Baseball Takes Weekend Series With Win Over Wagner on Sunday

The Central Connecticut baseball team took two out of three games from Wagner in Northeast Conference action with a 9-1 win on Sunday in New Britain. Sophomore Anthony Mozzicato allowed just one run over seven innings and senior Jay Devito and sophomore Joe Rios each drove in two runs to power the Blue Devils.

The Blue Devils begin a three-game NEC series at Bryant on Friday.

GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE
Score: CCSU 9, Wagner 1
Pitching Record: W: Mozzicato (7-3) | L: Merkel (0-8) | Sv: - -
Records: CCSU (24-13, 14-7 NEC), WAGNER (13-31, 9-12 NEC)
Location: CCSU Baseball Field | New Britain, CT

KEY MOMENTS

• Unlike the first two games in the series, CCSU jumped out to a fast lead, scoring five runs in the first two innings. Sophomore Hunter Pasqualini drew a leadoff walk and would stand on third with two outs. Devito would steal second and an error on the play allowed Pasqualini to cross home. Central would bat around and plate four runs in the second. Devito delivered a two-run single in the inning and junior Dan Covino knocked in a run with a double to help CCSU build a 5-0 cushion.
• The Blue Devils tacked on three runs in the fifth inning. Rios would hit a sacrifice fly to plate freshman Tyler Fote. An error allowed freshman Kyle Gordon to score and make it 7-0 before a bases loaded walk to junior Noah Martinez made it an eight-run game.
• Mozzicato was efficient in his work on the afternoon, not allowing a runner past second base in the first five innings. Wagner managed to solve Mozzicato in the sixth inning with runners on first and second, Cody Bey singled to left to drive in a run, but an inning-ending double play prevented any further blemish.
• Sophomore Michael Torniero singled and scored on a double by Rios in the eighth to close out the scoring in the game. Junior Tim Buchek pitch two hitless innings to close out the CCSU victory.

NOTES

• Since a four-game slide April 5-12, Central has gone 13-2.
• Mozzicato allowed just five hits and a walk in 7.0 innings of work. He improved to 7-3 on the year and is 13-6 in just over two seasons at CCSU.
• Covino and freshman Tyler Fote each had three hits for the Blue Devils. Covino drove in a run and Fote scored a pair.
• Pasqualini drew four walks and scored three runs.
• The CCSU defense came into the game ranked 29th in double plays per game and turned two more in Sunday's win.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils begin a three-game NEC series at Bryant on Friday.