Emmitsburg, Md. (April 13, 2008)--Mount St. Mary's
lost to Central Connecticut State, 12-3, in the final game of a
four-game series at Straw Family Stadium on campus. Ryan
Murray went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI to pace the Mount (6-21,
4-3 NEC). The two teams split the four-game set.
Central Connecticut State (11-13, 6-2 NEC) jumped to a 2-0 lead in
the top of the first inning on sacrifice flies from Anthony
Scialdone and Casey Walko. The Mount responded with a pair of runs
in the bottom half of the inning. Zach
Helman walked and Drew
Counselman doubled to put runners at second and third. After
Josh
Vittek walked, Murray laced a single up the middle to even the
score. CCSU pitcher John Tesseyman, however, got out of the jam by
getting a double play.
The Blue Devils took control of the game with a seven-run third
inning, taking advantage of four walks, a hit batsman, and timely
hitting. Jak Kidd's RBI single up the middle scored Scialdone, who
walked to open the inning, for a 3-2 lead. Two more walks loaded
the bases and Pat Epps responded with a two-run single for a
three-run lead. Sean Miller-Jones was hit by a pitch to load the
bases again, and Sean Allaire followed wth a walk to force home a
run. Scialdone then broke the game open with a bases-clearing
double to give CCSU a 9-2 lead.
Miller-Jones belted a solo home run in the fifth and Allair tripled
home a run and scored on a Scialdone ground out for a 12-2 CCSU
lead. The Mount closed out the scoring in the bottom of the eighth
when Counselman doubled and later scored on a Central Connecticut
error.
Mike
Matta allowed three runs in 5.1 innings of relief for the
Mount, striking out four and walking none. Counselman finished
with a pair of doubles and two runs scored while Murray was 2-for-3
with two RBI. Freshman Kyle
Kane added a pair of hits in the loss.
Scialdone drove in five runs for the Blue Devils while Miller-Jones
went 2-for-3 with four runs scored. Allair added two hits and
three runs scored as the top three hitters in the Blue Devil lineup
combined to go 5-for-10 at the plate with eight runs scored and
eight RBI.
The Mount returns to action tomorrow with a 4:00 p.m. home game
against Coppin State at Straw Family Stadium on campus.
