Box Score WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Down two runs going into the fifth inning, the Southern Connecticut State University baseball team rallied back to defeat Northeast-10 rival the University of New Haven, 5-4.
TEAM RECORDS: SCSU (15-4-1, NE10 4-0) | NEW HAVEN (11-4, NE10 5-2)
Kyle Hart (North Branford, Conn.) and
Nick Lamberti (East Haven, Conn.) each collected three hits with the latter tallying two stolen bases.
Mike DeMartino (New Haven, Conn.) and
Griffin Garabedian (Hamden, Conn.) also collected one hit apiece.
Cole Bryant (Newington, Conn.) earned his fifth win of the season with three strikeouts in five innings pitched.
HOW IT HAPPENED
New Haven jumped on the scoreboard right from the gecko scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning to take the lead, 2-0. The Chargers held the Owls off the scoreboard for the next four innings until the floodgates opened in the top of the fifth inning.
The bases were loaded when Garabedian stepped to the plate, hitting an RBI single to right field to drive in two runs and tie the game, 2-2.
Jim Palmer (Milford, Conn.) reached first base on an error, which scored one run and advanced Garabedian to third.
Lamberti got on base with a single over the second baseman, scoring Garabedian and advancing Palmer to third, which increased the Owls lead, 4-2. With runners on the corners, Lamberti stole second base giving Palmer the green light to steal home and score the eventual game-winning running, 5-2.
New Haven scored one run in the bottom of the fifth inning and they added a solo homerun in the sixth inning to come within one, 5-4.
The Chargers efforts to rally back were stopped as
Quantique White (New London, Conn.) came in the game in relief in the bottom of the sixth inning to shut them out. He allowed only two hits with three strike outs earning his first save of the season.
ON DECK
SCSU returns to action this weekend as they travel to Southern New Hampshire University for a doubleheader on Saturday and then to Franklin Pierce University for a doubleheader on Sunday.
