It was a textbook baseball moment.Bottom of the ninth. Two outs. Bases loaded. At the plate for the Huskies was freshman center fielder George Springer, who was already 2-for-4 on the day with an RBI. On the mound for the Hoyas was sophomore pitcher Tommy Isaacs, who was trying to preserve the Hoyas’ 5-2 lead for his first save of the season. Springer represented the game-winning run. The Hoyas needed this win to stay in the hunt for a Big East conference berth, but even more for the momentum, as Georgetown (11-24, 4-11 Big East) was trying to break an eight-game losing streak within the Big East. The result – Springer went down on three straight strikes and the Hoyas won 5-2 to prevent a Huskie sweep.After Springer put Connecticut (21-16, 8-7 Big East) ahead in the first inning 1-0, senior center fielder and co-captain Tommy Lee blasted a two-run triple to give the Hoyas a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Lee returned to the Blue and Gray’s lineup after spending two weeks nursing a rib injury.In the fourth, junior shortstop Tom Elliott singled to lead off the inning and sophomore third baseman Sean Lamont walked to put runners on first and second. Next, senior catcher Greg Pustizzi singled to drive in another run. After a wild pitch that put both Lamont and Pustizzi in scoring position, senior right fielder Kelly Muir laid down a sacrifice bunt for a suicide squeeze play to bring home another run for Georgetown. Freshman infielder Andy Lentz followed with an RBI groundout to make it a four-run game for the Hoyas. Senior starting pitcher Jimmy Saris was great, going six innings, allowing just two earned runs and striking out six Huskies. Isaacs turned in a fantastic relief performance, going three innings, allowing no runs and striking out three batters, including Springer to end the game and UConn’s threat. The series between the Huskies and Hoyas kicked off on Friday, with Georgetown losing 9-5. Elliott had a fantastic game, going 2-for-5 with a double and a home run, his fifth of the season. Junior infielder Chip Malt was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, while Lentz was 2-for-4 at the top of the order and stole a base.The Hoyas took an early 1-0 lead in the first after senior outfielder Sean Baumann lifted a run-scoring hit to right field, scoring Malt. However, it was a rough outing for junior pitcher Tim Adleman (2-6), who allowed eight earned runs in three innings.Trailing 9-1, Georgetown’s relief tandem of freshman pitcher Bobby Kirby and junior pitcher Cary Piligian held the Huskies in check for the rest of the game. Kirby and Piligian combined to pitch five shutout innings, allowing just two hits and striking out three. Georgetown slowly started to mount a comeback in the middle innings, with RBI singles from Pustizzi, Muir and Malt, plus the solo shot by Elliott, but the surge was cut short as the UConn bullpen shut down the Blue and Gray.Saturday was a similar story. Freshman starting pitcher Will Harris (2-6) gave up eight earned runs in five and one-third innings of work, striking out four. The Hoyas took the lead in the first inning for the second game in a row after sophomore catcher Erick Fernandez knocked an RBI single through the middle. But that would be all for Georgetown until the eighth, when Malt drove in a run for the second game in a row. UConn sophomore starting pitcher Elliot Glynn proved to be a difficult matchup for Georgetown, going seven innings, allowing two runs, striking out seven and allowing just one walk. Georgetown was held without a home run in its first two games of the series, the first time that has happened to them in a Big East series this year.Now Georgetown turns its gaze to the bottom pack of the Big East, traveling to New Jersey to face Seton Hall (6-9 Big East) next weekend. The Hoyas are only three games out of a conference playoff berth and are still very much in the hunt, considering they have only played a little more than half of their conference schedule. For a tuneup, Georgetown will take on UMBC tonight at 7 p.m. at home and then travel to face the University of Virginia, a national powerhouse, on Wednesday. That game starts at 7 p.m., as well.”