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Monday's recap

Chris Ames’ RBI single drove in Brandon Hewitt in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Lyman Hall baseball team its first win of the season, 1-0 over Hand Monday in this Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision game at Wallingford.

Dan Russell tossed a two-hit shutout for the Trojans (1-11). Brian Anderson allowed just four hits in the loss for the Tigers (6-6).

Cheshire 3, Foran 2: Ethan Lonardelli’s walk-off two-run home run lifted the Rams to a victory over Foran in SCC interdivision play at Cheshire.

Dan Schock also drove in a run with a double in Cheshire’s three-run seventh inning. Kevin Mirando added two hits for Cheshire (5-6). Joe Zanghi had a double and a triple for the Lions (6-6).
West Haven 5, North Haven 2: Tyler Gambardella and Rick Balzano each had two hits for West Haven (7-5) in an SCC interdivision win at North Haven. Chris Brockett two hits for North Haven (8-4).

Notre Dame-West Haven 9, Career 2: Brian Gargiulo had three hits and Mike Levine added two to lead the Green Knights over the Panthers in SCC interdivision action at New Haven.

Notre Dame improves to 8-5. Josh Colon and Jose Negron each had two hits for Career (3-10).

Sheehan 3, Guilford 2: Mike Kakalow’s inside-the-park home run was the deciding run for Sheehan in an SCC interdivision win at Wallingford.

Nolan Cloutier singled in Kevin Duffy in the second inning to tie the game at 1-1 for the Titans (6-5). Guilford dropped to 6-6.

Platt Tech 3, Prince Tech 1: Mike Raccio scattered five hits and struck out 13 for Platt Tech in a Constitution State Conference win at Milford.
Raccio also had two hits and an RBI and Cutter Pinciero went 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Panthers (8-5, 8-2). John Diaz had a hit and an RBI for Prince Tech 6-4).

North Branford 14, Old Saybrook 3: Chris Caron had three hits, including a triple, in the Thunderbirds Shoreline Conference victory at North Branford.

Mike Querfield added two doubles for the Thunderbirds (9-3).

East Haven 11, Hamden 9: Pete Grippo had three hits and two RBIs as the Easties edged the Green Dragons in SCC interdivision play at East Haven.

Brian Kucharski added two hits and two RBIs for the Easties (6-7). Dylan Kelly had two hits for Hamden (3-9).

Seymour 4, Wilby 2 (9): Jake Walkinshaw struck out six and had two hits with a double and an RBI in the Wildcats’ Naugatuck Valley League win at Waterbury.

Nick Kuzia and Mike Conlan each had two hits for the Wildcats (5-8).

 

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Cheshire 7, Hamden 5: Dan Schock went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and PJ Watson struck out Paul Wetmore looking to give the Rams a Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision victory in Hamden on Friday.

Cheshire 7, Hamden 1: The Rams opened this one up, courtesy of a Kyle Waldron solo home run and a two-run single from Dan Schock in the top of the sixth inning.

Cheshire 3, Hamden 0: Ethan Lonardelli and Kyle Hodgdon had RBI single to pace the Rams to a 3-run lead in the top of the fifth. 

Cheshire 1, Hamden 0: Kevin Mirando stole second and scored on a throwing error by the first baseman to put the Rams up over the Green Dragons in the top of the third. Mirando reached on a six-pitch walk. 

Friday's Recap

Sheehan 6, Notre Dame-West Haven 0: Kevin Duffy allowed one hit, one walk and struck out five in the complete game for the visiting Titans in this SCC interdivision win at West Haven.

Rob Sprafke had two hits and two RBIs for Sheehan (5-5).

Haddam-Killingworth 1, Hale-Ray 0: Griffin Bremer pitched a complete game, allowing one hit and striking out seven for the host Cougars in this Shoreline Conference win at Higganum.

Nick Landell had three hits for H-K (8-3).
Ansonia 9, Naugatuck 1: Bobby Schryver had a three-run homer and Sean Bonaparte had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Chargers (6-5) to their NVL win in Naugatuck.

West Haven 12, No. 8 Shelton 3: Cameron Stone had two hits and four RBIs for the host Westies in this SCC interdivision win.

Joey Sette had two hits and an RBI and Gary Donovan had three hits for West Haven (6-5).

Tyler Tice and Michael Cowell each had RBIs and Hudson Boles had two hits for the Gaels (7-5).

Branford 10, Law 6: Rob Petrillo had a homer and Alex King had two hits and an RBI to lead the Hornets to their SCC interdivision win in Milford. Jake Rouse and Dillon Rocha each had two hits and an RBI for the Lawmen.

Guilford 10, Career 9: With the game tied at 9 and two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Michael Afeltra drew a bases-loaded walk and drove in T.J. Williams from third for the game-winning run for the Indians in their SCC interdivision win in Guilford. Alex Potocsny had a two-run double for the Indians (6-5).
Hand 16, Wilbur Cross 0: Reed Smith and Evan O’Neil combined on a no-hitter for the host Tigers in this SCC interdivision win at Madison.

Smith struck out seven in six innings. Kyle Anderson doubled and had a run-scoring triple, Kyle Brown had two hits and three RBIs and Jamed Powell had two hits, including an RBI double, for Hand (6-5).

Seymour 8, Kennedy 2: Nick Kuzia had a single, double and two RBIs and Zach Sirowich added an RBI double for the Wildcats (4-8) in their NVL win in Waterbury.


