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CCSU CCSU 7-5, 0-1 NEC
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Winner WAGNER WAGNER 3-16, 1-0 NEC
CCSU CCSU
7-5, 0-1 NEC
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WAGNER WAGNER
3-16, 1-0 NEC
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CCSU CCSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 2
WAGNER WAGNER 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 X 5 10 0

W: Wright, Frankie (1-3) L: NIMAN, Dominic (2-1) S: Toporek, Jake (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Earns First NEC And Home Win With 5-1 Triumph Over CCSU On Friday

Lakewood, NJ - The Wagner College baseball team opened up Northeast Conference (NEC) action with their first home victory of the season, defeating the defending league champions, Central Connecticut, 5-1, at ShoreTown Ballpark. 
 
For the Seahawks, it marked the first home win and league win for head coach Craig Noto. 
Wagner - CCSU Highlights

Postgame Reactions
The pitching duo of Frankie Wright and Jake Toporek, limited the two-time defending champions to just one run on five hits as Wright threw a scoreless five-inning while allowing just two hits, three walks, and a career-high six strikeouts for his win as a member of the Seahawks. 
 
Toporek hurled the final four innings, giving up one run on three hits while walking two and striking out two in earning his first collegiate save. 
 
DiMaggio Cazares had a career-high three hits while scoring three of Wagner's five runs on the afternoon while also adding an RBI. Quinn Mimnaugh went 1 of 2 with a run scored and drew two walks. Dante Faicchio added an RBI as well. 
 
Aidan Redahan paced the Blue Devils with two hits while Elliot Good drove in the lone RBI for the visitors on the afternoon. 
 
From The Dugout… Head Coach Craig Noto…
" We spoke this week about the importance of playing the game hard every pitch. Conference play always brings out the best in competitors. It's what you work for all year. The guys today showed tremendous grit on a day where we made some mistakes but showed the mental toughness to overcome them and pick up the win. Still a lot of work to do, but, it is a good start to the weekend for our team." 
 
The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the third inning. Cazares reached on a one-out single as the ball trickled back into fair territory after squibbing across the foul line for a bit before he beat the throw with a head-first slide. 
 
Mimnaugh walked as Cazares stole third, but an overthrow by CCSU's Sam Loda allowed Cazares to score the game's first run. 
 

Wagner tacked on an additional run in the fifth. Cazares continued to be the catalyst, as he singled through the left side before moving to second on a walk to Mimnaugh. Maimu Kobayashi reached on a throwing error by the second as Cazares scored on the play, as Wagner went ahead 2-0. 
Central Connecticut cut the deficit in half, 2-1, in their half of the seventh. Redahan reached on an infield single to short bout was forced out second. Good sent a single to right-center that plated home pinch-hitter, Kyle Gordon. 
 
The Blue Devils were looking to continue the scoring threat until Toporek was able to strike out Jay DeVito to end the seventh.
 
The Seahawks pushed their lead to four, 5-1, in the bottom half of the inning. Melfi led off with a double to right field before moving to third on the sacrifice bunt by Xavier Baker. 
 
Down in the count 1-2, Cazares ripped his third hit of the afternoon, sending a triple to the deepest part of the left-center field to bring home Melfi and giving Wagner a 3-1 lead. 
 
The next batter, Mimnaugh, followed with a single to right to score Cazares, making it 4-1. A base hit by Kobayashi gave the Green & White runners on first and second as CCSU went to the bullpen. 
 
TJ Wainwright was able to strike out Mike Ruggiero but with the count squared at 2-2, Faicchio singled and moved to second on the throw as Mimnauagh added the third run of the inning. 
 
Toporek allowed just a leadoff single to Dan Covino over the final two innings of work to preserve the win for the Seahawks. 
 
Game two of the three-game set is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. from ShoreTown Ballpark. Saturday's game will not be streamed but Live Stats will be provided. 
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