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TEMPE, AZ (February 29) - Senior Mike Mocerino (Northboro, MA) went
3-for-5 with a home run, a triple and four RBI, and junior Russ
D’Argento (Marlboro, MA) led off with a long ball for UConn but No. 7
Arizona State completed a three game sweep of the Huskies with an
18-11 victory over the University of Connecticut baseball team on
Sunday afternoon in Tempe, Ariz. The Sun Devils improve to 12-2 with
the victory, while the Huskies fall to 0-3 on the young season.
UConn’s 11 runs scored on Sunday were the most ASU has given up all
season.
The Huskies scored ten unanswered runs in the final three innings
and recorded more hits (16) than the Sun Devils (15) on the afternoon.
After D’Argento’s leadoff homer over the centerfield fence, the
Huskies would not score again until the seventh inning. ASU would post
six-run innings in both the second and third innings and added a back
to back three-run innings in the fourth and fifth. UConn starter Nick
Tucci (Medford, MA) was roughed-up as he gave up 11 earned runs in 2.1
innings.
Brendan McGinn (Tolland, CT) and Josh MacDonald (Milford, CT)
combined for 3.1 innings and gave up seven runs, but sophomore right
hander Joe Smeraglino (Shelton, CT) made his 2004 debut in style,
hurling 3.1 scoreless innings while giving up two hits and striking
out five.
The bottom half of the UConn lineup was very effective as Mike
Leonard (Vernon, CT) Marc Peluso (Pawcatuck, CT), Mocerino, Dave
Tokarz (Seymour, CT) and Matt Untiet (Berlin, CT) went a combined
12-for-27, giving the Husky lineup some pop.
Peluso had a 2-for-4 afternoon on Sunday, and finished the series
with five hits in nine at bats. Tokarz, a tri-captain, went 4-for-10
in the series and drove in three runs on the weekend.
The Huskies are back in action next week when they travel to
Jacksonville, Fla. to compete in the Kennel Club Classic. The Huskies
will play eight games from March 6-March 16. The Huskies open up the
competition with a contest against Ohio State on Saturday March 6 at
3:30 p.m.