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Wednesday's recap

No. 3 Xavier 12, Foran 11: The host Falcons scored eight times in the bottom of the seventh inning in this SCC interdivision win at Middletown.

Matt Albanese had a two-out infield hit in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game for the Falcons. Mike Purcell had three doubles, a single and three RBIs and Will Garrity hit a solo home run for Xavier (10-1).

Reinaldo Jackson hit a solo home run and Anthony Alicki hit a three-run home run and finished with five RBIs for the Lions (5-5).

No. 2 Amity 7, North Haven 1: Sebastian DiMauro had three hits, including a two-run home run, to lead the host Spartans to this SCC interdivision win at Woodbridge.
Justin Ashworth and Chris Katz each had a hit and two RBIs for Amity (9-1). Matt Oestreicher had two hits for the Indians (8-3).

Ansonia 3, Torrington 2: Cory Dzienkiewicz’s sacrifice fly with one out in the fourth inning drove in Darwin Elias from third to give the Chargers (5-5) a 3-0 lead as they hung on for their Naugatuck Valley League win in Torrington.

Derby 11, Wilby 4: Victor Soto hit a grand slam and had five RBIs as Sal Frosceno, Zach Volo and Ryan Ladona all homered in the NVL home win by the Red Raiders (5-6) over Wilby (1-9).

Law 7,No. 10  Fairfield Prep 2: Kurt Holden picked up his third win of the season for the Lawmen (6-5). Cheech Guistino went 2-for-3 with two RBI for the Lawmen. Shawn Blake doubled for the Jesuits (8-3).

North Branford 5, Haddam-Killingworth 0: Brandan Basil had an RBI and two hits, Mike Querfield had a hit and two RBIs and Mike Funaro added an RBI in the win by the Thunderbirds (7-3) over the Cougars (7-3).

Shelton 9, Branford 1: Tyler Tice had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Gaels to their SCC interdivision win in Branford.
C.J. Rizzo added two hits including a three-run triple in the fifth inning and Pat Murphy had two hits for the Gaels (7-4).

Coginchaug 2, Morgan 1: John Mormile had a two-out RBI single that scored Christian Adams to lift the Blue Devils over the Huskies in Shoreline Conference action at Durham.

Ted Thody got the win for Coginchaug (7-4) over Morgan (6-4).

Hand 8, Hamden 2: Kyle Anderson had a triple and two RBIs for the visiting Tigers in this SCC interdivision win.

Winning pitcher James Powell allowed four hits and helped his cause with an RBI for Hand (5-5).

Paul Wetmore doubled and had an RBI for Hamden (3-7).

Notre Dame-West Haven 6, Guilford 2: Zack Balabon had a hit and two RBIs for the host Green Knights in this SCC win at West Haven. Notre Dame is 7-4.

Oxford 4, Stratford 2: Winning pitcher Kyle Chudoba struck out six and had a two-run double for the visiting Wolverines in this South-West Conference win at Stratford.

Neil Ring had two hits and an RBI for Oxford (8-2). Alec Ward had two hits and Mike Tecci had two hits and an RBI for the Red Devils (4-6).

 

THE MIDSEASON REPORT

BATTER BOX — We’ve hit the midway point of the baseball regular season. After most teams having played about 10 or 11 games, some upsets, some extra-inning nail biters and some blowouts, we basically know nothing. And that is just the way we like it, right? Below is a quick look at what we’ve learned from the first half of the season and what could happen in the second half. Most likely it won't though, happy reading!

What we learned (kind of)

THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IS...: Yeah, okay the baseball writers and I are still working on that one. There has been a different number one team each week. From Amity, to Xavier, to Bristol Central, we just can’t decide. However, in my humble opinion, No. 2 Amity, who was No. 1 in the first poll, is the state’s best team due to pitchers Mike Concato and Sam Nepiarsky. In the state and conference tournaments, having a strong No. 1 and 2 starter is the main ingredient to a title. The 8-1 Spartans are only giving up 1.2 runs per game and their only loss came via a seventh inning error. Not bad, to me at least. In spite of that, the 9-1 Falcons are shutting teams down, too. No. 3 Xavier was voted No. 1 in the second poll and has only gave up three or more runs in a game three times this season. Xavier is 2-1 in those games with the lone loss being a 6-3 defeat to defending Class LL champ Shelton. Now new No. 1 Bristol Central of the Central Connectitcut Conference joins the convo courtesy of a 7-0 record and star pitcher Matt Blandino. These three teams will play musical chairs with the top spot until someone really falls off, which I doubt. Just know, Amity is most likely the best, barring injury.

