Senior lefty Matt Gianini pitched eight innings allowing four hits and just one run to lead Central Connecticut to a 3-1 victory on the road at Fairfield on Thursday.  The senior improves to 2-2 this season with the win while the Blue Devils are now 4-11 on the season.  Gianini did not allow a run in the first seven innings of action.  Junior righty Derek Roberts picked up the save working a scoreless ninth.  The Blue Devils return to action next Tuesday night at 7 p.m. hosting URI at Beehive Field in New Britain.

The Blue Devils struck first in the top of the opening inning when sophomore third baseman Anthony Scialdone homered to put the visiting team up 1-0.  It was his first home run of the season and his sixth run batted in.

In the third inning senior right fielder Jak Kidd's sacrifice fly with the bases loaded put the Blue Devils up 2-0.  He leads the Blue Devils with 13 RBI this season.

In the fourth inning freshman Sean Miller-Jones drove in sophomore Kyle Zarotney with another sacrifice fly, making it 3-0.  Miller-Jones is second on the team with 11 RBI this year including nine in the last eight games. 

Fairfield scored a single run in the bottom of the eighth inning for the 3-1 final score.

Gianini pitched eight innings allowing just the one earned run while striking out four but walking five.  He allowed just three batters to reach third base in the first seven innings but did not allow any of them to score.  Roberts picked up his first save of the season pitching the ninth without allowing a run to score.

Scialdone and Casey Walko each had a pair of hits for CCSU, who outhit Fairfield 8-5 in the game.  Miller-Jones and Zarotney each stole a base for CCSU in the win.

The Blue Devils return to action next Tuesday night at 7 p.m. hosting URI at Beehive Field in New Britain.