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Hartford Athletics Communications
5
Winner Wentworth WENTWORT 16-6
4
Hartford HARTFORD 3-13-1
Winner
Wentworth WENTWORT
16-6
5
Final
4
Hartford HARTFORD
3-13-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wentworth WENTWORT 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 8 0
Hartford HARTFORD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 1

W: J. Campbell (3-2) L: Blake, Colin (0-4) S: N. Cross (1)

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Wentworth WENTWORT 16-7
3
Winner Hartford HARTFORD 4-13-1
Wentworth WENTWORT
16-7
2
Final
3
Hartford HARTFORD
4-13-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Wentworth WENTWORT 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Hartford HARTFORD 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 7 5

W: Smith, Sam (1-2) L: B. Aubuchon (1-2) S: Featherstone, Michael (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Snaps Eleven-Game Winless Streak

The University of Hartford baseball team split a doubleheader against Commonwealth Coast opponent Wentworth Institute of Technology Saturday at Fiondella Field.    

  

GAME ONE: WIT 5, HARTFORD 4  

  • Wentworth took the lead with three runs in the sixth inning, two of which coming on an error. However, the Hawks fought back and had the tying run just 90 feet away when the last out was recorded. 
  • Hartford took advantage of some Leopard wildness, loading the bases thanks to seven walks. They scored a pair of runs on a Jeremy Mangiamel walk and Payton West hit by pitch, but the game ended on a long flyout by freshman Josh Kaplan.
  • Hartford scored two runs in the first inning as freshman Alek Popovich hit a home run on the second pitch and freshman James Hinspeter, who bunted the ball and made it to first base then scored on a sophomore Jeremy Mangiameli groundout. 
  • Wentworth scored runs in the second and fourth innings to tie it 2-2. 
  • Starter Colin Blake (0-4) pitched for five innings, allowing six hits and four runs and throwing one strikeout. 

GAME TWO: HARTFORD 3, WIT 2 (8 INN.)    

  • Hartford snapped its 11-game winless streak by defeating WIT, 3-2, in the second game of the doubleheader.  
  • Popovich started the game by recording the first run with help from senior Jake Santiago. Santiago grounded the ball helping West advanced to second sending Popovich home. That wasn't it for this duo; in. the third inning, Santiago hit a single, recording yet another RBI of the game, sending Popovich home for his third run of the day.  
  • The Leopards tied the game after scoring a run in the fourth and fifth innings, respectively.
  • Sophomore Michael Featherstone secured the victory by getting the final four outs of the game. He got the final out in the eighth with the tying run in scoring position and the go-ahead run on first. He struck out three while allowing just one hit. 
  • Junior Luke Rier, who got the no-decision, turned in his best performance of the season with a season-best five innings, allowing just one earned run on six hits and three strikeouts.     

    

INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES:     

  • Zaynn Godbee was walked two times today and stole two bases 
  • The second game of the doubleheader marks Hartford's first win since March 11.
  • Both Mangiameli and Santiago are on a five-game hitting streak.  
  • Santiago recorded two RBI in the second game, while Mangiameli recorded two in the first.  
  • Popovich has at least one hit in all but one of the Hawks' games, totaling 13 games with hits.  
  • Hartford was 1-of-14 with runners in scoring position in the second game. 

WHAT'S NEXT:     

Hartford (4-13-1) will host Eastern Nazarene College in a nine-inning game 2:00 p.m. Sunday. 

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