Amity's Concato fans 12

HAMDEN’S GOT BAD LUCK: Remember the song Bad Luck by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes? Remember Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes? Well you get a gold star sport! Seriously, make that old school track the Green Dragons’ first half theme song. Hamden is 1-2 in extra inning games and is currently riding a three-game losing streak in which it has dropped all three by one lousy run. Don’t feel too bad for the Green Dragons though, these guys are good. Hamden rallied from an eight-run deficit to force extras with No. 3 Xavier and lost 12-11 in eight innings. Then two days later, lost to 7-2 No. 10 Fairfield Prep (Who wants respect) 5-4 in nine frames. Hamden also topped No. 8 Shelton 6-4 earlier in the season. Hamden’s got spoiler written all over it.
THE NO. 5 CROMWELL/HADDAM-KILLINGWORTH GAME IS GOING TO BE SWEET: Over in the Shoreline Conference, Cromwell has been rocking steady (Bet you don’t remember Rock Steady by the Whispers!! Haha, I’m on a roll). However, the defending Class S champion Panthers took their only loss of the season to Haddam-Killingworth 6-2 on Apr. 5. The Cougars are 7-2, with both losses decided by one run to Portland and Old Lyme. These two seem to be the best in the SLC and Cromwell might be headed for a Class S repeat. May 8 will answer a lot of questions.
WOLCOTT MIGHT ALREADY HAVE THE NVL WRAPPED UP: With a team ERA of 1.97 and batting average of .359 with 104 hits and 64 RBIs, the Eagles are head and shoulders above anyone in the Naugatuck Valley League. Wolcott is 9-0 and also possesses a NHR Top 25 talent in Manny Cruz, who is batting a scorching .500 (Yes, .500) and holds a 5-0 record on the mound with a 1.27 ERA. The only potential obstacle is 8-2 Holy Cross. Or maybe not, after Wolcott trounced the Crusaders 10-2 last Friday.
N0. 6 ST. JOSEPH IS THE SCARIEST TEAM IN THE FCIAC: The Cadets hold a 7-2 record. No. 4 New Canaan (9-1) is arguably more talented. However, I’ve always been a resume over personnel guy and the Cadets’ resume is good enough to fetch them a job in my dying profession. This season the Cadets have defeated No. 7 Greenwich and aforementioned New Canaan. SJ’s losses are a 3-1 decision to Wilton (6-3) and a 8-3 season-opening loss to Ridgefield (7-2), Be very afraid of the Cadets Fairfield County, very afraid.

What we might learn (But most likely won’t)

RAIN, RAIN, OH, YOU’RE NOT COMING? COOL, KEEP IT THAT WAY: Just one day has been interrupted due to rain in the first half of the season. Although I would love to tell you that the rest of the season will go on uninterrupted, I know better. Pitching rotations get screwed up due to the rain and look for that to happen in the second half.
THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IS: Amity, just don’t see anyone topping this team in Class LL. They’re not always on fire at the plate, but with Jake Russo, Justin Ashworth and Co., three or four runs should be enough with their pitching staff.
THE REGULAR-SEASON IS OVERRATED: Pick up a paper and look at a box score, wait, who am I kidding? Go online and look at a box score and you’ll see good teams losing to bad teams and ranked teams losing to unranked teams. Don’t be fooled. Pitching wins championships. Therefore, some top teams may drop some in an effort to see who else can eat up some innings when the playoffs come around. Also, playing three to four games in a week will put a strain on your rotation. There will be upsets in the second half, but before you say a team is or isn’t legit because they lost, ask who pitched.
IF NOTRE DAME-WEST HAVEN GETS HEALTHY, WATCH OUT: The Green Knights have been without UConn-bound Griffin Garabedian and Greg Zullo for quite some time now. However, if coach Lou Kessler can get his guys back, look for Notre Dame-West Haven to make a strong push towards the postseason. The Green Knights are 6-4, it is far from over in West Haven for these guys.

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING: Seriously, we don't. We watch games, we talk about it, we look over stats and at the end of the day, the end result is decided on the field and sadly our respective publications and TV stations don't give us gloves and bats, just modest checks. Play ball.

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Monday's Recap

North Haven 1, No. 8 Shelton 0: Chandler Andrewson allowed five hits and struck out nine for the Indians in this SCC interdivision win at Shelton.

Zack Brown drove in the winning run with two outs in the sixth inning for North Haven (8-2).

Ryan Testani gave up five hits and struck out 10 for the Gaels (6-4).

Fairfield Prep 7, Hand 1: Shawn Blake and Mike Carter both hit two-run home runs for Hand in an SCC interdivision win at Madison.
Kevin Stone went 3-for-3 for the Jesuits (8-2).

James Powell and Jake Golicz both doubled for the Tigers (4-5).

Derby 5, Kennedy 2: Dillon McMahon had a single, double, run and an RBI for the host Red Raiders in this NVL win.

Michael Kreiger had a triple and an RBI and Justin Olenoski had a hit and two runs for Derby (4-6).

Ansonia 5, Crosby 0: Ryan O’Connor had two doubles and scored twice for the host Chargers in this NVL win. Ansonia is 4-5.

Seymour 8, Holy Cross 1: Jim Vartelas had two hits and an RBI for the visiting Wildcats in this NVL win at Waterbury.

Jake Walkinshaw had two hits and an RBI for Seymour (3-7).

Morgan 6, Old Saybrook 1: Gary Forbes had two hits and two RBIs for the visiting Huskies in this Shoreline Conference win. Morgan is 6-3.

Law 6, Hamden 5: Nolan Rourke drove in the winning run in the fifth inning for the host Lawmen in this SCC interdivision win at Milford.

Jake Rouse had three hits and an RBI and Rich Dow had two hits and three RBIs for Law (5-5).

Tyler Mitchell had two doubles and an RBI and Matt Moskal had a hit and two RBIs for the Green Dragons (3-6).

No. 2 Amity 6, Branford 0: Mike Concato and Sebastian Dimauro each went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base for Amity (8-1) in an SCC interdivision win at Woodbridge. Robert Miniter doubled for the Hornets (4-6).

