Tri-Town Trojans 6 Amenia Monarchs 4
Miles Scribner tossed 6 1/3 innings, scattering 3 earned runs to hold off the Amenia Monarchs in a tightly contested game under the lights at a Doc Bartlett Field. Connor Gannon had to come on in relief to get the save. The Trojans were led by WIlly Yahn who had a double, two run home run, and an over the shoulder game saving catch in deep center field. The Trojans bats were also led by Mike Fabiaschi 4-4, Nate Clark 2-4 RBI, and Casey McDonald 2B. Jacob Shpur led Amenia with two hits, including a double.
Burlington Hunters 6 Brass City Vipers 0
The Burlington Hunters defeated the Brass City Vipers 6-0, closing out the first half of the season with a 7-3 record. Colby Welch earned the victory on the mound in his Hunters debut, throwing 6 shutout innings, scattering 5 hits and striking out 5. The Hunters were led offensively by Chad Lavelle who was 3/3 on the day and drove in 3 runs. Joe Cardaropoli and Jheremi Rosado also contributed, both swatting big doubles.
Fun facts of the game include: The Hunters actually finished a game without committing a single error, a rare accomplishment, Joe Cardaropoli must have been watching Gleyber Torres run the bases for the Yankees lately and did his best to rob Ryan Raponey of a RBI, and Tomasso Tollis after multiple games of unlikely bounces and no hits has decided to pray to Jobu before Sunday’s game against the well-rounded Bethlehem Plowboys.
Winsted Whalers 7 Valley Ducks 6
The evening started out with Peter Greenwood on the mound for the Whale. Doing much successful relief work previously, he would change that and start on the bump. Throwing around 97 mph, or maybe it was 79, the coach couldn’t remember, Peter would go 5 and a third innings, striking out 2, allowing 3 hits and allowing only two walks. He would only allow 3 earned runs making a run for the best Whale start of the season. The Whale offense was full of energy this game, tacking on two in the first, one in the third, and three in the fourth to make 6 runs. Jay Torres (2-3: 2S,W), Johnny Lippincott (1-3: S, SAC), and Austin Brochu (2-4: 2S) would be involved in all those runs. The Ducks scored in the 6th inning by C. Olious with a single, followed by two walks, and a mashed double by N. Forino to get them trailing by one. A. Hinkle would hit a double to score Forino to tie the game; 5 run deficit gone. All tied up going into bottom 6th, Casey Weingart would get on base by error, Andrew Bilig singling, and Lippincott putting a fly ball to right field, which would drop and Casey scoring, giving the Whale a 1 run lead. Weingart would close the 9,1 and 3 hitter to win the game. Whale 7 Ducks 6.
