Nashua's Caleb Vacchiano is tagged out trying to steal second by New Britain's James Fagnant during Wednesday's Education Day game at Holman Stadium. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

NASHUA – On Education Day No. 2, the Nashua Silver Knights and their fans learned one usual baseball lesson.

One day can be a feast, and just like that the next becomes famine.

The Nashua offense scored 11 runs with 14 hits on Tuesday night, but Wednesday the Knights were limited to one run on five hits in bowing to New Britain, 2-1, before a huge sellout crowd of 3,230 at sun-splashed Historic Holman Stadium. Most of that huge throng were local school kids loving the day.

The problem for the Knights was the performance of the Bees pitchers, as every time you looked up the Nashua hitters were behind in the count and fanned a total of 13 times.

“They did a good job getting ahead, throwing strikes,” Nashua manager Nick Guarino said. “They had some guys throwing pretty hard, so we never really got on time or made any adjustments really. We didn’t have much traffic on the bases, there wasn’t much we could do. We pitched and played defense pretty well, so I have no complaint there.”

They just didn’t hit.

“That’s pretty much it,” Guarino said. “Good arms. Scored 11 last night, scored one today. Gave up 18 last night, gave up two today. Baseball. Got to meet somewhere in the middle now.”

Now 2-4, Nashua took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first not on a base hit, but the ol’ first and third delay steal play. Max Forgione got a leadoff walk, stole second, advanced to third on a ground out and after Caleb Vacchiano got plunked by Bees starter Robby Wunsch, the play was on and Forgione scored.

But that was it. The Bees tied things up 1-1 in the third when Rafael Rodriguez Rosa led off with the double and eventually scored on a Cam Piwnicki wild pitch. Piwnicki otherwise was outstanding, allowing just two hits over six frames/63 pitches, fanning three with zero walks.

The eventual game-winner was scored when Kacin Robinson led off the seventh with a triple off Knights reliever Jaameson Dobis and one out later scored on a single to right by George Slauson (2 for 3).

That was it, fans. Nashua had chances, the best being in the fifth with runners on second and third but Bees reliever Dominic Carollo (1-0) caught Forgione looking and Hudson Story grounded to first. They had two on in the eighth but Jordan Welch got hit between first and second by a grounder off the bat of Nashua’s Peter Fischer that may or may not have gone through. Instead, third out to end the inning.

The Silver Knights drew a huge Education Day crowd of 3,230 at Holman Stadium on Wednesday. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

Not helping was the fact after that early first inning steal of a run, two Knights were caught stealing on a day when every base runner was needed.

Guarino did rest some players after they had played a stretch of games, including perhaps the team’s best hitter/run producer, Connor Smith. But that’s why the Knights went for a deep roster in the off-season.

“I’m not concerned about the lineup, the lineup’s going to be fine,” said Guarino who will send lefty Dimitri Skourides to the mound tonight at Vermont, and have righty Will Perkowski on the hill at Holman for the first Friday Fireworks Night of the season.

“That’s baseball,” Guarino said.

But that’s a lesson he learned long ago.