Sheehan 8, Career 3: Zach Hart threw a four-hitter and Paul Gozzo was 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Sheehan in an SCC interdivision win at Wallingford.

Mike Kakalowwas 2 for 4 with an RBI and Nolan Cloutier was 1 for 2 with two RBIs for Sheehan (4-5). Josh Colon had an RBI double for the Panthers (3-7).

Haddam-Killingworth 6, East Hampton 2: Winning pitcher Brian Moskey allowed eight hits, struck out five and added a two-run single for the host Cougars in this Shoreline Conference win.

Jake Decarli, Ty Schuler and Cody Harlow each had two hits for H-K (7-2).

East Haven 5, Cheshire 3: John Criscio had two hits, including a triple, to lead the visiting Easties to this SCC interdivision win. East Haven is 5-5.

Dan Schock had three hits and two RBIs for the Rams (3-6).

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Concato Ks 12, Amity edges Shelton

 

Amity 3, Shelton 0: Mike Concato struck out 12 to lead the Spartans over the Gaels in Woodbridge on Friday. Chris Katz and Anthony Capozziello had sac RBIs in the victory.

Amity 3 Shelton 0: Mike Concato is now at eight punch outs going to the bottom of the sixth, as the pitcher approaches another 10 strikeout game.

Amity 3, Shelton 0: The Spartans take a 3-0 lead going to the top of the fifth courtesy of a sac fly from Chris Katz that scored Justin Ashworth. 

Amity 2, Shelton 0: Amity's Mike Concato is twirling a gem with five strikeouts through three innings. The starter is halfway to a 10 strikeout performance as we head to the bottom of the third.

Amity 2, Shelton 0: Keith Klebart scored on a wild pitch and Jake Russo scored off a ground ball from Anthony Capozziello to give the Spartans a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
 

 FRIDAY'S RECAP 

Kevin Stone had three hits, including one in the bottom of the ninth inning to drive in Chris Collins with the deciding run for the Fairfield Prep baseball team, which edged Hamden 5-4 in nine innings Friday in this Southern Connecticut Conference Quinnipiac Division win at Fairfield.

Collins and David Gerics both had two hits for the Jesuits (7-2, 3-1). Luke D’Ostilio had two hits and two runs and Christian Colon added two RBIs for the Green Dragons (3-5, 1-3).

Career 4, Law 3: Winning pitcher Jose Negron had two doubles, a single and two RBIs for the visiting Panthers in this SCC interdivision win at Milford.

Will Jackson had two hits and an RBI for Career (3-6). Jake Rouse a single, double and two RBIs for the Lawmen (4-5).
Guilford 1, No. 6 Foran 0: Nick Rubino allowed three hits and struck out 10 for Guilford in this SCC Hammonasset Division win at Milford.

Dante Parisi walked to lead off the fourth inning, stole second and P.J. Ciocca drove him in with an RBI single for the Indians (5-3). Mike Aseltra went 2-for-2 with two walks for Guilford.

Anthony Alicki struck out 10 for the Lions (5-3).

Cheshire 14, Lyman Hall 2: Kevin Mirando went 3-for-4, including a triple and Coopper Mrowka went 2-for-3, including a triple, with two runs and an RBI for Cheshire in an SCC Housatonic Division home win. Dan Schock and Kyle Hodgdon both had three hits for the Rams (3-5, 1-3).

East Haven 14, Wilbur Cross 3: Andrew Hinckley had two doubles, a single and three RBIs to lead the host Easties to this SCC Oronqoue Divison win.

John Criscio hit a home run for East Haven (4-5, 3-1). Thomas Mieles had two hits and an RBI for the Governors (1-8, 0-4).
Westbrook 11, Hyde 2: Sam Grigo had a triple and a double for the visiting Knights, which won their first game of the season in this Shoreline Conference contest at New Haven. Westbrook is 1-7.

Ryan Rodriguez had two hits for the Howling Wolves (0-8).

Naugatuck 4, Seymour 3: Scott Still hit a two-run homer to lead the Greyhounds (4-4) to their Naugatuck Valley League win in Seymour. Mike Tuscano had an RBI double for the Wildcats (2-7).

West Haven 4, Sheehan 0: Nick Price pitched a complete game, allowed three hits and struck out five for the host Westies in this SCC interdivision win.

Joe Sette had two hits and scored for West Haven (4-5). Sal Gozzo, Brandon Gauthier and Paul Gozzo each had hits for the Titans (3-5).

Hopkins 3, St. Luke 1: Paul Tupper had three hits for the visiting Hilltoppers in this prep school win at New Canaan. Hopkins is 5-2.

Platt Tech 5, Wilcox Tech 2: Angelo Genovesi went 2-for-3 with two runs and Todd Petrucci went 2-for-2 with two RBIs for Platt Tech in a CSC win at Milford. Sean Clark added two hits for the Panthers.

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Wednesday's recap

Matt Pitney hit a walk-off RBI triple that scored Ryan O’Connor and Louis Nicoletti in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Ansonia baseball team over St. Paul 6-5 in Ansonia on Wednesday in Naugatuck Valley League action.

O’Connor added two doubles for the Chargers (2-5), who trailed St. Paul 5-4 headed into the seventh. Kyle MacLean added a triple for St. Paul (6-2).

No. 1 Xavier 12, Hamden 11 (8): Joe Violette’s two-out single in the top of the eight inning scored Ben Criscuolo with the winning run for the visiting Falcons (7-1, 3-0) in this SCC Quinnipiac Division win in Hamden.

