Blue Devils Fall in Extra Innings to Sacred Heart in Series Finale
The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a 4-3 extra-inning decision on Sunday afternoon to Sacred Heart. The game was the final Northeast Conference home game for the Blue Devils. Sacred Heart completed the four-game sweep, and in the process dropped the Blue Devils to 23-21-1 overall and 15-13 in NEC play. The Pioneers improve to 27-20 overall and 19-9 in the league.
The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a 4-3 extra-inning
decision on Sunday afternoon to Sacred Heart. The game was the
final Northeast Conference home game for the Blue Devils. Sacred
Heart completed the four-game sweep, and in the process dropped the
Blue Devils to 23-21-1 overall and 15-13 in NEC play. The Pioneers
improve to 27-20 overall and 19-9 in the league.
The Blue Devils took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice
fly from sophomore Andy
Lalli. The Pioneers had an error in the inning leading to the
unearned run.
Sacred Heart tied it up in the third on an RBI single from leadoff
man MJ Schifano.
Lalli's second sacrifice fly of the game gave the Blue Devils a 2-1
lead in the fourth inning.
Central's junior pitcher Harry
Glynne pitched eight plus innings, allowing eight hits while
striking out three and walking only one. He started the ninth
inning after allowing just five hits and one run but the first
three Pioneers in the ninth inning singled to load the bases with
no outs. Freshman Josh
Ingham entered the game and forced Dan Perez to hit into a
double play but a run scored and the Pioneers tied the game at
2-2.
The Pioneers took a 4-2 lead in the top of the 11th inning on an
RBI double from John Murphy and a run scoring single from Perez.
The Blue Devils loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the
inning, and freshman J.P. Sportman was hit by a pitch to make it
4-3. Senior Sean Miller-Jones flew out to end the game for the
Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils will play at home on Wednesday hosting Northeastern
beginning at 3 p.m.
