Norwich, CT – The Norwich Sea Unicorns were shutout on Camp Day, falling 1-0 to their in-state rival New Britain Bees. Wednesday’s defeat snaps Norwich’s 3-game winning streak and marks the third time Norwich has been shutout this season, and second at home. Norwich is now responsible for a record of 18-21 through 39 ballgames.

UCONN product Frank Spirito continued his dominance on the rubber, tossing a season high 5 scoreless innings while holding the Bees offense to 3 hits. Spirito also fanned 4 and has now struck out at least 4 batters in four straight starts. The right-hander has allowed just 1 earned run over his last 20.2 innings, racking up 19 punchouts and owns an impressive 0.44 ERA over this stretch.

On the other side, Bees starter Ty Davis delivered 5 scoreless frames while holding the Norwich offense to 3 hits.

New Britain scratched across the only run of the afternoon on a Caleb Miller sacrifice fly to center, scoring Dylan Meyer, who led off the inning with an infield single. Norwich reliever Sean Connolly limited the damage, inducing a flyout to right from Brennan Staubley to leave runners at the corners.

Adam Merritt picked up the victory for the visitors, shutting down the Norwich offense to 1 hit over 3 frames while striking out three. The victory is Merritt’s 4th of the summer and has reduced his season ERA to an impressive 0.54 over 16.2 innings.

Evan Mello slammed the door in the ninth to secure the win for New Britain, tossing a scoreless frame for his fourth save of the summer and second against Norwich. The New Bedford, Massachusetts native has now strung together 15.2 consecutive scoreless innings.

Win – Adam Merritt (4-1)

Loss – Sean Connolly (1-1)

Save – Evan Mello (S, 4)

Time – 2:20

Norwich will look to bounce back tomorrow night and split the mini 2-game series with the Bees. Brendan Grady (1-1) will toe the rubber for Norwich, opposite Garrett Garbinski (0-0) of New Britain. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. from Dodd Stadium.

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Written by Adam Plager