Jim Magson had three hits, including a home run, and three RBIs and Tyler Mitchell had three hits and an RBI for the Green Dragons (3-4, 1-2), who rallied from an eight-run deficit to send the game into extra innings.
No. 3 Amity 3, No. 4 Notre Dame-West Haven 1: Jake Russo hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning to lift the visiting Spartans to this SCC interdivision win at West Haven.

Amity is 6-1. Brandon Wynne had two hits and an RBI for the Green Knights (5-3).

No. 10 Shelton 6, Lyman Hall 1: Sophomore Mike Cowell earned his first varsity victory and helped his cause with two hits, a run and an RBI for the host Gaels in this SCC Housatonic Division win at Shelton.

Ed Groth had a hit and two RBIs for Shelton (6-2).

Justin Brown had two hits for the Trojans (0-8).

Branford 19, No. 6 Foran 1: Rob Petrillo had four hits and four RBIs for the visiting Hornets in this SCC interdivision win at Milford.
Rob Miniter had two hits and two RBIs for Branford (4-4).

East Haven 12, Career 5: Justin Fry pitched three scoreless innings of relief to earn the win and helped his cause with three hits for the visiting Easties in this SCC Oronoque Division win at New Haven.

Nick Lamberti went 4-for-5 with four RBIs for East Haven (3-5).

Fairfield Prep 4, West Haven 1: Mike Carter delivered a two RBI pinch-hit single in the top of the sixth innings to help lift the Jesuits (6-1) over the Blue Devils (3-5). Dave Gercis pitched all seven innings allowing six hits in the SCC Quinnipiac Division matchup.

Matt Carter finished with two hits and scored the only run for the Blue Devils.

Hand 2, Law 1: Scott Braren went 2-for-3 with a double to lead the Tigers (4-4) over the Eagles in SCC Hammonasset Division action at Milford.

Kevin Johnson had an RBI for Law (4-4)).

Platt Tech 6, Wolcott Tech 5: Cutter Pinciero had two hits and an RBI and Jim Coury had a double and two RBIs for the host Panthers in this Constitution State Conference win at Milford.

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Ed Groth had two hits and two RBIs for No. 10 Shelton, which beat top-ranked Xavier 6-3 in an Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision game at Middletown.

Justin Lynch added two hits and Ryan Testani won his second game for the Gaels (4-2). Matt Albanese had two hits for Xavier (6-1).

No. 3 Amity 8, Cheshire 3: Keith Klebert had two hits and two RBIs and Anthony Capozziello added three hits and an RBI in the Spartans’ SCC Housatonic Division win in Cheshire.

East Haven 3, Branford 1: Nick Lamberti had two hits and two RBIs for East Haven (2-5) in an SCC Oronoque Division home win. Branford fell to 2-4.
No. 6 Foran 5, Hand 0: Pitcher Anthony Alicki had eight strikeouts and allowed two hits to lead the Lions to their SCC Hammonasset win in Milford.

Chris Yee went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Casey McCone went 2-for-2 with two RBIs for the Lions (5-1).

Sheehan 4, Lyman Hall 1: Brandon Rentas allowed four hits and no earned runs for Sheehan in an SCC Housatonic Division home win.

Zach Hart’s single and Kevin Duffy’s double gave Sheehan (2-3, 2-0) the lead in the 3rd. For the Trojans (0-6, 0-2), Dan Russell took the loss striking out four.

Hamden 3, West Haven 2: Tyler Mitchell had a single and two RBIs for the host Green Dragons in this SCC Quinnipiac Division win.

Mat Moskal pitched a complete game and allowed just four hits to earn the win for Hamden (3-3, 1-1). Joe Sette had a two-run double for the Westies (3-4, 0-3).

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 SATURDAY'S RECAP

What Rubino and Nerney said resoundingly on Saturday

Nick Rubino and Luke Nerney combined on a no-hitter for Guilford in a 3-0 Southern Connecticut Conference Hammonasset Division win over host Law Saturday in Milford.

Dante Parisi had two hits, including a double, and an RBI for the Indians (4-2).

East Haven 4, Hand 1: Andrew Hinckley hit a two-run double for the visiting Easties in this SCC interdivision win at Madison.

East Haven scored three times in the top of the seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie.
Nick Lamberti had three hits, including a double, and Matt Wynne had two hits for the Easties (1-5).

Morgan 6, Barlow 0: Mike Austin hit a two-run double for the host Huskies in this non-league win at Clinton.

Ron Buchetto allowed just four hits to earn the win for Morgan (2-3).

North Branford 5, Coginchaug 1: Brandan Basil had two RBIs, Kyle Hart, Nick Perrelli and Matt Edwards doubled and Mike Schettino pitched a complete game in a Shoreline victory on the road.

Chris Caron also doubled for the Thunderbirds (5-1) in the win over the Blue Devils (4-2).

Woodland 3, Ansonia 2: Anthony Scirpo tripled and scored for the host Hawks in this Naugatuck Valley League win at Beacon Falls.
Anthony Ross pitched a complete game and allowed just six hits for Woodland (2-4).

Darwin Elias doubled and scored and Adam Thayer allowed six hits and struck out eight for the Chargers (1-5).

No. 6 Xavier 3, West Haven 2 (9): Matt Albanese had two hits and drove in the winning run in the top of the ninth inning to lift the visiting Falcons to this SCC Quinnipiac Division win at West Haven.

