Wells Hits Sixth Home Run of Season as Baseball Beats Marist on Saturday
Sophomore third baseman Mitch Wells hit a three-run home run and the Central Connecticut State University baseball team improved to 19-16 overall this season with a 7-1 victory at home over Marist on Saturday. Sophomore lefty Jack Greenhouse improved to 3-1 on the season. He pitched eight innings allowing just one run on nine hits while striking out four Marist batters.
Sophomore third baseman Mitch Wells hit a three-run
home run and the Central Connecticut State University baseball team
improved to 19-16 overall this season with a 7-1 victory at home
over Marist on Saturday. Sophomore lefty Jack Greenhouse
improved to 3-1 on the season. He pitched eight innings allowing
just one run on nine hits while striking out four Marist
batters.
The Red Foxes struck first with a single run in the top of the
second inning. Dan Zlotnick singled to right field with two outs
to score the game's first run.
Central took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the inning. Junior Pat
Epps and senior Tommy Meade led off the
inning with singles to put runners on first and second. Sophomore
Mitch Wells hit his sixth
home run of the season deep to right field to give Central the 3-0
lead.
The lead reached 5-1 in the third inning when Central scored two
runs on just one hit. Meade had an RBI single and freshman Chris
Renzoni walked with the bases loaded to drive in the second
run.
Central scored a single run in the sixth. Freshman Andy Lalli grounded
into a double play and Wells, who had doubled, scored on the
play. They added a run in the seventh when senior Anthony
Scialdone doubled with two outs and later scored on a wild
pitch.
Epps, Meade and Wells each finished the game with two hits. Wells
drove in three runs with his sixth home run of the year in the
second inning.
Greenhouse was impressive in his outing. He did allow baserunners
but stranded 11 Marist batters in his eight innings of work.
The Blue Devils return to action on Tuesday afternoon at Hartford
for a single nine-inning game. The game time has been moved to 2
p.m. in West Hartford (originally scheduled for 3 p.m.).
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