Newtown Lightning 6, Trumbull 1: Newtown pitcher Colton Sposta limited Trumbull to one hit over six innings, and the Lightning bats came alive Sunday at Fairfield Hills Field for the local club’s first fall victory in the Connecticut Senior Baseball League.

Newtown’s win followed a memorable, pre-game ceremony commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Players of both teams lined up on the baselines, took off their hats for a moment of silence and looked out at the numbers 9-1-1 on the centerfield scoreboard.

In the first inning, Sposta fielded a groundball and threw to shortstop Jon Hull, who tossed to first baseman Ben Stoller for an inning-ending double play.

In the second inning, Newtown center fielder Austin Bonadio snatched a fly ball to short center, and Stoller yelled for the ball when the runner at first base didn’t hurry back to the base, leading to a double play.

Stoller led off the fourth inning by bouncing a single up the middle into center field. He stole second and moved to third when Chris Tenney grounded out to shortstop. Austin Bonadio knocked in Stoller with a grounder to shortstop that was booted for an error. Bonadio stole second and third and Brandon Cooper walked and stole second. Wyatt DePuy drilled a two-RBI double down the left field line and scored on an error for a 4-0 Newtown lead.

Newtown added late-game runs when Hull reached on an error, stole second, advanced to third when Stoller hit a grounder behind him, and scored easily when Chris Tenney crushed a long, RBI triple to left center. Tenney scored the home team’s final run on a hard-hit groundball to second base by Dean Demers. Hull pitched a scoreless seventh to preserve the victory.

Watertown 4, Newtown 2: In a nine-inning game featuring some of the state’s top pitchers, Watertown broke open a scoreless tie with four eighth-inning runs and hung on for a season-opening win under the lights at Fairfield Hills Field last week.

The game marked the debut of the eight-team 18U league designed to provide competitive baseball for older teenagers every spring, summer, and fall.

Watertown’s ace pitcher Joe Mateo yielded no hits and struck out 14 Newtown batters during the first seven innings, while Newtown’s ace pitcher, Kyle Wilcox, shut out Watertown on one hit and struck out 11 over the first six innings. Newtown reliever Austin Bonadio threw a shutout seventh inning, making for a seven-inning scoreless pitching duel.