Jack Gethings had two hits, including an RBI double, and scored twice and Mike Purcell had two hits and an RBI for Xavier (6-0).

Matt Carter and Jay Wilkerson each drove in runs for the Westies (3-3).

Haddam-Killingworth 10, Ellington 3: Brian Moskey hit a three-run double to lift the host Cougars to this non-league win at Higganum.

Griffin Bremer, Jake DeCarli and Nick Landell also had hits for H-K (3-1).

Bremer scattered five hits and struck out four to earn his second victory of the season.

Today’s postponements

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 NVL

Ansonia at Woodland, ppd., to Saturday, 1 p.m.

Shoreline

Valley Regional at Portland, ppd., TBA

Westbrook at Old Saybrook, ppd., to Thursday, 1 p.m.

North Branford at Coginchaug, ppd., to Saturday, 3 p.m.

Hyde at Haddam-Killingworth, ppd., to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.

SCC Quinnipiac

 Xavier at West Haven, ppd., Saturday, 11 a.m.

Notre Dame-West Haven at Hamden, ppd., to Saturday, 11 a.m.

SCC Housatonic

Shelton at Sheehan, ppd., Tuesday, 4:15 p.m.

SCC Oronoque

Branford at Wilbur Cross, ppd., Tuesday, 11 a.m.

SCC Hammonasset

Guilford at Law, 

SCC interdivision

East Haven at Hand, ppd., Saturday, 2 p.m.

CSC

Platt Tech at Kaynor Tech, ppd., Tuesday, 4 p.m.

Preps

Rye (N.Y.) at Hamden Hall, ppd., TBA.

Wednesday's roundup

Matt Haskell reached on an error, allowing Sal Gozzo to score the deciding run for the Sheehan abseball team, securing a 2-1 Southern Connecticut Conference Housatonic Division win over No. 1 Amity Wednesday at Woodbridge.

It was the first time Sheehan beat Amity since the 2003 season.

Sheehan starter Zach Hart struck out four in a complete game as the Titans (1-3) handed the Spartans (3-1) their first loss of the season. Mike Concato struck out 10 for Amity.

No. 2 Shelton 6, Cheshire 2: Ryan Testani had three hits and two RBIs for the host Gaels in this SCC Housatonic Division win.

Marcello Ursini had two hits and two runs for Shelton (3-2).

Hand 9, Guilford 6: Ben Bednarczyk had three RBIs, Scott Brarent added an RBI double and the Tigers downed the Indians in an SCC Hammonasset game in Guilford as both teams now stand at 3-2.

Hopkins 5, Loomis Chaffee 3: Gordon Driscoll had two hits to lead the host Hilltoppers to this prep school win at New Haven.

Jake Poliner hit a home run for Hopkins (4-1).

North Haven 7, East Haven 1: Matt Oestreicher had three RBIs, Zach Brown had two hits and two RBIs and Mike Acampora had a home run in the Indians (3-2) triumph at home.

Nick Lamberti had an RBI for East Haven (0-5).

Seymour 9, Torrington 6: Trevor Tema had three hits and a run and Nick Kuzia had three hits and two RBIs and the Wildcats picked up a home victory to improve to 2-3.

Pat Baker had a home run for Torrington (1-3).

Wilbur Cross 3, SMSA 1: Eddie Luther scored two runs and Thomas Mieles had two RBIs in the Governors victory.

No. 6 Xavier 7, Fairfield Prep 1: Chris Cardi, Jay Schaf and Pat Downy all had two hits as the Falcons routed the Jesuits in Middletown to improve to 5-0 and drop Fairfield Prep to 4-1.

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Nick Kuzia earned the win and had two hits as Seymour edged host Woodland 2-1 in this Naugatuck Valley League contest held at Beacon Falls.

Mike Tuscano recorded the save, while chipping in with two hits and a run for the Wildcats (1-3), while Dan Godette had a two-run single for the Wildcats.

Mike Kenney had two hits, including a double, for Woodland (0-3).

No. 2 Shelton 4, Law 0: Marcello Ursini had a double and a triple and two RBIs for the host Gaels in this SCC interdivision win.

Ryan Testani allowed just three hits in the win for Shelton (2-2).

Fairfield Prep 17, Wilbur Cross 0: Chris Collins had a single, double, two runs and an RBI to lead the visiting Jesuits to this SCC interdivision win at New Haven.

David Gerics had a triple and two runs for Fairfield Prep (4-0). Jake Mahoney had two hits and two stolen bases for the Governors (0-4).

No. 1 Amity 8, Hand 0: Justin Ashworth drove in three runs for the host Spartans in this SCC interdivision win at Woodbridge.

Keith Klebart and Jake Russo each had two hits for Amity (3-0). James Powell had two hits for the Tigers (2-2).

Notre Dame-West Haven 12, East Haven 1: Anthony Rovasio allowed just one hit over six innings and struck out nine in the Green Knights SCC interdivision win at East Haven.

Notre Dame (3-1) scored eight runs in the final inning. East Haven drops to 0-4.

No. 7 Foran 13, Sheehan 3: Reinaldo Jackson went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and Casey McCone had three hits and three RBIs for the visiting Lions in this SCC interdivision win at Wallingford.

Anthony Alicki earned the win for Foran. Zach Hart had a run-scoring double for the Titans.

