Cal Ripken League

CT Ear, Nose & Throat 9, Attorney Buzzi 6: Will Huegi and Rob Lombardo played well in the victory, and Connor Barrett, Ben Harrison, and Chris Mok starred in defeat.

Express 9, Heroes 6: Sal e Pepe sponsored this game. Adam Bergeron got the win and Joey Caruso had 2 big hits. Henry Primavera had 3 hits in defeat.

Stratton Faxon 6, Grimes Times 5: Under the lights at Treadwell Park, Stratton Faxon, behind player of the week Jacob Duffy’s great hitting, pulled out the victory. Adam Beckett pitched well in defeat.

Heroes 6, MSR Music 4: Ben Dieckman knocked in the go-ahead run and Harry Eppers knocked in 3 runs for the Heroes. Nick Venezia pitched well in defeat.

Whitlock Cabinetworks 6, Attorney Buzzi 5: Lucas O’Brien homered late to lead the Whitlock boys to victory. Marc Lasorsa and Evan Kohlstat pitched well for the winners.

15U

Bethel 5, Newtown Base Technologies 4: Newtown fought back from a 3-0 deficit with four fifth-inning runs, but lost a heart-breaker in extra innings Saturday at the Middle School field. Bethel pushed across the winning run on a squeeze bunt in the ninth inning. In the fifth inning, Newtown’s Andrew Martinez singled, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and scored when Mario Pizighelli crushed a single to center. Alex Romeo drove in Pizighelli with a single, and Ben Stoller walked. On an infield error, Romeo scored from third base, and Stoller slid under the catcher’s tag to score from second base. Newtown’s pitchers — Kaleb Rowe, Stoller, Pizighelli, John Lebinski and Greg Horne — had a solid outing, scattering just five hits over nine innings. Pizighelli and Romeo each had two singles.

New Milford 17, Newtown Base Technologies 7: New Milford exploded for 14 hits over four innings to on a cold afternoon Sunday at Volunteer Field in New Milford. Newtown jumped out to a 4-0 first-inning lead behind hard-hit doubles by Alex Romeo, John Lebinski, Kaleb Rowe, and Mario Pizighelli. Mike Davis also knocked in a run during the inning with an infield groundout. Davis clouted a long double in the fifth inning. He and teammates Lebinski and Pizighelli each had two hits in a game concluded by Babe Ruth Baseball’s 10-run rule after 4 ½ innings.