8-9 year olds

Purple Crush 10, Green Goblins 1: Coming out swinging, the Newtown’s Purple Crush sweetened their winning ways. Luke Azzarito, Trevor Tyrrell and Miles Ricks all singled to lead off the game. The hitting continued for Azzarito, Tyrrell and Ricks, with all going two-for-two. Ben Talbot was two-for-three with a monster double. Lyle Petrellese and Jesse Kinsman worked walks and then scored in the fifth inning. George Mohigel and Colton Procaccini made nice defensive plays behind the pitching of Tyrrell, Talbot, Ricks and Azzarito.

Blue Dragons 4, Reds 3: A solid pitching day for both teams resulted in an exciting come-from-behind win for the Blue Dragons. The Reds held a 3-2 lead heading into the last of the ninth inning. Jack Ketchum, Ethan Goodman and Shea Talbot held the Dragons to only two runs in the first five innings pitched. For the Dragons, Matt Blanco, Liam , Luke,and Tyler Fuori put in a strong five innings. The Reds’ Jack Sullivan and Jack Ketchum had two hits a piece to lead the offensive. Will Archiere went three-for-three, Tyler Fuori two-for-two and led the offense for the Dragons. The final inning provided for some real excitement. A wild six-player pickle rundown resulted in the tying run being scored by Tyler Fuori. Two bats latter the winning RBI went to Ryan Kovach, who walked with the bases loaded.

Green Machine 4, Blue Sharks 3: In a hard-fought nail-biting battle, the Green Machine edged the Blue Sharks, which left the winning runs on base in their final at bat. For the Green Machine, Tyler Stroili and Patrick Hurley each had two hits and two scoreless innings pitched, and Kyle Reilly drove in what would be the winning runs with a bases-loaded double. James Schumacher homered for the Blue Sharks. Eric Casagrande continued his hot hitting and pitched a shutout inning on Saturday.

Blue Dragons 15, Wizards 6: The Blue Dragons continued their hot hitting, tallying 13 hits, including a three-for-three, three runs scored performance by Jeff Giole. Will Archiere, Tyler Fuori and Matt Blanco all had two hits each. The turning point of the game came when Liam Murphy struck out the side after he entered the game in relief in the second inning with the bases loaded and no one out. Tyler Fuori also came in with the bases loaded in the last inning to get two strikeouts. Pitchers Matt Blanco and James Malin rounded off the staff, which combined gave up only two hits in the game. Defensively for the Wizards, Ben Albee had a good game on the mound and at first. A nice double play was turned by Josh Taylor and Patrick Olberstadt.

Monroe 8, Reds 5: The Reds led 3-2 after two innings before Monroe exploded for five runs in the third inning to take the lead. The Reds rallied back with two runs in the fifth, led by a double by Joey Rios. Jack Ketchum paced the offense with three hits. Ketchum, Elston and Rios were impressive on the mound while Logan McAloon and Daniel Pond played solid defensively. The Reds loaded the bases in the sixth inning, but a hot smash by Bobby Elston was fielded by the pitcher for the final out.

Green Machine 9, Newtown Greys 8: The Green Machine came back from an 8-0 deficit to beat the Greys in a great game. Thomas Tavar, Bradley Vadas and Jordan Conrad all had key at-bats to lead the comeback, and Jake Kneski pitched two clutch scoreless innings to keep the Green Machine close. The Greys’ offense was led by Will Swift, who went three-for-three. Joseph Pagett who had a double and a triple in two at bats and had a strong pitching performance. Brenden Smith scored two and Emmett Dowd scored one in the defeat. Sam Suckow produced a gritty performance receiving Greys’ game ball. Kyle Conrad and Joseph Pagett also provided excellent pitching performances.

Blue Sharks 12, Green Goblins 8: The Blue Sharks rebounded off a tough 4-3 loss on Saturday with wild one over the Green Goblins. Andrew Via pitched both games, logging four  innings over two weekend games to anchor the pitching staff.

