Huskies Drop 1-0 Decision to St. John's in Series Finale
Connecticut vs St.
John's (Apr 13, 2008)
QUEENS, N.Y.
(April 13, 2008)
— The Red Storm's Jared Yecker pitched six shutout innings en route
to a St. John's 1-0 victory against the University of Connecticut baseball
team on Sunday afternoon at Jack Kaiser Stadium.
After four and a half scoreless
innings, St. John's put the game's only run on the board as Chris
Anninos recorded a lead-off double to begin the inning then later
scored as the Huskies turned a double-play to record the first two
outs of the inning.
The Huskies were held without a
run on just five hits. With
the loss, UConn drops to 18-17 overall and 6-9 in BIG EAST play. St.
John's improves to an overall record of 25-8 on the year.
Yecker earned the win in six
innings pitched as he allowed four hits while striking out six
batters. Teammate Colin Lynch recorded his 10th save of the season
for the Red Storm in the win.
UConn was led by senior
co-captain Pat Mahoney (Des Moines, Iowa) with a 2-for-4
performance, as the Huskies were able to take just one game from the
Red Storm in this weekend's series.
Mike Hashem (North
Andover, Mass.) took the loss on the mound for the Huskies as
finished the game with four innings pitched, allowing just one run
and one hit. The Huskies were able to put up five hits in today's
match-up as they held the Red Storm to just two hits, one coming off
Hashem in the fifth.
UConn will return to Storrs, Conn. to face Northeastern on Monday
afternoon at J.O. Christian Field. The non-conference match-up is
set for a 3:00 p.m. start time.
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