April 30, 2005
Box Score
STORRS, CT- The Georgetown University baseball team split a doubleheader with Connecticut on Saturday, April 30 at J.O. Christian Field. The Hoyas topped the Huskies in the first game by a score of 5-3, yet fell 3-2 in the second. Georgetown moves to 22-24, 6-12 vs. league opponents and Connecticut is now 27-18 ovarall, with a 7-9 mark in conference games.
Junior pitcher Tim Norton pitched the Huskies to a win in a game that had over an hour rain delay between the second and third innings and heavy fog after the rain subsided. He faced the minimum of three batters in six of nine innings, with a total of 10 strikeouts, three walks and six hits, all of which were singles.
The UConn bats gave him an early lead to work with, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, senior Russ D'Argento hit a triple to right center. Classmate Tony Mallozzi then brought him home on a single up the middle. After a single by freshman Vin DiFazio, Mallozzi put the Huskies up 2-0 when he scored on a single down the right line by sophomore Josh Farkes.
Mallozzi scored again in the seventh to push UConn's lead to 3-0. After drawing a walk to get on base, he moved to second on a wild pitch. Mallozzi then scored on a single to right field by DiFazio.
Georgetown cut the lead to one when the Hoyas scored two in the eighth inning. With two outs and runners on first and second, Mallozzi made a fielding error on a fly ball hit by Billy Quinn that allowed Parker Brooks and Timmy Jones to score and move the score to 3-2.
The first game had two solid complete game performances as the Hoyas Eddie Pena battled Rich Sirois for seven innings. Pena improved to 3-5 with three runs, two earned, on four hits with a walk and five strikeouts.Sirois struck out four without issuing a walk, but allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits as he picked up the loss to move to 5-4 this season.
The Huskies had an early 1-0 lead after the first, as D'Argento doubled to left-center and then came around to score on two wild pitches. The Hoyas then scored in the fourth inning to move ahead, 3-1. Timmy Jones drove in two of the three run on a bases-loaded single to center field.
Georgetown added two more runs in the fifth when Quinn hit a two-run homerun over the left-center wall to increase the score to 5-1.
UConn tallied two more runs in the bottom of the inning, cutting the score to 5-3. Farkes led off with a single down the right line, then stole second and moved to third when Donovan singled to right center. Farkes scored on a throwing error to second base by the catcher as Donovan was attempting to steal a base. Sophomore Matt Untiet followed with a single to right center to then score Donovan. That would be the final Husky run of the game though as Georgetown snapped UConn's four-game win streak with the defeat.
Georgetown looks to take the rubber game when the Huskies and Hoyas conclude their series at J.O. Christian Field with a 12:00 p.m. game on Sunday, May 1.
