2008 Woodie Awards
Split with Mount moves baseball up in NEC standings
Pat Sullivan
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: Sports
The Sacred Heart baseball team had a productive weekend, splitting a four-game series with Mount St. Mary's in Bridgeport and moving up in the NEC standings.
The Pioneers were blown out in the first game of the series, 23-6. The Mount out hit the Pioneers 25-11.
Sacred Heart also committed four errors, which lead to three runs.
"We lost the first game real bad, and it hit us hard. We came back and played strong," said junior first baseman Tyler Santos.
On Saturday the Pioneers played a double header, winning the first game 5-1 and losing the second, 3-2.
Phil Tantillo and JJ Edwards got things started with singles in the bottom of the first inning of game one.
Mount St. Mary's shortstop Drew Counselman committed a throwing error, allowing Tantillo to score.
Edwards scored on a Paul Schmidt single. Ryan Lynch scored on a single from Chris Whittemore to finish the scoring in the first.
The Pioneers would strike again for runs in the second and fourth innings.
Justin Mulrain tripled to open the second and later scored on a Phil Tantillo sacrifice fly to make it 4-0 Sacred Heart.
Mulrain would come up big in the fourth with a single, stolen base and scored on a single by JJ Edwards.
"We had solid pitching performances from Wagoner, Balbach, and Fitton. Barthel showed a lot of guts bouncing back in game four to give us a couple of quality innings after a tough loss on Friday. Lynch and Oswald stepped up under pressure and pitched well also," said head coach Nick Giaquinto.
The Pioneers were anchored by Jack Wagoner's right arm in game two. Wagoner pitched seven innings, giving up three hits, two walks, while striking out seven. The one run Wagoner gave up was unearned.
In game three, the Pioneers fell by the score of 3-2.
Jared Balbach did all he could to keep the Pioneers in the game. Balbach went 6.2 innings, giving up three earned runs, two walks, and striking out four.
The Pioneers were blown out in the first game of the series, 23-6. The Mount out hit the Pioneers 25-11.
Sacred Heart also committed four errors, which lead to three runs.
"We lost the first game real bad, and it hit us hard. We came back and played strong," said junior first baseman Tyler Santos.
On Saturday the Pioneers played a double header, winning the first game 5-1 and losing the second, 3-2.
Phil Tantillo and JJ Edwards got things started with singles in the bottom of the first inning of game one.
Mount St. Mary's shortstop Drew Counselman committed a throwing error, allowing Tantillo to score.
Edwards scored on a Paul Schmidt single. Ryan Lynch scored on a single from Chris Whittemore to finish the scoring in the first.
The Pioneers would strike again for runs in the second and fourth innings.
Justin Mulrain tripled to open the second and later scored on a Phil Tantillo sacrifice fly to make it 4-0 Sacred Heart.
Mulrain would come up big in the fourth with a single, stolen base and scored on a single by JJ Edwards.
"We had solid pitching performances from Wagoner, Balbach, and Fitton. Barthel showed a lot of guts bouncing back in game four to give us a couple of quality innings after a tough loss on Friday. Lynch and Oswald stepped up under pressure and pitched well also," said head coach Nick Giaquinto.
The Pioneers were anchored by Jack Wagoner's right arm in game two. Wagoner pitched seven innings, giving up three hits, two walks, while striking out seven. The one run Wagoner gave up was unearned.
In game three, the Pioneers fell by the score of 3-2.
Jared Balbach did all he could to keep the Pioneers in the game. Balbach went 6.2 innings, giving up three earned runs, two walks, and striking out four.
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