THE BASICS:

RESULT: Sacred Heart 7, Hartford 4
LOCATION: Fiondella Field (West Hartford, Conn.)
RECORDS: Hartford (30-14), Sacred Heart (27-19)
WP: Sundahl (2-3); LP: LaRossa (2-2); S: Cooksey (3)
 
THE LEAD:
David MacKinnon delivered three hits to lead the Hartford baseball team, but Sacred Heart was opportunistic in delivering a 7-4 win over the Hawks on Tuesday. Chris Sullivan and Aaron Wilson each added two hits for Hartford in a losing effort.
 
Zack Short delivered two of the Pioneers' three hits on the day, including a two-run homer in the first inning. Baylor Sundahl was strong out of the bullpen to earn the win, allowing three hits and no runs in 2 2/3 frames of relief. John LaRossa picked up the loss for the Hawks out of the pen, while Sebastian DiMauro tossed three perfect innings in relief in a no-decision.
 
The Hawks outhit the Pioneers 11-3 in the ballgame, but SHU drew five walks with four of those coming around to score. Hartford also committed four errors in the contest.
 
HOW THEY SCORED:
• Sacred Heart plated three runs on just one hit, as a two-run homer for Short proved the big blow as the Pioneers took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first.
• The Hawks got a run right back in the bottom, with MacKinnon doubling to right, moving to third on a groundout and coming home on an Erik Ostberg infield RBI single.
• The Pioneers struck again in the top of the third on an RBI groundout in the top of the third to make it 4-1.
• Hartford again provided a quick answer in the bottom of the frame, with Wilson and MacKinnon singling to start the frame, then Chris DelDebbio bringing home Wilson on a sac fly to cut the deficit to 4-2.
• Both pitchers settled in at that point, with DiMauro retiring all nine batters he faced to put zeroes on the board in the fourth, fifth and sixth.
• The Hawks plated two in the bottom of the sixth to tie the score, with a hit batsman, a walk and a Chris Sullivan single loading the bags, an RBI groundout by T.J. Ward and an RBI single by Ashton Bardzell making it 4-4.
• A pair of unearned runs put the Pioneers back ahead in the top of the seventh, 6-4, and another unearned run pushed the lead to 7-4 in the eighth.
• Sundahl slammed the door on the other side, keeping the Hawks at bay in the seventh and eighth, and then James Cooksey held off the Hawks in the ninth to preserve the win.

UP NEXT:
Hartford will take on UMass Lowell this weekend for a conference series at Fiondella Field. The teams will play a doubleheader on Friday at noon before doing battle for the finale on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Live stats and video for all three games will be available on HartfordHawks.com.