North Haven 5, Hamden 2: Chris Brockett drove in two runs and Vin Cretella also drove in a run for the host Indians in this SCC interdivision win.

Chandler Andrewson and winning pitcher Mike Acampora each had two hits for the Indians (2-2).

Mike D’Astilio and Mark Masciantonio had two hits each for the Green Dragons (1-2).

West Haven 5, Branford 0: Cameron Stone pitched a complete game, allowing two hits, and struck out nine for the visiting Westies in this SCC interdivision win. West Haven is 3-1.

Guilford 7, Lyman Hall 4: Ben Monte went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases in the Indians’ SCC interdivision victory at Wallingford.

Andrew Kelly had a two-run single and Dante Parisi drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh with an RBI single for Guilford (3-1).

Lyman Hall falls to 0-4.

North Branford 4, Westbrook 1: Nick Perrelli went the distance, allowing three hits, one run and struck out 10 in a Shoreline Conference win at North Branford.

Chris Caron had two hits and Brandan Basil had a two-run triple for North Branford (4-0). Westbrook falls to 0-3.

Derby 5, Ansonia 2: Sal Frosceno pitched seven innings, allowing two runs and five hits in Derby’s Naugatuck Valley League win at Ansonia.

Derby improves to 3-1. Ansonia falls to 1-3.

AMITY 8, HAND 0

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James Powell, Smith (5) and Nuzzo; Chris Simmino, Ross Weiner (6) and Gerald Farace.

WP: Chris Simmino (1-0). LP: James Powell ().

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 Wes Robertson had two hits and an RBI, and Dan Schock added three hits, an RBI and got the save as the Cheshire baseball team picked up its first victory of the season with a 3-1 SCC interdivsion win over No. 9 Notre Dame-West Haven on Saturday in West Haven.

Troy Terzi went the distance for Notre Dame-West Haven (2-1) in a losing effort.

No. 1 Amity 10, West Haven 5: Anthony Capoziello went 2-for-3 with three runs, two stolen bases and an RBI as the Spartans downed the Blue Devils to improve to 2-0.

Cameron Stone had a double for West Haven (2-1).
Derby 15, Platt Tech 1: Mike Kreiger had four hits and four RBIs, including a three-run homer, to lead the Red Raiders to their non-league win in Derby.

Ryan Landona and Dillon McMahon added two hits each for the Red Raiders (2-1).

Hamden 6, No. 2 Shelton 4: Jim Magson homered and Paul Wetmore had two hits and an RBI to lead the Green Dragons to their SCC interdivision win in Hamden.

Zach Morgillo pitched a complete game for the Green Dragons (1-1). Ryan Testani had a homer and four RBIs for the Gaels (1-2).

Hand 8, Branford 7: Ben Bednarczyk went 2-for-3 with four RBIs, including a two-run homer, to lead the Tigers to their SCC interdivision win in Madison.

Adam Nuzzo, James Powell and Bobby Lanza added two hits each for the Tigers (2-1).
Hopkins 8, Kingswood Oxford 7 (8): With two outs in the top of the eighth, Paul Tupper hit a game-winning RBI single to lead the Hilltoppers to a prep school win in West Hartford.

Doug Schaffer added an RBI double for the Hilltoppers (3-0).

North Branford 6, East Haven 2: Nick Perrelli had two doubles and four RBIs to lead the Thunderbirds to their non-league win in East Haven.

Nick Candelora had two hits, and Chris Caron added a triple for the Thunderbirds (3-0).

St. Joseph 6, Seymour 2: Nick Williams had a three-run homer, and Brett Olayos added three hits and an RBI to lead the Cadets to their non-league win in Seymour.

Pitcher Mike Tuscano had seven strikeouts, an RBI triple and a run scored for the Wildcats.

No. 6 Xavier 3, Sheehan 0: Jake Gethings had two hits, including a two-run single, to lead the Falcons to their SCC interdivision win in Wallingford. Xavier improves to 3-0.

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No. 1 Amity 15, Guilford 1: Mike Concato, Nick Fusco, Ross Weiner and Max Ritchie combined for a no-hitter as the Spartans opened the season with a rout of Guilford in Woodbridge.

Ansonia 9, Seymour 0: Pitcher Adam Thayer had 12 strikeouts and allowed one walk to lead the Chargers to their Naugatuck Valley League win in Seymour.

Bobby Schryver had a single, double and three RBIs and Matt Pitney added two hits, an RBI and three stolen bases for the Chargers (1-1).

Fairfield Prep 17, Career 2: Shawn Blake was 5-for-5 and the Jesuits (2-0) routed the Panthers (1-1) in New Haven in an SCC interdivision game.
No. 7 Foran 10, Lyman Hall 1: Casey McCone had 12 strikeouts walked one and added two RBIs as the Lions routed the Trojans in Wallingford.

Rinaldo Jackson had three hits and two RBIs for Foran (2-0) in the win over Lyman Hall (0-2).

Law 9, Cheshire 1: Jim Palmer went 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored to lead the Lawmen to their SCC interdivision win in Cheshire. Tim Maher added three hits for the Lawmen (2-0).

No. 2 Shelton 9, Hand 4: Ryan Testani had a hit and three RBIs and Mike Cowell added two hits, including a two-run double, to lead the Gaels to their SCC interdivision win in Madison.

Tyler Tice had three hits and an RBI for the Gaels (1-1). Ben Bednarczyk and Adam Nuzzo each had a two-run double for the Tigers (1-1).

