Baseball Wins Series-Opener, 6-2, Against Mount St. Mary's

April 1, 2021

The Central Connecticut baseball team opened its three-game Northeast Conference series against Mount St. Mary's with a 6-2 win on Thursday at CCSU Baseball Field. Senior Andrew Braun tossed six innings of one-run ball, and junior Sam Loda and freshman Jeff Nicol each knocked in a pair of runs in the win.

The Blue Devils scored five runs in the fourth and fifth innings to build a five-run cushion en route to the win.

GAME ONE INFORMATION
Score: CCSU 6, Mount St. Mary's 2
Records: CCSU (8-5, 5-2 NEC), MSM (5-15, 1-6 NEC)
Location: CCSU Baseball Field | New Britain, CT
Pitching Record: W: Braun (3-0) | L: Yetter (0-1) | Sv: Sabia (2)

KEY MOMENTS

CCSU opened the fourth inning with back-to-back walks, followed by a sacrifice bunt by Loda to put runners on second and third. Nicol followed with a bases-clearing triple to make it 2-0. He would score on a double by junior Peyton Stephens to make it 3-0.
The Blue Devils again put runners on base with a pair of walks in the fifth. With two outs, Loda doubled into the gap in right-center to drive in two runs and make it 5-0.
Braun retired 13-of-14 batters he faced before Mount strung together three hits to open the sixth. A double by Ryan Haddaway drove in a run to make it 5-1. Braun would get consecutive strikeouts and a flyout to get out of the inning before he exited the game.
Central got the run back in the bottom of the sixth after Stephens drew a walk to lead off and came around to score on a double by sophomore Dan Covino to make it 6-1.
Mount's Myles Nicholson led off the eighth, reaching on an error and advancing to third base. He would score on a groundout by Haddaway to make it 6-2.

NUMBER TO KNOW

1 - Braun has surrendered just one walk in his four games started, encompassing 26.0 innings.

NOTES

Braun tossed 6.0 innings, allowing six hits with nine strikeouts and no walks. He improved to 3-0 on the season.
Junior Dylan Sabia earned the save, allowing one unearned run in 3.0 innings. He allowed one hit and one walk, while striking out four.
Stephens went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Freshman Michael Torneiro went 2-for-4.
Central had just seven hits in the game, but four of them went for extra bases.

UP NEXT

The teams will meet again on Friday in a 1:00 p.m. first pitch.