WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The University of New Haven baseball team got three scoreless innings each from David Palmer (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip) and Joe Caico (Hopedale, Mass./Worcester (MA)), but the Chargers were upended by the Dominican Chargers 3-2 in a non-conference tilt on Tuesday afternoon.
 
New Haven got on the board right away as Nick Russo (Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd) was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the first and moved to third on a double by Nick Perelli. Robert Petrillo (Branford, Conn./Branford) came up next and grounded a ball to shortstop, scoring Russo for a 1-0 lead for the Blue and Gold. New Haven added to the lead in the third as with two outs Petrillo singled and stole second before coming in to score on a TJ Riccio (Port Jeff Station, N.Y./Comsewogue) single.  
 
Dominican responded with two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth to take a 3-2 edge. The Blue and Gold had opportunities in both the fifth and sixth innings, putting multiple runners on, but some sterling defense allowed Dominican to escape both times.
 
Both teams got outstanding relief pitching in the late innings as Caico and Corey Pic put up zeroes for their respective teams for three innings each to hold the one-run game before Kraigen Rasella pitched the ninth for his second save of the year.
 
Palmer started and threw three scoreless innings for New Haven, allowing one hit and striking out three. Caico closed with three shutout innings and four strikeouts.
 
The Chargers return to action on Saturday when they host Dowling in a doubleheader at Frank Vieira Field. First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.