MASON, Ohio (Interstat) — Creighton scored seven runs in the top of the second inning and held on to defeat Connecticut 7-4 on Thursday in the Big East Baseball Championship. The Bluejays, now 30-25, pounded out 13 hits while limiting the Huskies to four.

Gump led the outburst with a two-run triple to right center, then scored on McHugh’s RBI double. Connecticut answered in the fourth on Dalena’s RBI single and a sacrifice fly by Rispoli. Creighton extended its lead in the sixth on a throwing error and McHugh’s two-run single. Rispoli cut the deficit to 7-4 with a two-run homer in the bottom half, but Bluejays pitchers Eli Nissen and Wilson Magers quieted the Huskies down the stretch. Gump added a bunt single in the ninth to drive in an insurance run.

Connecticut, which fell to 32-26, managed only four hits. Key performances included Rispoli’s home run and two RBIs, while shortstop Rob Rispoli and outfielders Nater Wachter and Chase Taylor contributed. Creighton’s victory came after dropping four of its previous five games. The teams met for the first time since a three-game series in early April that Connecticut won twice.