Bridgeport, Conn. (April 17, 2014)—Mount St. Mary's lost to Sacred Heart, 4-0, in the opening game of a four-game series at Harbor Yard Ballpark on Friday afternoon.  The Mount's Andrew Clow went 2-for-4 at the plate in the loss.

The Mount (10-15, 3-6 NEC), facing Sacred Heart ace Kody Kerski, had a couple of scoring chances in the late innings to try and break a scoreless tie.  In the top of the seventh, Clow and Kory Britton each singled to put runners on the corners with one out.  Britton, however, was thrown out trying to steal second, and Kerski got a strikeout to end the inning.

In the top of the eighth, Joshua Lenig doubled with one out, but Kerski was able to get out of the inning with a strikeout and a groundout.

Sacred Heart (19-12, 5-0 NEC) broke the scoreless tie with four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to earn the victory.  With a runner on second with two outs in the inning, the Mount intentionally walked Keith Klebart.  Jesus Medina then singled to score both runners, who had moved up 90 feet on a wild pitch.  Zach Short added an RBI double, and he then scored on a Mount error later in the inning to close out the scoring.

Clow's 2-for-4 day raised his NEC-leading average to .414 on the season.  Britton, Lenig and Chris Del Vecchio also had hits for the Mount on the day.

Karl Lamont had a tremendous start for the Mountaineers, allowing four runs in 7.2 innings of work.  Lamont pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the second inning, and allowed just two hits while facing the minimum 15 batters over the next five innings to keep it a scoreless game heading into the bottom of the eighth.

The series continues with a doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 5:00 p.m.