TRAVEL

U13

Knights 11, Woodbridge 7 – Keith McGrath laced two long doubles, driving home three runs as the Knights ran their record to 8-1 in Connecticut Babe Ruth League play. Tyler Edwards (two RBI), Jeff Spencer (two runs) and Tory Deakin paced the offense as Anthony Gruce and Nate Crevier made fine defensive plays. Spencer hurled four strong innings and Mike Coates notched the save with two innings of relief.

U10

Lightning 23, Southbury 6 – Chris Devaney, Michael Koch, Wes Tardie and John Lebinski banged out three hits apiece, fueled an 18-hit attack, and led the Lightning to the win in the New Canaan Summer Baseball League. Troy Larsen, Kyle Morrissey, Ryan Daignault, Ben Stoller and Koch all combined on a five hitter.

Lightning 9, Fairfield 7 – Ryan Daignault collected three hits and scored three runs as the Lightning improved to 4-0. Pat Thornberg had two hits, including a booming triple over the left fielder’s head. Troy Larsen, Kyle Morrissey and Michael Koch limited Fairfield to six hits.

IN-HOUSE

13/15

The task seemed tough – win back-to-back games for the championship – but that’s what Newtown Limousine did last week, defeating Noyes-Ryder Capital Management twice in a row to capture the Newtown Babe Ruth 13/15 division title at the Newtown Middle School.

A couple of solid pitching efforts did the trick. In the final, an 8-2 win for Limo, Matt Mascolo and Brett LeBlanc combined for two triples and a double while Tory Deakin and JR Shine had clutch RBI singles. Greg Larnerd was solid at first base and John Tita turned in an outstanding pitching performance.

Noyes-Ryder had sent Newtown Limo into the loser’s bracket with a 10-4 win earlier in the division playoffs. David Bray had a pair of hits and two RBI for Noyes while Matt Kuruc and Kyle Markham each had a hit and an RBI. For Limo, Larnerd banged out three hits.

Noyes-Ryder also defeated Edwards Construction, 4-3, as Dash Jeffries went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI. Mike Coates doubled and drove in a run as Bray, Chris Marks, Evan Barreto and Brian Kuruc all scored. For Edwards, Chris Winters had a two-run single.

U10

With the promise of an ice cream free-for-all at the end, Ferris Acres Creamery captured the Babe Ruth Baseball 10-year-old championship on Sunday at Sandy Hook Field with a 2-1 win over Onyx.

Ferris Acres had topped Onyx, 6-4, earlier in the playoffs and sent Onyx to the loser’s bracket – where it defeated two tough teams to reach the championship round and set up a much-anticipated rematch with Ferris Acres. Onyx needed to win twice, but Ferris took care of business right away.

With the score tied 0-0 in the bottom of the fifth, Sean Elliott of Ferris reached base on a two-out walk and was driven home on a single by Chris Erikson to stake Ferris to a 1-0 lead. But in the top of the sixth, Onyx got its leadoff man on base and eventually drove him home on a fielder’s choice to tie the score 1-1.

So in the bottom of the sixth, David Gerics led off with a perfect bunt and ultimately came in to score on a hard-hit grounder by Chris Devaney. It was a superb effort on both sides, with Chad Magoulas, Kevin LeBlanc and Joe Davis pitching six strong innings for Onyx and Ferris splitting the mound duties between Gerics, Devaney, Schmidt, Erikson and Elliott.

Ferris’ playoff run began with a 19-11 win over BASE Technologies. Patrick Milano had a career day at the plate, going 5-for-5 with three triples and four RBIs. David Gerics (two doubles, triple), Chris Erikson (2-for-2, two runs), Chad Ferris (2-for-4, three runs) and Reid Schmidt (triple, double, four RBIs) added to the offensive explosion.

Chris Devaney and Gerics pitched three innings of shutout ball, which allowed Ferris to pull ahead late in the game.

Ben Stoller (two triples, two doubles), Wyatt Depuy (2-for-4) and Matt Spencer (2-for-3) hit well for BASE Tech.

