Baseball Splits Doubleheader at Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday

March 27, 2021

The Central Connecticut baseball team split a doubleheader at Fairleigh Dickinson in Northeast Conference action on Saturday at N.F.B. Complex. Central rebounded from a 5-2 setback in the first game with a 9-5 win in game two to win the weekend series with a pair of wins.

The Blue Devils return home to host Mount St. Mary's for a three-game series beginning on Thursday.

GAME INFORMATION
Score - Game 1: CCSU 2, Fairleigh Dickinson 5
Pitching Record: W: Kosowsky (2-0) | L: Fox (1-2) | Sv: Medoro (2)

Score - Game 2: CCSU 9, Fairleigh Dickinson 5
Pitching Record: W: Neuman (2-0) | L: Baxt (1-1) | Sv: - -

Records: CCSU (7-5, 4-2 NEC), FDU (3-8, 2-4 NEC)
Location: N.F.B. Complex | Teaneck, NJ

KEY MOMENTS (Game 1)

The Knights jumped out to a 3-0 lead after four innings, which included a two-run homerun by Tom Ruscitti.
Sophomore Dan Covino led off the fifth with a single and stole second. He would score on a single by junior Jay Devito. With two outs, senior Dave Matthews would double home senior Buddy Dewaine to make it 3-2.
FDU would tack on a pair of insurance runs in the eighth inning and Brendan Medoro would retire the Blue Devils in order in the ninth to seal the win.

KEY MOMENTS (Game 2)

FDU built a 3-0 lead after two innings in the second game. Ruscitti had a two-run single in the firstand Mike Veit added an RBI-single in the second.
Covino would knock a pair of home runs to give CCSU the lead. In the third, he led off with a solo shot. He would follow that with a two-out, three-run homerun in the fourth to make it 4-3.
Central would add to its lead with three runs in the fifth inning. Matthews, junior Matt Bertochi and freshman Mike Torniero each had RBI singles to make it 7-3.
Junior Peyton Stephens homered for the second straight day with a solo homerun in the seventh to make it 8-3.
FDU would get a run in the seventh and another in the eighth to get within, 8-5. Bertochi would single home a run in the ninth to make it 9-5 for CCSU before freshman Dominic Niman closed the game out with a 1-2-3 ninth.

NUMBER TO KNOW

5- Central had five stolen bases in the second game of the doubleheader. It was the most in a game for the Blue Devils since swiping seven against the Knights on May 19, 2017.

NOTES

Covino had three hits in the doubleheader. He went 2-for-5 with four RBIs and two runs in the second game.
Torniero was 4-for-4 in game two with an RBI and two runs.
Devito had two hits in the second game and has now hit safely in 11 of 12 games this season.
Freshman Jake Neuman got the win in game two after coming on to throw 5.0 innings in relief. He allowed two runs on three hits and had a pair of strikeouts.
Senior Brandon Fox started the first game of the doubleheader. He went 5.0 innings, allowing three runs on six hits, while striking out four and walking just one.
FDU's win in game one snapped a 10-game regular season win streak for CCSU in the series dating back to May 8, 2016.

UP NEXT

Central returns home to host Mount St. Mary's for a three-game conference series beginning on Thursday.