Baseball Wins Sixth Straight, Downs Mount St. Mary's 9-1

Baseball Wins Sixth Straight, Downs Mount St. Mary's 9-1
April 23, 2022

Central Connecticut State stifled Mount St. Mary's, 9-1, on Saturday in Northeast Conference baseball action on Saturday in New Britain, CT. Freshman Vincent Spizzoucco allowed just two hits in 6.0 innings of work and sophomore Michael Torniero hit a grand slam to lead the way.

GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE
Score: CCSU 9 Mount St. Mary's 1
Pitching Record: W: Spizzoucco (4-1) | L: Pryor (1-3) | Sv: Buchek (1)
Records: CCSU (16-11, 8-5 NEC), MOUNT (9-23, 4-9 NEC)
Location: CCSU Baseball Field | New Britain, CT

KEY MOMENTS

  • Mount St. Mary's scratched out a run on a sacrifice fly in the second to take a 1-0 run. Spizzoucco would recover by retiring the next 12 batters for Mount.
  • Central would put runners on second and third with two outs in the fourth. Sophomore Elliot Good would deliver a two-run double to push CCSU ahead, 2-1.
  • The Blue Devils would bat through the order in the fifth, plating six runs on five hits. Junior Dan Covino would draw a walk and take advantage of an error to get to third base. Junior Noah Martinez got on following a strike three wild pitch that allowed Covino to score. Back-to-back singles would load the bases for Torniero who would curl a drive just fair down the left field line. Freshman Kyle Gordon followed with a single and would be driven home by a single from Good to make it 8-1.
  • CCSU tacked on a run in the eighth after senior Sam Loda singled to drive in classmate Jay Devito to round out the scoring.

NOTES

  • CCSU head coach Charlie Hickey is 598-519-5 in 23 years at CCSU and has a 704-580-6 record overall.
  • Spizzoucco allowed just one run on two hits in 6.0 innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
  • Junior Tim Buchek tossed 3.0 perfect innings for his first save. He struck out two.
  • Torniero, Gordon and Good, combined to go 6-for-12 with seven RBIs and three runs. The triow batted 7-8-9 in the lineup.
  • Loda added two hits and freshman Aidan Redahan scored two runs.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils continue the series on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. against Mount St. Mary's.

 

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