Purple Crush 14, Southbury 5: A strong offense with multiple hits by Dillon Robinson, Ben Talbot, Trevor Tyrrell, Luke Azzarito and Miles Ricks. George Mohigel had two hits of his own, while Ben Pinto blasted a double. The offense was capped off with a superb pitching performance by Trevor Tyrrell, Miles Ricks and Marina Altimari, combined for four innings only giving up three runs. Luke Azzarito and Ben Talbot closed it out closed in the fifth and sixth inning by striking out the side.

Newtown Greys 10, Southbury 0, The Greys turned in a dominate offensive outing against Southbury. Key offensive performances came from Joseph Pagett three-for-three and game ball recipient Bryan Bailey, who went two-fo- two and two RBI. James Tibolla had three RBI, with his keen eye at the plate. Ryan Farrell provided a nice offensive lift going two-for-two. Defensively the Greys were also unstoppable. Three pitchers provided four innings of shutout ball, including the other Game Ball recipient Scott Pagett, who struck out six in his two innings. Kyle Conrad struck out two and rookie pitcher Ryan Farell who struck out two in his premier performance. Defensive standouts included Rob Hetzer, Brenden Smith, Ben Grenier and Andrew Dowd.

Monroe 7, Wizards 1: The Wizards traveled to Monroe on Saturday. The Wizards came out of the gates fast with a first pitch line drive single by Sam Eppers, but the Monroe nine settled in and were very tough defensively the entire game. The Wizards offense was led by Ryan Nolan, who was able to get on base in two of his three at-bats. Ryan Milks and Thomas Luciano had good games behind the plate. Tristan Andrew pitched a scoreless inning for the Wizards striking out two in the process.

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Newtown Blue 5, Bethel 3: The Newtown Blue defeated Bethel in a well-played game under the lights at Fairfield Hills. Bethel jumped out to quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first, but Newtown answered right back with a run in the bottom of the inning behind a double by Jack Procaccini and a single by Will Swain. Newtown scored three more runs in the second inning as Nick Randle reached on a walk and Andrew Ross singled, setting the stage for a two RBI double off the bat of Jake Simonson. Newtown added another run in the fifth to make the score 5-1. Bethel battled back in the sixth inning with two quick runs and was threatening to add more. With two outs and runners on second and third, Nick Randle put an end to the rally as he fired a throw from the catcher’s position down to third base to pick off a Bethel base runner, ending the inning. Jack Procaccini picked up the win, throwing two innings of no-hit ball, and Holden Turk and Shawn Cerreta helped pace the Newtown offense with clutch singles.

Newtown Blue 8, Pomperaug 4: The Newtown Blue continued their winning ways with an 8-4 victory over Pomperaug. Virgil Procaccini paced the offense going two-for-two with a single and a triple, with two stolen bases and two runs scored. Sam Czel added a two-run double to go along with three stolen bases and Nick Randle added two RBI and two stolen bases of his own. Zach Hamar delivered a clutch two-out RBI single in the second inning and Brandon O’Sullivan, Pat Pierce, and Eli Klorczyk rounded out the offense with singles. Jack Procaccini picked up his second straight win on the hill, throwing another two innings of no-hit baseball. Czel struck out four batters in two innings of work and Eli Klorczyk and Brandon O’Sullivan pitched the last two innings to seal the victory.

Newtown Blue 15, Ridgefield 0: Newtown put on an offensive display, getting 15 hits in 30 at bats to defeat Ridgefield 15-0. Virgil Procaccini was the hitting star going three-for-three with three doubles, three runs, and three RBI. Brandon O’Sullivan went two-for-two, with an RBI and two stolen bases. Zach Hamar added another hit, giving him a three-game hitting streak and Holden Turk continued his hot hitting with a single to drive in two runs. Dan Harrison pitched two innings of one-hit ball to pick up the win and Jake Simonson and Nick Randle combined for two innings one-hit baseball. Procaccini came on to close out the game by striking out the side in the fifth inning. Procaccini has yet to allow a run in seven innings of work this fall. The win moves Newtown to 8-1 on the season.

