8-Year-Old

Travel Team Results

The Newtown Bombers headed up to South Meriden with their 4-0 record to battle an equally talented team. South Meriden jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead after the first inning. The young Bombers, facing their biggest adversity to date, battled hard but could only manage three hits through four innings. Then Bombers’ Hayden Miller started off the fifth with a leadoff triple, and Jack Petersen smacked a run scoring double, bringing up George Sandercox who added an RBI single. Tyler Harrison and Josh Parsons added singles to load the bases for Matt Williams, who delivered a clutch, two-RBI single to cut the lead to 9-4. Jake Mailloux then delivered a single to make the score 9-5. After a leadoff single by South Meriden in the bottom of the fifth, the Bombers defense retired the next three batters.

Then taking their final swings, with one out, Sean O’Sullivan hustled down the line and reached on an error. David Braun connected for a clean single to bring up Miller, who cleared the bases with a smash triple to deep left field. Petersen then reached on an error, allowing Miller to score, cutting the lead to 9-8. Sandercox was retired on a nice defensive play, leaving Newtown down to their last out. Three consecutive singles by James Celentano, Harrison and Jackson Newsom gave the Bombers an incredible 10-9 lead heading into the bottom of the inning. South Meriden, however, was able to push across the tying and winning runs, resulting in a heartbreaking 11-10 loss.

Two nights later, the Bombers took on Oxford, starting quickly with four runs in the first inning. Oxford took the lead in the second. Harrison led off the fourth inning with a single and Josh Parsons followed with a run-scoring double. Mailloux drove in the second run of the inning with a single, to narrow the Oxford lead to 9-6. At the bottom of the fifth, the score was 12-6, Oxford. The young Bombers then strung together three straight singles by Miller, Petersen and Sandercox to load the bases. A fielder’s choice allowed Miller to score from third, Harrison drove in his third run of the game on another fielder’s choice and an Oxford error made the score 12-9. But the Bombers ran out of gas and lost the game by the final score of 12-10.

Traveling to West Hartford, the Bombers loaded the bases in the first, but failed to score, finally breaking through in the third and scoring two runs as Miller, Sandercox and Celentano each had singles. In the top of the fourth, the Bombers exploded for six runs. Sean O’Sullivan started off the hit parade as he ripped a single up the middle. Miller and Sandercox added singles, setting the stage for Celentano’s two-run scoring double. Harrison delivered an RBI ground out and Parsons added a single to bring up Mailloux, who ripped a hot shot single to drive in the final run of the inning. West Hartford managed one run in the fifth but the Bombers answered right back in the sixth as O’Sullivan once again led off the inning with a single.

Miller followed with his fourth hit of the day bringing up Celentano who delivered an RBI single. The Bombers entered the bottom of the sixth with a comfortable 9-2 lead. West Hartford had other plans and started mounting a furious comeback. With two outs and the game on the line, Celentano made a diving catch at first base on a foul popup to end the game in spectacular fashion. The Bombers improved to 5-2 on the season with the win.