BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — In a mid-week matchup, the Sacred Heart University baseball team dropped a 6-3 contest against the University of Hartford on Tuesday.

Records:
Sacred Heart: 4-23
Hartford: 3-18

Up Next:
SHU travels to Wagner for a three-game series starting Friday at 3 p.m.

Statistical Leaders:
Mark Smith (SHU): 2-3, 1R
Dante D'amore (SHU): 1-4, 1R
Joe Emerson (SHU): 1-4, 1RBI

Pitchers:
Jack Kramer (SHU): (L, 0-1) 1.2IP, 5H, 3R, 2BB, 1K
Alec Couture (HART): (W, 2-0) 2.0IP, 3H, 3K

Of Note:
The Hawks took an early lead in the first inning off a double that brought home two and recorded a pair across the second and sixth.

Steven Schoen singled to right field to allow Ryan Donnelly to put the Pioneers on the board in the bottom of the sixth.

The seventh inning saw two more Hawks score for a 6-1 lead. 

Tyler Galletti and Joe Emerson cut the deficit to within three in the bottom of the seventh. Galletti singled two left field to bring Dante D'amore home. Three at bats later, Emerson reached first base on an error which allowed Mark Smith to cross the plate.

Michael Attonito came in relief for the final out of the second and went 2.1 hitless innings with a pair of strikes. Trent Price closed out the final inning and denied a single hit by the Hawks.