Baseball Stays Alive in Northeast Conference Tournament with 2-1 Win Over Long Island
The Central Connecticut baseball team stayed alive in the 2011 Northeast Conference baseball tournament with a 2-1 win over Long Island on Saturday afternoon. Senior Sean Miller-Jones and freshman Anthony Turgeon each had an RBI in the victory as Central allowed two or fewer runs for the second straight day. They will advance to play Monmouth on Sunday at 12 p.m.
The Central Connecticut baseball team stayed alive in the 2011
Northeast Conference baseball tournament with a 2-1 win over Long
Island on Saturday afternoon. Senior Sean
Miller-Jones and freshman Anthony
Turgeon each had an RBI in the victory as Central allowed two
or fewer runs for the second straight day. They will advance to
play Monmouth on Sunday at 12 p.m.
With the victory the Blue Devils improve 26-24-1 overall on the
season. Long Island ends its season with a 28-23 record.
Long Island threatened in the top of the third inning. With a man
on second, the Blackbirds singled up the middle, but the runner was
thrown out at the plate by junior center fielder Jake
Matuszak.
The Blackbirds put runners on first and second with just one out in
the sixth, but a strikeout by Krasnowiecki and a strong defensive
stop at third base by junior Mitch
Wells ended the threat.
Central scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the
seventh. Senior Pat Epps
led off with a hard single back to Long Island pitcher Matt
McCormick. He went to second on a sacrifice bunt from J.P.
Sportman, and a single up the middle from Turgeon put runners
on first and third. Miller-Jones singled through the left side to
score the first run of the game and make it 1-0.
WATCH MILLER-JONES SINGLE IN THE RUN IN
THE SEVENTH INNING
Central senior lefty Dave
Krasnowiecki walked the first batter of the eighth inning and
was relieved by sophomore Todd
Savatsky. The Blackbirds put runners on first and second after
a second walk, a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk loaded the
bases. A fielding error by the Blue Devils scored a run and tied
the game at 1-1. A 1-2-3 double play ended the inning with the
score tied. Krasnowiecki went seven innings allowing a run and
just six hits.
Freshman Dylan
DelaCruz singled to lead off the bottom of the eighth, and went
to second when Wells flew out to left field. With the bases
loaded following an intentional walk and a single from Sportman,
Turgeon was hit by a pitch to score the winning run, making it
2-1. Following a fly out to right field, Epps was thrown out at
the plate trying to score to end the inning.
Savatsky got the win pitching the final two innings without
allowing a run. He is now 7-4 on the season.
