Toglia hits 2-run homer as Yard Goats beat Rumble Ponies

Michael Toglia hit a two-run home run, Hunter Stovell and Ezequiel Tovar each had two-run singles, and Mitch Kilkenny pitched six solid innings for his first Double-a win as the Yard Goats defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 7-2 on Mother’s Day at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford. The Yard Goats earned their second straight series win, taking four of six from the Mets affiliate.

Toglia’s home run was a laser that was hit over the second deck in right field, completely out of the ballpark and onto Trumbull Street. The second part of the homestand continues Tuesday as the Yard Goats host the Portland Sea Dogs, the Boston Red Sox affiliate.

The Yard Goats scored two runs in the first inning on Toglia’s drive over the right field deck off Binghamton starter Jose Butto. It was his fourth homer and 15th and 16th RBIS of the season. The Rumble Ponies got a run off Kilkenny in the third inning on Luke Ritter’s single.

Kilkenny permitted just three hits and one run with three strikeouts in six innings. The former star at Texas A&M retired the side in order in the first and fourth innings and did not walk a batter while earning his first victory for the Yard Goats.

The Yard Goats made it 3-1 with a run in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly by Isaac Collins. Hartford added four runs in the sixth on a two-run single by Stovall and a two-run single by Tovar. Yard Goats relievers Trent Fennell, Stephen Jones, and Gavin Hollowell closed out the game.

Villanova rallies past Uconn softball: Villanova rallied with three runs in the seventh inning to beat Uconn 4-2 in the softball regular-season finale in Storrs. The Wildcats (29-22, 16-7 Big East) had a double and three singles in the seventh against Meghan O’neil (12-7). Olivia Sappington had an RBI single and Sami Barnett an RBI double in the first for Uconn (36-16, 20-4), which clinched the Big East regular-season title Friday.