Baseball Falls to William & Mary in Opener at Central Virginia Classic

The Central Connecticut baseball team fell to William & Mary, 8-3, on Friday afternoon at Plumeri Park in its season-opener at the Central Virginia Classic.  The Blue Devils got back-to-back home runs from Michael Torniero and Elliot Good to account for a pair of runs in the contest.

The Blue Devils face VCU in the Central Virginia Classic on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Richmond, VA.

GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE

Score:  CCSU 3, William & Mary 8

Pitching Record: W: Kelly (1-0) | L: Neuman (0-1)
Records: CCSU (0-1, 0-0 NEC), W&M (8-1, 0-0 CAA)
Location: Plumeri Park | Williamsburg, VA

KEY MOMENTS

• William & Mary opened the scoring in the bottom of the second. A. Greco drew a leadoff walk before moving to second on a wild pitch. After moving to third on a fly ball, a two-out single by Luca Trigiani brought Anthony Greco home to make it 1-0.
• Central did all of its damage with two outs in the fourth inning. With two outs, Michael Torniero launched a homerun to left field to tie the game. Elliot Good followed and ripped the first pitch he saw off the scoreboard in left to make it 2-1. Gianno Merlonghi would single for CCSU's third straight hit and moved to second on an error that put runners on first and second. Hunter Pasqualini slipped a single through the left side to drive in a run and make it 3-1.
• The Tribe would retake the lead with a four-run fifth inning. W&M led off with three straight singles before back-to-back walks brought home runs to make it 3-3. After a pitching change, with one out a single by Henry Jackson drove in two more runs to make it 5-3.
• William & Mary tacked on three runs in the sixth. A double by Nate Goranson drove in a run with one out, while a sac fly by Greco and a single by Trey Christman each plated a run.

NOTES

• The teams were meeting for the first time.
• The Blue Devils scored all three of their runs with two outs.
• Torniero and Good hitting back-to-back homeruns, marked the second straight game CCSU has had consecutive homers. Jeff Nicol and Joe Rios went back-to-back against Campbell in the NCAA Tournament last season.
• Neuman started and logged 4.0 innings in his 48^th career appearance.
• Patrick Reilly tossed 2.0 hitless innings in relief, notching three strikeouts.
• Pasqualini, Merlonghi and Aidan Redahan each had two hits. Pasqualini hit a single, triple and drew a walk.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils face VCU on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Richmond, VA.

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