Saturday June 20 Results
Tri-Town Trojans 16 CT Sliders 3
Tri- Town Trojans won big over CT Sliders 16-3 on Saturday at Litchfield Community Field. Tri- Town Trojans got on the board in the bottom of the first inning after Cooper Johnson doubled, scoring one run, and an error scored three runs. Tri- Town added to their early lead in the bottom of the second inning after Willy Yahn grounded into a double play, and Johnson walked, each scoring one run. The Trojans scored six runs on two hits in the bottom of the third inning. Yahn was struck by a pitch, driving in a run, Coleby Bunnell drew a walk, scoring one run, Johnson was struck by a pitch, driving in a run, and Danny McCarty singled, scoring three runs. Connor Gannon stepped on the hill first for Tri- Town Trojans. The hurler surrendered four hits and three runs (zero earned) over six innings, striking out eight and walking one. McCarty and Johnson were a one-two punch in the lineup, as each drove in three runs for Tri- Town Trojans. Johnson went 2-for-2 at the plate to lead Tri- Town Trojans in hits. Tri- Town Trojans had patience at the plate, collecting 13 walks for the game. McCarty, Jon McNeils, Matt Troy, and Bunnell led the team with two bases on balls each. Pat Smith and Josh Dobratz were tough to handle back-to-back in the lineup, as each drove in one run for CT Sliders. Dobratz went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead CT Sliders in hits. CT Sliders turned one double play in the game. Tri- Town Trojans welcome Torrington on Tuesday for their next game.
Canton Crushers 9 Waterbury Mountain Boys 5
Ben Sullivan collected three hits in four at bats, as Canton Crushers defeated Waterbury 9-5 on Saturday at Bowdoin Field. Sullivan singled in the seventh inning, singled in the first inning, and singled in the third inning. Canton Crushers jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the first inning after Steve Dubois doubled, scoring two runs, and Jimmy Spirito singled, scoring one run. A single by Spirito extended the Canton Crushers lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the third inning. Waterbury made the score 5-4 in the top of the fourth after an error scored one run, and Dane Hassan homered to right field, scoring three runs. Canton tied the game at five in the bottom of the fifth. A single by Ben Sullivan gave Canton the lead, 7-5, in the bottom of the seventh.
Nate Hiscox made his Season debut and earned the win for the Crushers. The hurler surrendered one hit and zero runs over three innings, Jimmy Spirito started the game for Canton. Canton accumulated 13 hits in the game. Steve Dubois drove the middle of the lineup, leading the Crushers with three runs batted in. And went 2-for-4, Jimmy Spirito collected two hits. Waterbury collected 9 hits in the game. Dane Hassan hit a 3 run home run. Canton Crushers travel to Winsted Whalers for their next game on Tuesday.
Winsted Whalers 9 Candlewood Kraken 5
Ah S***, here we go again. Kraken v Whale, they just played against each other two days ago at Walker Field, this time it was in the Kraken’s part of the ocean. The Whale would put up some early runs within the first two innings. In the first inning, Adam Wright smoked a triple that scored 2 RBI and TJ Kent singled, scoring Wright for a 3-0 lead. In the second inning, Andrew Billig lead of with a double, some walks followed, and then Steel Brobston singled in two more runs. By the end of the 2nd, the Whale were up 8-0. Kraken made a great move and brought in Connor Corcoran who went on to pitch 5 scoreless innings with 8 Ks, and allowed only 2 hits. He made some batters look silly.
Talking about great pitching, Casey Weingart threw another gem going 6 innings of no runs, actually who cares. Coaching staff, being up 8-0, decided to bring in some new pitching talent by the name of Trevor Parsons. His VERY FIRST pitch in TriState, Spencer Barnett took him about 800’ to left field. He then proceeded to throw 8 balls, which resulted in two walks and that was it. He had fun. Mark Cummings then came in and threw a lot of competitive pitches and with that amount of success, only gave up 2 ER, letting Parson’s walks score as well. 8-5 was the score and the Whale were questioning life. An additional run by the Whale in the 8th gave some breathing room for Jay Torres to shut down the 8th and 9th. Whale 9 Kraken 5
Andrew Ferrucci beat the hat trick and recorded 4 Ks while Mark Cummings also joined Ferrucci for the 0-5 gang.
Austin Brochu’s first hit odds increased to +500 due to AWOL status.