were unable to bring a run home and the score remained 3-2.

Sophomore lefty Jack Greenhouse went 6.1 innings for the Blue Devils, scattering nine hits and allowing two earned runs. He struck out batters and did not walk a batter. He came out with a man on and one out in the seventh. The runner would scored the third run of the game for the Bobcats.

The Blue Devils return to action on the road at UConn on Wednesday beginning at 3 p.m.