Baseball Falls to UMass on Tuesday

The Central Connecticut baseball team fell to UMass, 6-0, in non-conference action on Tuesday at CCSU Baseball Field. The Blue Devils were stifled by Tim Cassidy, who threw a complete-game shutout.

The loss drops CCSU to 10-16 overall, while UMass improves to 10-11 on the season.

Both teams went down in order in the first and second innings, before the Minutemen broke the deadlock in the top of the third. Back-to-back singles by Dylan Morris and Vinny Scifo started the inning and a sacrifice bunt moved them into scoring position. Bryce Maher followed with a single to drive them in and make it 2-0.

That was all the help Cassidy would need as he only allowed four hits on the day. CCSU had its best chance to score in the bottom of the third inning when freshman Dylan Maher led off with a single and moved to third base on a pair of groundouts, but the Blue Devils were unable to drive him in.

The Minutemen tacked on a run in the fourth on a single by Paul Yanakopulos and three more in the seventh for the final margin.

Sophomore Michael Pastore started for CCSU and went three innings, allowing two runs on four hits and took the loss. Maher, juniors Ian Glassman and Corey Lerche and freshman Mitch Guilmette each had hits for Central.

Cassidy finished with a line of nine innings pitched, four hits allowed, three strikeouts and one walk. Maher led the Minutemen at the plate with three hits and three runs batted in.

The Blue Devils return to action on Friday, April 17, when they open a four-game Northeast Conference series against Fairleigh Dickinson at 3 p.m. on CCSU Baseball Field.