Ferris then defeated Mastercard, 15-5, as Reid Schmidt went 3-for-4 with a homer, triple and five RBIs. Sean Elliott was 3-for-3 in the lead-off spot, scoring three runs and driving in two more. Gerics (2-for-3, two RBIs) and Seth Morris (double, two RBIs) were also strong at the plate.

Devaney and Gerics again contributed two scoreless inning of pitching and Robert Andreotta continued his exceptional catching performance behind the plate.

Jon Hull (2-for-3, RBI), Nick Gerbo (2-for-3, two RBIs) and Michael Allwein (2-for-2) led the Mastercard offense.

In the first meeting between Ferris and Onyx, Ferris squeaked out a 6-4 win in eight innings as Robert Andreotta executed a perfect safety squeeze to drive in Devaney with what proved to be the winning run and – along with a clutch double earlier – gave him three RBIs on the day. Devaney also singled and doubled and drove in two more runs, Chad Ferris went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Patrick Milano had a clutch single in the top of the eighth plating Devaney.

Sean Elliott was superb on the mound striking out six batters in two innings of work and Chris Erikson pitched a scoreless fifth. The deep Ferris bullpen proved pivotal in this extra inning affair, with Reid Schmidt pitching two pressure-packed innings of relief to earn the win.

Chad Magoulas led Onyx with two triples and a single while Joe Davis (two hits) and Austin Ekstrom (triple) chipped in key hits as well.

U8

Taunton Press 6, Associated Refuse 5 – Michael Cirone had three hits and pitched well to lead Taunton. Alec Bedini and Julian Lewis each chipped in with a couple of hits. Ryan Rosenberger delivered a clutch two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the last inning. For Associated Refuse, Connor Lemay went 2-for-2, Ryan King went 2-for-2 with two big RBIs while Clayton Gattey also went 2-for-2 with two runs scored.

Robert S Ponsky, DDS 4, Apex Glass 2 – Scott Anderson, Will Swain and Sean Mc Cafferty all had hits to lead Ponsky. Matt Janco sparked the defense with two great fly ball catches and Wiley Zahansky who made a diving catch at shortstop. Colin Morrissey pitched a great game as well. For Apex, Mark Dowling had two hits and a RBI and Glen DaMota was sharp on the mound.

Mobil 1 Lube Express 5, BW Retail Real Estate Group 2 – Mobil 1’s Jonathan Sherman was like a cat behind the plate prowling for two outstanding put outs in the final inning and Julian Dunn and Colton Smith lead the hitting attack at Liberty Field.

Greentree Toyota 6, Fairfield County Irrigation 3 – Troy Frangione stroked three hits, including a double, and scored twice while Patrick Berger went 3-for-3 and Kai Hedin continued to display his defensive prowess to lead Greentree. Luca Imbimbo lead Fairfield with three hits while Ricky Lapak, Virgil Procaccini, Alister Sore, and Brennan O’Sullivan added two hits apiece. Alister Sore also lead the defense effort for Fairfield.

DaSilva Law Firm 10, Coldwell Banker/Bob Tendler 2 – Calvin Witteveen made a fine catch on a line drive at short and Andy Braun and Logan Walsh each had doubles (with Braun scoring three runs) to lead DaSilva to the win. Stephen Grasso had three singles and also scored three runs. Connor Roche went 3-for-3 including a double and Bobby Lydon added two hits to power the Coldwell Banker offense and Travis Audet and Jack O’Brien played well in the field.

DaSilva Law Firm 3, Associated Refuse 0 – Kevin Liniger, Joseph Calbo and Patrick Donnelly each scored a run to lead DaSilva Law. Patrick Donnelly also had hard hit double, driving in two runs, and Steve DaSilva drove in the third to combine for the Law’s three-run fourth inning. For the Associated Refuse Trashers, Jim Parker, Deegan Beauchemin, Christopher Spalvieri, Connor Lemay, Alex Klang pitched well and Clayton Gattey went 2-for-2.

Managers for the 8-year-old division this year were Sean Dunn, Jeff Bloomberg, Ken Roche, Jeff Grasso, Joe Duffy, Jeff Zahansky, Elia Biancardi, Tim Rahr, Anthony Cascone, Jeff Romeo, Joe Carrino and Dave O’Sullivan.