Baseball Winless In Florida

The outcome of Fairfield baseball’s Spring Break trip wasn’t all that bright, despite spending the week in the Sunshine State.

After losing their first three games in Florida earlier in the week, the Stags finished the trip with losses to Miami (OH), Vermont and Dartmouth. Friday’s game against Army got rained out in the fifth. The Stags fell to 1-8 overall.

On Wednesday against Miami, Fairfield scored early — but not often. The Stags started off with a bang, scoring two runs in the first inning. They would not score again.

The Redhawks scored five in the third, then finished it off with two runs in the sixth.

This pattern continued in the second game of the day, versus Vermont.

After the Stags jumped ahead with a 2-0 lead in the first, it looked as though they would continue their great play from Monday, when they lost to the Catamounts in 11 strong innings.

Unfortunately, unlike in Monday’s game, the pitching and hitting were not there. Vermont went on to pound out 12 runs over the course of the game, for a final score of 12-3.

Fairfield’s scoring drought continued in Thursday’s game against Dartmouth. Junior Ryan Calabrese pitched six strong innings, but the Stags’ bats could only put one run on the board.

Calabrese allowed two runs, one of which was unearned, before handing the game over to senior reliever Michael Colucci. Colucci gave up two runs in three innings of work for a final score of 4-1.

Senior pitcher Ed Kamintzky put together a quality outing on Friday before the rain fell, giving up two hits in four and one-third innings. The game was tied at 0-0.

Fairfield will look to build off these positive pitching performances come next week. The Stags take on St. John’s on Tuesday, Central Connecticut State on Wednesday, and Quinnipiac on Thursday. Fairfield begins its first weekend conference series this Saturday versus Niagara.

-Frank Romano