Baseball Wins Game Two, Gets Split With Quinnipiac on Saturday
The Central Connecticut State University baseball team managed a split of a doubleheader at home on Saturday afternoon against Quinnipiac, winning game two 8-4. They dropped the first game 13-4. Senior pitcher Tommy Meade pitched a complete game in the second game to move to 3-0 on the season. Junior Pat Epps hit a three run home run to lead the offense. The teams will finish the weekend series at CCSU on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Central Connecticut State University baseball team managed a
split of a doubleheader at home on Saturday afternoon against
Quinnipiac, winning game two 8-4. They dropped the first game
13-4. Senior pitcher Tommy Meade pitched a
complete game in the second game to move to 3-0 on the season.
Junior Pat Epps hit a three run
home run to lead the offense. The teams will finish the weekend
series at CCSU on Sunday at 1 p.m.
With the split the Blue Devils are now 17-14 overall and 10-9 in
Northeast Conference play. Quinnipiac is 9-25 overall and 8-7 in
league action.
In game one, Quinnipiac struck first in the top of the third
inning, taking a 2-0 lead. Brian Monack and Joe Poletsky each
drove in runs in the inning.
The Bobcats stretched the lead to 7-0 with five runs in the top of
the fourth inning. A two-RBI triple by leadoff man Mickey Amanti
highlighted the inning for Quinnipiac. Two of the runs in the
inning were unearned, following an error which led off the
frame.
Five more runs in the fifth gave Quinnipiac a 12-0 lead. Five
different players drove in a run as the Bobcats had five hits in
the inning.
Central got on the board on a solo home run to center field by
senior Richie Tri in the bottom of
the fifth inning.
The Blue Devils scored three in the sixth to cut the lead to 12-4.
Sophomore Mitch Wells drove in a pair
of runs with a single, and Tyler
Casserta walked with the bases loaded to account for the three
runs.
Senior Sean Allaire ended game one
with a pair of hits for the Blue Devils. Wells drove in a pair of
runs in the loss.
In game two, Meade pitched the complete game allowing four runs on
six hits. He moves to 3-0 on the season.
Central struck first in the bottom of the third inning. With one
out Allaire doubled down the left field line to score the first run
of the game. With two outs, junior Pat Epps hit a long
three-run home run to center field to give Central the 4-0
lead.
With the bases loaded, junior Sean Miller-Jones singled
through the right side and scored a pair of runs in the sixth.
Allaire added an RBI single and senior Anthony Scialdone's RBI
groundout made it 8-0.
Quinnipiac scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to cut
the lead to 8-4.
Epps drove in three in the game, as the Blue Devils earned the
split on Saturday.
The Blue Devils and Bobcats will finish the weekend series with a
single nine-inning game in New Britain on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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