Softball Stopped at Fairfield in Midweek Matchup on Tuesday
The Central Connecticut softball team dropped a midweek game at Fairfield on Tuesday 11-5.
Kaylee Whittaker (12-8) suffered her eighth loss of the season giving up nine hits and seven earned runs in five innings. The Blue Devils tallied eight hits and five runs with three hits two RBIs coming from Meg Gorman.
GAME INFORMATION
SCORE: CCSU 5, Fairfield 11
LOCATION: Fairfield, CT | Fairfield Softball Field
RECORDS: CCSU (24-16) (11-10 NEC), Fairfield (13-30) (9-12 MAAC)
KEY MOMENTS:
BOTTOM 2ND: The Stags scored first with a sacrifice fly served up by McGonigle and Fairfield took a 1-0 lead.
TOP 3RD: Meg Gorman led off the top half of the inning with a double and advanced to third on a pass ball. Vunak walked and Paige Stringer grounded into a double play, but Gorman scored to knot things up at 1-to-1.
BOTTOM 3RD: Fairfield answered with another run to take a 2-1 lead.
TOP 4TH: Sophia Lopiccolo singled to get the inning started and The Blue Devils loaded the bases for Adriana Mannory with one out. Mannory crushed a ball, but into the wind and had to settle for a sacrifice fly to tie the game at two. Meg Gorman doubled to score two more and The Blue Devils took a 4-2 lead.
BOTTOM 5TH: Fairfield tallied eight runs on six hits and an error in the field to take a 10-4 lead over The Blue Devils.
TOP 6TH: Central Connecticut was able to add another run with a double by Skyler Warn that cut the Fairfield lead to 10-5 after six innings.
BOTTOM 6TH: Kochakian grounded out to second with a runner on third to bring home Fairfields eleventh run of the ball game.
NOTES:
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The Stags lead the all-time series 15-7, but The Blue Devils have won six of their last nine matchups with Fairfield.
UP NEXT...
The Blue Devils will start their last series of the season with a doubleheader at Stonehill on Saturday at 1:00.