Stratford 6, Fairfield Warde 4: The Red Devils got three RBIs out of Rob Koripsky in a non-conference victory on the road.
Mike Tecci had a single and a two-run double for Stratford (2-0) in the win over Warde (0-1).

West Haven 7, Wilbur Cross 2: Tyler Gambardella went 3-for-3, including a triple, scored twice and stole a base for West Haven in an SCC interdivision win at New Haven.

Bobby Moretti went 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Westies (2-0). Kevin Rivas went 2-for-2 and scored for the Governors (0-2).

Xavier 11, East Haven 3: Matt Albanese hit a home run and the Falcons (2-0) routed the Yellow Jackets (0-2) on the road in an SCC interdivision game.

 

THURSDAY'S  SCHEDULE
NVL:
Ansonia at Seymour (French Park), 3:30 p.m.;
Non-league:
Trumbull at Bunnell, 3:30 p.m.; Stratford at Fairfield Warde
SCC interdivision: Foran at Lyman Hall; Guilford at Amity; Hamden at Branford; West Haven at Wilbur Cross; Fairfield Prep at Career (West Rock Park); Xavier at East Haven; Law at Cheshire, 4 p.m.; Notre Dame-West Haven at North Haven, 4 p.m.; Shelton at HanD, 4:15 p.m.

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Wynne leads No. 9 Notre Dame-West Haven over No. 2 Shelton

 

Notre Dame-West Haven 3, Shelton 1 (Final): Brandon Wynne hit the go-ahead 2-run double and starting pitcher Greg Zullo pitched a complete game with six strikeouts as the Green Knights won their season-opener at Quigley Stadium in Wednesday.

Notre Dame-West Haven 3, Shelton 1 (Fifth inning): The Green Knights take their first lead of the game off a 2-run double from Brandon Wynne with two outs. 

Shelton 1, Notre Dame-West Haven 1 (Third inning):  Greg Zullo had an RBI single to right to score Wes Paulsen after Paulsen reached on an E6 to tie it up as we head to the top of the fourth.

Shelton 1, Notre Dame-West Haven (First inning): Tyler Tice had an infield single, stole second and scored on an E6 to put the Gaels up heading to the bottom of the first. Stay right here for up to the minute updates on Opening Day.

WEDNESDAY'S ROUNDUP 

Branford starts anew with Ed Bethke at the Helm

Career 8, Platt Tech 0: Pitchers Eric Colon, Josh Colon, Will Jackson, Jose Negron and Melvin Santiago combined for a no-hitter, eight strikeouts and a walk to lead the Panthers to their non-league win in New Haven. Eric Colon went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Justin Garcia had a three-run triple for the Panthers.

Fairfield Prep 4, Sheehan 1: Chris Sutay had two hits and two RBIs and Sean Blake had a triple, RBI and two runs scored to lead the Jesuits in their SCC interdivision win in Fairfield. Pitcher Zach Hart had five strikeouts and had a double and scored a run.

Haddam-Killingworth 7, Old Saybrook 0: Pitcher Jake Decarli struck out 15 and had two hits and three RBIs to lead the Cougars to their Shoreline conference win in Old Saybrook.

Law 2, East Haven 1: Kevin Johnson drove in a run on a sacrifice fly and Jake Rouse had an RBI single for the host Lawmen in this SCC interdivision win at Milford.
Derby 2, Seymour 0: Pitcher Sal Frosceno had 12 strikeouts and had two hits to lead the Red Raiders to their NVL win in Derby. Tyler Bottino drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and Tim Garrity’s fielders choice drove in another run for the Red Raiders.

Stratford 1, Trinity Catholic 0 (8): Joe DeFrancesco had two hits, including the game-winning walk-off RBI double, to lead the host Red Devils to this non-conference win.

Joe Marsan singled and scored the winning run for Stratford (1-0).

No. 7 Foran 11, Wilbur Cross 0: Anthony Alicki had 12 strikeouts and drove in five runs to lead the Lions to their SCC interdivision win in Milford.

Hand 10, North Haven 7: Ray Miklos had a three-run homer to lead the Tigers to their SCC interdivision win in Madison. Adam Nuzzo and James Powell each added a two-run homer for the Tigers. Nuzzon ended up going 4-for-4 with three RBIs. Mike Acampora had a three-run homer and Chandler Andrewson a two-run homer for the Indians.

No. 6 Xavier 10, Cheshire 6: Will Garrity had three hits, including a double, and four RBIs for the Falcons in this win at Cheshire.
Mike Purcell had two singles and a double for Xavier (1-0).

Hopkins 7, Brunswick 3: Paul Tuppper hit a two-run triple for the host Hilltoppers in this prep school win at New Haven.

Doug Schaffer had a run-scoring double for Hopkins (1-0).

West Haven 18, Lyman Hall 5: Winning pitcher Cameron Stone allowed four hits in six innings and helped his cause with three RBIs for the host Westies in this SCC interdivision win.

Gary Donovan and Mike Brand had three hits each for West Haven (1-0).

Justin Brown and Brett Bilodeau each had two hits and an RBI for the Trojans.

Guilford 8, Branford 7: Zach Battapaglia drove in the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift the host Indians to this SCC interdivision win.

Mike Afeltra had four hits and two RBIs and Ryan Fraiser drove in a run on a sacrifice fly for Guilford (1-0).

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