Baseball Splits Doubleheader at Wagner on Friday

The Central Connecticut baseball team earned a split of a Northeast Conference doubleheader at Wagner on Friday afternoon. The Blue Devils dropped the first game before bouncing back to take the second game.

GAME 1 INFORMATION | BOX SCORE

Score: CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 1, WAGNER 15 (7 innings)
Pitching Record: W: Toporek (6-0)  |  L: Munn (6-1) |  Save: - -
Records: CCSU (24-10, 19-3 NEC), WAG (24-17, 17-5 NEC)
Location: Trenton Thunder Ballpark | Trenton, NJ

KEY MOMENTS

• The Blue Devils opened the scoring in the second after Chris Brown reached on an error before stealing second base and moving to third on a groundout. Jackson Haker would hit a fly ball to left field that brought Brown home to make it 1-0.
• Wagner responded with an eight run third inning. The first four batters reached safely and the Seahawks banged out six hits in the frame. Connor Roche hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 8-1.
• Wagner added seven runs on 11 hits in the next three at bats to build a double-digit lead. The CCSU bats were limited to just four hits across the final four frames.

GAME 2 INFORMATION | BOX SCORE

Score: CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 7, WAGNER 3
Pitching Record: W: Borghese (9-1)  | L: Roitman (3-2)  |  Save: - -
Records: CCSU (25-10, 20-3 NEC), WAG (24-18, 17-6 NEC)
Location: Trenton Thunder Ballpark | Trenton, NJ

KEY MOMENTS

• Wagner used a three-run second inning to  take the lead. Back-to-back singles opened the frame before a one-out single by Mateo Matthews drove in a run and a two-out double by Lukas Torres drove in two more runs.
• Central would make it a one-run game with two runs in the fifth. Owen Arias and Brady Short both singled to open the frame. A sacrifice bunt was followed by a groundout to plate the first run. A two-out single by Brown drove in another run to make it 3-2.
• A four-run seventh inning would put CCSU ahead. Arias and Short again opened the inning with hits and Arias would score on a groundout to tie the game. Aidan Redahan followed with a double to plate the go-ahead run. CCSU loaded the bases with two outs and a double by Antonio Ducatelli drove in two runs.
• Gabe Pitts drew a leadoff walk in the eighth and reached third base with one out. Gianno Merlonghi would drive him in on a groundout to make it 7-3.
• Wagner got a one-out single in the eighth before Wyatt Cameron came on in relief. He worked around a pair of singles and would get a strikeout to end the game.

NOTES

• In game two, Vincent Borghese tossed 7.1 innings and scattered 10 hits. He struck out nine.
• Redahan went 3-for-3 in game one and had four hits on the day.
• Short finished 3-for-4 with two runs in the second game.
• Merlonghi, Redahan and Ducatelli each had two RBIs in game two.
• Central has collected 10+ hits as a team in 28 games this season.
• CCSU is 76-40 all-time against Wagner

UP NEXT

• The Blue Devils and Seahawks will close the series on Saturday at 3:00 pm.

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