The University of Hartford baseball team continued their home stand this weekend and lost a pair of games to Endicott College Saturday at Fiondella Field.
GAME ONE: ENDICOTT 15, HARTFORD 1
Endicott scored 15 runs over seven innings to secure the 15-1 victory in the opener. The Hawks scored a single run in the second inning.
Freshman Stephen Kubis had a standout performance, finishing three for three in his at bats which included a home run down left field during the bottom of the second inning. Freshman Tyler Shannon was the only other Hawk to record a hit.
Starter Colin Blake (1-5) took the loss, allowing 8 runs on nine hits in 5.0 innings of work.
GAME TWO: ENDICOTT 22, HARTFORD 4
Hartford started the game off hot, scoring three runs in the onset of the first inning which began off a ground rule double from sophomore Josh Kaplan, and continued due to a triple down right field from sophomore Jeremy Mangiameli. The Gulls answered in the top of the second inning scoring three runs to take the lead 4-3. The Hawks were able to score a run in the bottom of the fourth due to a double play but it wasn't enough as the Gulls scored the final 10 runs of the game to take the win 22-4 at the end of seven innings.
Starter Luke Rier (2-3) took the loss, allowing 6 runs (five earned) on seven hits in 3.0 innings of work.
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES:
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Freshman Stephen Kubis registered his first home run of the season.
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Five Hartford hitters recorded at least two hits in the second game of the double header.
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Freshman Alyis Godbee recorded his second hit of the season.
WHATS NEXT:
Hartford (8-23-1) will host Framingham State University 6 p.m. Tuesday in a nine-inning game at Dunkin Donuts Park.