Courtesy: Nick Kosloski Meade hit his second home run of the season on Sunday

Senior Tommy Meade drove in two more runs, giving him seven RBI in the first three games of the season, but the Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a 5-4 decision to Navy in 11 innings on Sunday.  Meade had five RBI in the two games on Saturday,   Meade had three hits in the loss, including his second home run of the season.

Navy took a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning.  Central would hold the Midshipmen without another run until the 10th inning.

The Blue Devils scored a single run in the third inning on an RBI single from junior Pat Epps.  Senior Anthony Scialdone had an RBI in the seventh inning to tie the game at 2-2.

Central took a 4-2 lead in the top of the 10th inning on a two-run home run by Meade, his second of the season.  Navy tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the inning and then scored the game-winner in the bottom of the 11th to win.

The Blue Devils fall to 0-3 on the season with the loss.

In his first outing in a Blue Devil uniform, Dave Krasnowiecki pitched seven innings allowing seven hits and just one earned run.  He struck out five and walked just one and did not factor in the decision. 

Seniors Richie Tri, Sean Allaire and Scialdone all had two hits in the game.  Junior Normand Gosselin also added a pair of hits and pitched for the first time in a CCSU uniform.  He picked up the loss while pitching in the 11th inning.

Meade had two RBI while Scialdone and Epps each drove in a run.  Central outhit Navy 14-12 in the game, but made a pair of errors in the field, one leading to a run in the first inning.