HARTFORD, Conn. - The Western Connecticut State University Wolves lost both games of a Little East Conference (LEC) baseball doubleheader, 12-6, and, 14-1, to the Plymouth State University Panthers played on a neutral site at Trinity College. WestConn served as the home team for both games, falling to 4-17 overall and 0-9 in the Little East. Plymouth State improves to 5-9 overall and 2-2 in the league. WestConn vists LEC rival Eastern Connecticut, ranked No. 20 in the nation, on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Junior
Nicholas Moeller (Mahopac, N.Y.) went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and two RBIs in game one.
WestConn trailed, 5-0, heading into the bottom of the fifth inning before freshman 1B
Luke Dawson (Farmington, Conn.) led off the bottom of the fifth with a double off the right-field wall and later scored on a wild pitch. In the sixth, Moeller singled and scored on an RBI triple by senior
Stanley Roman (Danbury, Conn.), and Roman scored on a sacrifice fly by junior
Spencer Barnett (Danbury, Conn.) to make the score, 5-3, with three innings remaining. Plymouth State scored four runs in the seventh inning, however, to take a five-run lead.
WestConn freshman
Ryan Vallie (East Haven, Conn.) singled and scored on an RBI single by Moeller, but the Panthers scored three more runs in the ninth. Freshman SS
Bryan Birkl (Farmingdale, N.Y.) delivered an RBI single and scored on a double by Moeller to round out the scoring. WestConn senior starter
Connor Gannon (New Milford, Conn.) lasted six innings but fell to 1-4. Adrian Siravo earned the win for Plymouth State.
In game two, the Panthers jumped out to a 7-0 lead with five in the first and two in the third. The WestConn run came on an RBI triple by Birkl in the third inning. Sophomore righty
Zachary Barry (Fairfield, Conn.) fell to 1-3 and was victimized by five Wolves errors. Roman had a double and junior reliever
Kenneth Firlings (Middletown, R.I.) pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless relief for WestConn. Brendan Flynn had six hits in the doubleheader for Plymouth State. Eion Hammell-Kelleher picked up the win in game two for the Panthers.