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Newtown Lightning 8, Ridgefield 3: Brandon Cooper blasted a two-RBI, seventh-inning triple to break open a tight 4-3 game, and pitchers Jon Hull and Eric Pisani held Ridgefield to four hits Sunday at Ridgefield’s Ciuccoli Field. The win boosted the Lightning’s record to 7-3 and gave the club sole possession of second place. It was a big victory for the local club, because, for the second time in the past three games, it was playing without three high-school varsity players. Newtown attacked early with five of their first six hitters reaching base safely. Hull drilled a double to deep left center and stole third. Cooper walked and stole second, and the catcher’s throw went into center field, scoring Hull. Wyatt Depuy drilled an RBI single, stole second and moved to third on Ben Stoller’s single up the middle. Stoller stole second, but both runners were stranded by two straight outs. Ridgefield scored an unearned run off Hull in the bottom of the inning, and Newtown scored twice in the third inning. Dean Demers reached on an error, Pisani lofted a single and Nick Heron drove Demers home with an RBI grounder. Pisani scored when his brother, Ryan, slapped a groundball that was booted by the third baseman. In the final inning, Ryan Pisani was hit by a pitch, and Hull walked before Cooper unloaded a triple to deep center. Depuy followed by tomahawking an RBI double down the left field line. Stoller walked, and after Depuy and Stoller moved up on stolen bases, Demers hit an RBI grounder.

Watertown 4, Newtown Lightning 3: Down 3-1 in the sixth inning against Watertown’s fire-balling right-hander Rob Velunas, the Lightning scratched out two runs to tie the score before losing Saturday’s battle for first place at Watertown’s Deland Field. Velunas, who pitches for Western Connecticut State University, struck out 16 batters. He struck out every Newtown hitter except Kyle Wilcox, who slashed three singles in three at-bats. Before the game started, Velunas boasted that no Newtown runner would reach base, but that quickly evaporated when Wilcox, the game’s second hitter, ripped a single up the middle, stole second and scored on Wyatt Depuy’s line-drive RBI single. Newtown staged a two-out rally in the sixth to narrow the score to 3-2. Austin Bonadio walked, Wilcox singled, and Bonadio scored on a two-base throwing error by the shortstop. Newtown tied the score in the following inning. Hull walked, stole second and third, and scored on a wild pitch. But Watertown scored a run in the bottom of the inning on a walk, a stolen base, a dropped fly ball and a balk. Newtown pitcher Dean Demers kept the Lightning within striking distance throughout the game, scattering six hits over 6 1/3 innings and yielding just one earned run.

Newtown Lightning 6, Stamford 1: It was a gut check for the Lightning last week at Fairfield Hills Field, playing without three Newtown High School varsity players and knocking Stamford out of a first-place tie with Watertown. Newtown scored a first-inning run when Austin Bonadio walked, stole second, advanced to third on Ben Stoller’s hard grounder to second base and scored on a wild pitch. Newtown pitcher Colton Sposta blanked the visitors for two innings before yielding an unearned run in the third inning and leaving the game with an arm injury. With runners on second and third, Bonadio came in to pitch and walked the first batter to load the bases. He then struck out Walter Martinez to get out of the jam. Newtown responded in its half of the inning with three runs. Troy Larsen and Bonadio walked, and Wyatt Depuy singled to load the bases. Dean Demers walked to drive in a run, and Brandon Cooper knocked in a run with an RBI single. Bonadio then hurled four shutout innings, giving up only one hit. Newtown scored a run in the fifth inning, when Bonadio singled, stole second, moved to third when the catcher’s throw went into center field and scored on a wild pitch. In the sixth inning, Newtown scored its final run. Eric Pisani hit an infield single, moved to second on a wild pitch and came home when Nick Heron lined an RBI single to right field.