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June 20, 2007

Newport blanks Torrington for third straight win

NEWPORT - Austin Hubbard, Andrew Carraway and Michael Seander combined on a five-hit shutout as Newport defeated Torrington 1-0 in New England Collegiate Baseball League action Wednesday.

Newport (9-1) got yet another outstanding performance from its pitching staff, which lowered its collective earned run average to 2.15. It was the second shutout of the season for Gulls, who also improved to 5-1 in one-run ballgames.

Carraway (1-0) became the ninth different pitcher to earn a victory, an indication of the depth of Newport's pitching. Carraway pitched 2.2 innings, allowing two hits and striking out three batters. He came on in relief of Hubbard with runners on first and second with one out in the top of the sixth inning. Carraway induced a 6-4-3 double play from Torrington's Garrett Green to end the threat.

Though he did not factor into the decision, Hubbard gave the Gulls his third quality start of the year, going 5.1 innings and allowing just three hits and one walk while striking out six. Hubbard lowered his ERA to 0.59, and he now has thrown 11.1 consecutive scoreless innings. Seander pitched a perfect ninth to get his third save on the young season.

Gary Novakowski was the tough-luck loser for Torrington (9-3). Novakowski (1-1) pitched five scoreless innings before getting nicked for a run in the sixth. He allowed six hits and three walks over six innings, striking out six along the way.

The lone run of the game came after Brad French led off the bottom of the sixth with a double. After a fly out, Drew Poulk delivered a run-scoring single up the middle for the margin of victory.

Newport's Matt Vance extended his season-long hitting streak to 10 games with a single in the third inning.

Newport travels to Danbury on Thursday (7 p.m.) before returning home Friday to host Lowell (6:35 p.m.).

Posted by Thom Cahir  at 9:22 PM to College Sports | Permalink

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