July 26 Finals

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Canton Crushers 3   Torrington Rebels 2

It was a soggy showdown at Bowdoin Field Thursday night, where more baseballs were towel-dried than runs scored. In a game that featured great pitching, clutch hitting, and enough foul balls to start a used ball fundraiser, Canton edged out the Torrington Thunder 3-2 with a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh by Angel Christiano.

Torrington rallied late, tying the game in the seventh on a wild pitch after earlier evening things up with a Brady Doherty RBI single. But the wet turf wasn’t the only thing slippery—Canton managed to sneak across the winning run just before extra innings could make an appearance. Hats off to the basement coaches for chasing down rogue baseballs all evening. The Thunder now look ahead to Sunday’s game at Tri-Town—ideally with drier socks and fewer towels.

Valley Ducks 7   Winsted Whalers 3

The Ducks traveled to Winsted for their 5th game in as many days. Escaping the heat, the Ducks were in their element on a rainy Thursday. Mitch Gryniuk went 6 1/3 for the Whalers, striking out 10 in a gutsy performance. With the team short on pitching, Steve Harrison demanded the ball, and proclaimed “I’m going all 7” – that he did (7ip, 3h, 4k, 1 earned run). BALLSY PERFORMANCE

The Ducks got things going early when Donny Ek had an rbi single in the 1st. With the game tied 1-1 in the top of the 6th, the Ducks scored 4 times. 2 of the runs came on a deep double down the left field line by Steve Marinaro. Stevie also drove in another run with a base knock.

Wolcott Scrappers 6   Tri-Town Trojans 5 (8 innings)

It was another comeback win for the Wolcott Scrappers scoring 3 in the bottom of the 7th to tie the game then scoring in the 8th to beat Tri town 6-5. Soccer star Justin Cardinale perfectly placed bunt single plated his brother David after an errant throw to secure the walk off win. Nick Sconziano, Ben Bianchi and Aj Martinez all singled with one out in the 7th to start the rally. After the 2nd out, Alex James was once again clutch with a two run single to get the Scrap within one. Josh Dunne then walked to load the bases again bringing his brother Joe to the plate. After falling behind 0-2, he worked a walk to tie the game: great at bat. AJ Martinez had 3 hits for Wolcott and James added 2. Aiden Basaillion(7 hits, 3runs, 11Ks) Logan Szep and David Cardinale all pitched well for Wolcott with Cardinale not allowing a run in the 8th.
Bobby Chatfield pitched well for the Trojans giving up only 3 earned runs with 10ks in 6 2/3 innings. Willie Yahn(3 runs scored, rbi) Danny McCarty(2rbi),Coleby Bunnell and Casey McDonald all had 2 hits.

CT Sliders 10   New Haven Ravens 2

The sliders broke their 3 game slide Thursday evening with a 10-2 victory over the New Haven ravens . The game remained tight throughout with ravens starter Casey Krenicki keeping the sliders off balance until the late innings. On the other side, Ian glover pitched six solid innings allowing 1 ERA and punching out 6 ravens. The ravens got the scoring started in the second when William Diaz singled and Joselito pagan executed a perfect hit and run . A defensive miscue allowed the first run to score and second scored on an rbi groundout by Christian millau. The sliders equaled the score in the second when a leadoff single by Luke Sokolski (2-4), followed by rbi doubles by Pat Raymond (1-3) and Ty Giambra (2-3) left the score at 2-2. Things remained quiet until the bottom of the fifth at which point the sliders had a 2 out 5 run rally led by a giambra single, and hits by Joe Dicrosta (2-3) and EJ Quint (2-3).  A few more runs tacked on in the sixth sealed the deal for the sliders . The sliders improve to 6-3 and will face Naugatuck Tuesday night

Valley Kraken 2   Amenia Monarchs 0

The Valley Kraken toppled the Amenia Monarchs 2-0 in a dominant complete game performance by Luke Fisher. Luke recorded 2 strikeouts with no runs scored, 4 hits, and only 76 pitches thrown! Luke’s immaculate pitching kept the Monarchs offense at bay while the Kraken offense was able to amount timely hits to score runs in the pitchers dual. The Kraken only amassed 5 hits on the day, but John-John Coniglio was able to push one of those runners in for an RBI on the day. The Monarch offense struggled at the plate only having 5 runners on base the entire game. The Ampitching powered the Kraken to this narrow victory. Pitchers Kraken: Luke Fisher 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3 HBP

Bethlehem Plowboys 2  Burlington Hunters 1

The Bethlehem Plowboys snatched the lead late in their 2-1 victory over the Burlington Hunters. The Plow were down 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning when Ryan Ponte doubled, scoring two runs. After Derek Duffy held the Plow to 1 hit through the first 5. The pitching was strong on both sides. Bethlehem Plowboys pitchers struck out nine, while Duffy sat down seven. Burlington Hunters got on the board in the fourth inning after Zack Martin singled, advanced to second and third on passed balls, and scoring one run. Kyle Banche earned the win. The pitcher gave up one hit and zero runs over two innings, striking out one and walking one. Derek Duffy took the hard luck loss for the Hunters. The starter went all 6 innings, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out seven and walking none. Ty Boisvert opened the game for Bethlehem. The hurler allowed five hits and one run (zero earned) over five innings, striking out eight and walking four.

Jon Wilson flashed his gold glove in center. After taking a 2-1 lead, facing the bottom of the order for Burlington, Tay Donofrio smoked a ball in the gap. Wilson tracked down the ball Willy Mays style and caught it over his shoulder to keep the tying run off base late. Ponte, Jon Wilson, Isaiah Johnson, and Ryan Reynolds each collected one hit for Bethlehem. Ponte led the team with two runs batted in. For Burlington, Martin  went 1-for-3 at the plate and led the team with one run batted in. Andrew  Bunger, Sam Odonnell, Jheemi Rosado, Jake Rinkavage, Tim Krol, and Martin  each collected one hit for Burlington Hunters. Bethlehem Plowboys will travel to Tri-Town Trojans for their next game on Sunday.