Barnums Split Non-League Doubleheader with Waterbury

The Barnums split a non-league doubleheader with Waterbury on Saturday at Seaside Park in Bridgeport. 

Bridgeport won game one, 6-0, before falling 8-4 in game two. 

It was the Hogan show on the mound on game one. Edmund threw six innings, giving up just four hits and two walks while striking out 11. Phil allowed one walk but struck out the side in the seventh. 

Offensively for the Barnums, they got on the board in the second inning. With runners at the corners and two outs, Dima Cornell-Neal signed to right field to plate Mike Hernandez. 

Bridgeport tacked on in the fifth, scoring four times. All four runs scored with two outs. With the bases loaded, Waterbury's pitcher balked for force in a run and move runners to second and third. 

Later in the inning, with the bases loaded again, Will Stellato singled to plate two runs and increase the lead to 4-0. 

The final run of the frame scored later in the inning when Stelatto and Justin Higgins exceuted a first and third double-steal and Stelatto was able to come in and score. 

The scoring was capped in the bottom of the sixth. With two outs and Blake Benway at second, Hernandez singled to center to score Benway. 

Game two was much different.

Waterbury look a 6-0 lead before Bridgeport cut the deficit in half and then Waterbury talked on a couple more. 

For Bridgeport, they scored three runs in the fifth inning 

Andrew Fortunato led off the inning with a single and Stellato singled two batters later. With Christian Homa at the plate, Forunato and Stellato advanced to second and third on a wild pitch. Homa then hit a ground ball towards the middle of the diamond and beat the second baseman's throw to first, Both runners came in to score to cut the deficit to 6-2. 

Two batters later, with two outs and Homa at second, Benway dunked a single to center field to push Homa across the plate. 

In the seventh, Bridgeport put a rally together. They loaded the bases with one out. Home grounded to first to bring home a run and cut the deficit to four but the Barnums couldn't get any closer.