Baseball Drops Both Ends of Doubleheader at Monmouth, 2-0 and 3-2
The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader on road at Monmouth on Saturday. Central dropped the first game 2-0, and the second 3-2. With the losses Central falls to 8-10-1 overall and 5-5 in Northeast Conference play. The two teams will complete the weekend series on Sunday beginning at 12 noon.
The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped both ends of a
doubleheader on road at Monmouth on Saturday. Central dropped the
first game 2-0, and the second 3-2. With the losses Central falls
to 8-10-1 overall and 5-5 in Northeast Conference play. The two
teams will complete the weekend series on Sunday beginning at 12
noon.
The Hawks took the first game 2-0 as three Monmouth pitchers
combined for the shutout and allowed just six hits to the Blue
Devils.
Senior Sean
Miller-Jones and freshman J.P.
Sportman each had two hits in the game. Sportman had the only
extra-base hit, a double. Central advanced just one runner past
second base in the game. In the fifth they had runners on first
and third but a pair of strikeouts ended the threat. The had two
more runners on in the sixth but a double play ended the
inning.
Sophomore Todd
Savatsky had another strong outing on the mound, but he picked
up his first loss of the season. He went six innings and allowed
eight hits and two earned runs while striking out five. Junior Harry
Glynne pitched the final two inning allowing just one hit.
In game two the Blue Devils took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on
an RBI single from junior Jake
Matuszak. The Hawks tied the game 1-1 with a run in the bottom
of the inning off of Blue Devil senior starter Dave
Krasnowiecki.
Monmouth scored a single unearned run in the sixth inning following
a throwing error against the Blue Devils with two outs in the
inning.
Central tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the seventh inning.
With one out Miller-Jones doubled. He scored on a two-out single
from junior Mitch
Wells. The Hawks scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to
earn the victory.
Krasnowiecki pitched 6.1 innings allowing 10 hits and two earned
run while striking out five.
The two teams will finish the weekend series with a pair of game on
Sunday beginning at noon. The first game will be nine innings and
will start at 12 noon.
