Bridgeport Barnums Baseball

Kieran Scruggs crossed the plate in a game earlier this season (Photo: Stacey Scruggs Photography)  Kieran Scruggs' pinch-hit single on an 0-2 pitch in the bottom of the seventh to score Mike Porzio Jr. lifted the Bridgeport Barnums to a 3-2 win over the Meriden Riptide in a Connecticut College Baseball League elimination game on Tuesday evening at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  Porzio reached on an error to lead off the inning. Brian Vasquez then singled to right. Two batters later, Scruggs came off the bench and delivered the decisive hit.  The Barnums got terrific pitching from Jimmy Muthersbaugh who throw a complete game. He allowed two runs on six hits, while striking out four and walking none.  The game was scoreless for the first three and a half innings before the Barnums got on the board in the bottom of the fourth.  Meyer Stransky walked to lead off the inning. Two batters later, Will Stellato doubled down the left field ling to bring in Stransky. Three ...

Evan Rossi delivers a pitch during the Barnums playoff win on Thursday.  The Bridgeport Barnums used a six run fifth to defeat the Gold Star Generals 7-5 on Thursday evening at Seaside Park in Bridgeport in the second round of the Connecticut College Baseball League Playoffs.  The game was scoreless through the first three, but Gold Star was able to pick up a run in the fourth and four runs in the fifth, thanks in large part to four errors committed by the Barnums.  The Barnums also left nine guys on through the first four innings. Everything changed in the bottom of the fifth inning though.  Sean Fallon led off with a single. Pablo Aquino followed up with a double. That set up Nick Piscioniere, who tripled to center field to bring home Fallon and Aquino and cut the deficit to 5-2.  TJ Baer and Will Stellato each followed up with RBI doubles to trim the Generals lead to one, 5-4.  Two batters later, Christian Nilsen tripled to center field to score Stellato...

The Bridgeport Barnums finished the regular season with a 19-2-2 record following an 8-2 win over Glastonbury on Friday evening at Seaside Park. The Barnums will be the top seed heading into the Connecticut College Baseball League playoffs.  In Friday's game, Bridgeport jumped out to a 2-0 lead after an inning and never looked back.  With runners on the corners, TJ Baer hit a fly ball to right field that would have been a sacrifice fly but was dropped and Pablo Aquino came in to score. Two batters later, Christian Nilsen singled to right field to bring in Bauer.  The Barnums tacked on in the second inning. With two on and one out, Brian Vasquez reached on an error allowing Ian Nilsen, who had singled, to come home. Later in the inning, Nick Piscioniere singled to left to plate two more runs and extend the lead to 5-2.  Bridgeport added two more runs in the fourth. Vasquez hit a sacrifice fly to score Mike Porzio Jr. who had walked to lead off the inning. Sean Fallon ...

The Bridgeport Barnums defeated the Danbury Lakehounds 9-7 on Thursday evening at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  The Barnums pounded out 13 hits, including five players with multiple hits.  In the first inning TJ Baer came up with a line-drive RBI double to deep right field. Later in the inning Baer stole home as part of a double-steal.  The Lakehounds put up three runs in the top of the second, including a two-run single from Anthony Hackert.  The Barnums would re-take the lead in the bottom half of the frame. Four straight run-scoring singles from Nick Piscioniere, Baer, Will Stellato and Mike Porzio gave Bridgeport a 7-3 lead after two innings.  Danbury got a run back in the third on Jackson Ciccione's RBI double to left field.  The Barnums added a run on the fourth on an RBI single by Piscioniere to increase the lead to 8-4.  Danbury would cut the deficit to 8-6 in the fifth, before the Barnums added an insurance run in the bottom of the inning. Ian ...

The Bridgeport Barnums defeated Gold Star 3-0 on Saturday at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  The Barnums got terrific pitching from Jimmy Mutherbaugh and timely offense to propel themselves to victory.  Muthersbaugh threw a complete game allowing just four hits while striking out eight and walking none.  Offensively, Sean Fallon and Ian Nilsen each had two hits. Meyer Stransky had a hit and the lone RBI.  The Barnums got on the board in the bottom of the first. After three straight singles, Nick Piscioniere came in to score on a wild pitch. Stransky then beat out a slow roller to push across another run as TJ Baer crossed the plate.  The Barnums got in insurance run in the fifth. Fallon doubled and then came into score on an error on a pick-off play with Pablo Aquino on first.  The Barnums finish the weekend at Washington Park in Avery Point with a doubleheader against Gold Star on Sunday at 12pm and 2:45pm.  ----------------------------------------------...

 The Bridgeport Barnums dropped their first game on the season as the fell to West Haven 9-3 on Saturday at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  The Barnums got off to a strong start, going up 3-0 after four innings, before giving up nine unanswered runs.  Meyer Stransky led the Barnums offense with two hits and a run batted in.  The Barnums first run in the third inning came on a bases-loaded walk by Jose Vasquez.  The fourth inning runs came on RBI singles from Stansky and Bryan Vazquez.  Bridgeport is back in action on Sunday against Glastonbury at Riverfront Stadium at 5pm. 

The Bridgeport Barnums scored early and often on the way to a 10-1 victory over Simsbury on Friday night at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  The Barnums put on two in the first, two in the second, four in the third and then it took until the sixth for them to score again, when the added a final two runs.  In the first inning, Pablo Aquino tripled to lead off. Two batters later, with Jose Vasquez at the plate, Aquino came in to score on a passed ball.  Vasquez would then double and come home on an Ian Nilsen single to center field.  Two runs scored in the second inning as Cam Forte came in on a wild pitch and Mike Porzio Jr. raced home on a passed ball.  In the third, four consecutive walks to open the inning pushed across the fifth Barnum run. With the bases still loaded, Forte doubled to right to clear the bases and extend the Barnums lead to 8-1.  In the sixth, with Porzio on second, Meyer Stransky singled to center to bring in Porzio. The next batter, Bryan ...