Bridgeport Barnums Baseball

There weren't a lot of hits, but the hits the Bridgeport Barnums did get were timely in their 2-1 win over the Waterbury Silverbacks on Tuesday night at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  The Barnums were outhit by Waterbury, five to four, but two of the four hit and both RBI came off the bat of Captain Will Stellato.  With two outs and a runner at third, Stellato hit a line drive the bounded off the pitcher and towards third base for an infield hit, allowing Jose Vasquez to score from third.  In the fourth, after Vasquez walked and stole second with one out, Stellato lined a ball deep to right field for an RBI triple to extend the Barnums lead to 2-0.  Jimmy Muthersbaugh was stellar on the mound for the Barnums. He threw five innings of three-hit baseball while striking out two and walking none. Harry Tavella allowed one run over the final two innings but picked up the save.  The Barnums also got great outfield defense, including Stellato snagging a line drive in rig...

It took until the fifth inning for runs to come across the plate, but when they did it was the Bridgeport Barnums putting up a four spot en route to a 4-1 victory over Meriden.  Bridgport loaded the bases in the fifth with no outs on singles by Will Stellato, Cam Forte and Nick Piscioniere before Ian Nilsen connected on the fourth straight single to push across two runs.  Later in the inning with the bases once again loaded and one out, Piscioniere came home on a passed ball. The final run also came in to score on another passed ball as Nilsen raced home to cap the Barnums scoring.  On the mound, Zack Broderick threw five innings of two hit baseball to pick up the win. He struck out nine and walked just one. Jeff Kraus threw the final two innings. 

Ian Nilsen's walk-off sacrifice fly lifted the Bridgeport Barnums past the Hamden Miners 3-2 on Thursday evening at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  Three walks and a line out in between in the seventh led to Nielsen's sacrifice fly to center field to score Jose Vasquez.  Hamden scored a run in the top of the first to take a 1-0 lead.  The Barnums tied the game in the bottom of the second.  Cam Forte singled leading off the inning. Nick Piscioniere walked. Two batters late Christian Nilsen hit a sacrifice fly to score Forte.  Hamden took the lead back in the top of the fourth before Bridgeport tied it in the bottom half.  With Will Stellato at second and two outs Piscioniere singled to right field to plate Stellato.  The pitching of Evan Rossi, Jackson Geisler, Luke Stasko and Harry Tavella was sold for the Barnums allowing just one earned run on four hits, while striking out seven. 

The Bridgeport Barnums defeated the Danbury Lakehounds in walk-off fashion 2-1 in eight innings on Sunday at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  After Danbury took a 1-0 lead in the top of the eighth, the Barums scored two runs in the bottom half to come away with the walk-off victory. Nickolas Piscioniere's full-count walk-off walk pushed home the game-winning run.  Earlier in the inning, with the automatic runner Will Stellato at second, Ian Nilsen walked. The next batter, Cam Forte bunted and beat out the throw which sailed down the right field line allowing Stellato to score and Nilsen to go to third. Christian Nilsen was intentionally walked to load the bases. That set up Piscioniere's decisive at-bat.  The game was a pitcher's duel for most of the game as Hayen Lee and Max Jarvie were dealing for Bridgeport and Danbury, respectively.  Lee threw five scoreless allowing just three hits and three walks. Matt Cummings picked up the win in relief for the Barnums ...

Kieran Scruggs waits for a pitch during the third inning of the Barnums game on Friday.  The Bridgeport Barnums, the defending Connecticut College Baseball League Champions, opened up the 2025 campaign the saw way it ended 2024. A win over Southington.  Behind strong pitching and timely offense, the Barnums defeated the Black Knights 4-0 on Friday night at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  Zach Broderick threw 4.2 innings of three hit baseball and Jeff Kraus closed it out allowing just two hits over the final 2.1.  Offensively, Bridgeport got on the board in the bottom of the first. Pablo Aquino singled and Jose Vasquez walked. Two batters later, the runners attempted a double steal and the throw to third sailed into left field to allow Aquino to scamper home.  The Barnums added two more in the third. Mike Porzio tripled leading off and the next batter, Kieran Scruggs grounded out to shortstop and with the infield back, Porzio was able to come in and score.  Two...

The Bridgeport Barnums are 2024 Connecticut College Baseball League Champions!  The Barnums defeated the Southington Black Knights 5-2 in the Championship game on Tuesday night at Memorial Field in Simsbury.  After finishing 12-9-1 in the regular season, Bridgeport earned the number three seed in the playoffs.  The Barnums opened up the playoffs with a 2-0 win over Waterbury on July 24. The next day, they followed up with a 5-2 win over West Haven. That moved them into the Winners Bracket Final.  On July 27, they defeated Wallingford to advance to the championship,  After the championship was postponed on Monday, the Barnums jumped out to a 5-0 lead before holding on four a 5-2 victory.  Winning a championship, and running the table in the playoffs, is an impressive feat. Even more impressive is that it comes in just the second year of the program.  Congrats, first and foremost, to the players. They are the stars.  The 2024 Barnums: Andrew Fortuna...

The 2024 Bridgeport Barnums  Cole Gibson pitched a no-hitter to lead the Bridgeport Barnums to a 5-0 win over the Waterbury Silverbacks in the Connecticut College Baseball League Winners Bracket Final on Saturday morning at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  Gibson allowed a leadoff walk in the top of the first inning and nothing more, while striking out 10.  The only other baserunner reached on an error in the sixth inning, but Gibson was able to work out of it.  Offensively, the Barnums on the board in the second inning.   Blake Benway led off the inning with a single. Two batters later, Kieran Shea singled to put two on.  After a walk loaded the bases, Sebastian Sampieri hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Benway and put Bridgeport up 1-0.  The Barnums broke the game open in the fourth, scoring three times, all with two outs.  With runners on first and second, Yeudy Ramirez singled to right to bring in Christian Nilsen. The next batter, ...